Joe Hylton came upon the scene of an accident one night along Delaware’s Route 1. Hylton pulled over and started directing traffic out of the way when one of the drivers from the accident started screaming that he couldn’t find his daughter. Hylton, also a father, noticed an empty car…
Girl Scouts of Tropical Florida and Ryder System are working together to create a new patch. The supply chain patch is for girl scouts K-12 across the country. “Girl Scout Cookies and the Supply Chain” is the newest program in the system and teaches these girls about the supply chain,…
Early Tuesday morning, 5 fully loaded semi-trucks rolled out of the Oklahoma City distribution center heading to families in need. Feed the Children is a nonprofit organization that makes sure families have a good meal to eat during the holiday season. As part of its No Hunger Holidays campaign, the…
Last Friday, truckers in Mexico blocked northbound access to the World Trade Bridge in Laredo, Texas, to protest the new route for empty trucks. A new pilot program put out by U.S. Customs and Border Protection reroutes empty northbound trucks through the Colombia-Solidarity bridge. Truckers are not happy about this…
Love’s Travel Stops has opened two new locations in the south. The Amarillo, Texas location is just off Interstate 40, has 100 truck parking spaces, 7 diesel bays, 5 showers, laundry facilities, and a CAT scale. The Baldwin, Florida location is just off Interstate 10, has 94 truck parking spaces,…
A group of Oregon State University College of Engineering students has developed a handle for truckers to use when getting in and out of their cabs. Arthur Well, a master’s student at OSU, led the team in the Prototype Development Lab where the after-market device was developed. The five-sided handle…
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has launched a new tire for long-haul fleets. The Fuel Max LHD 2 will be available in early 2021. This new tire offers better fuel efficiency for those traveling on the long hauls and should help lower the cost per mile. When ready, the…
Freightwaves has added a third installment of dangerous roads for truckers. If possible, avoid these: There are dual bridges on Interstate 80 in Joliet, Illinois that have been tagged as being in serious or critical condition. They carry somewhere near 12,000 big trucks every day, have steep grades, and have…
The Women In Trucking Association has selected two female veterans to join them in picking up and delivering wreaths for Wreaths Across America. WIT’s Driver Ambassador Kellylynn McLaughlin is being joined by Janice Neitz and Nichole Garcia on their journey to National Wreath Laying Day Saturday, December 19. Neitz was…
According to ACT Research, net orders for Class 8 trucks were 51,900 units in November. This was s 33% increase from October and a 197% improvement from November of 2019. Classes 5-7 were at a 9% decrease from October but up 78% when compared to November of 2019. All final…