In order to bring attention to the downward direction British Columbia’s forestry industry is going, around 200 logging trucks rolled into Vancouver to make their voices heard. They called for the price of stumpage fees to be cut. In recent months, the cost of doing business due to these fees…
Unfortunately there are a lot of traffic fatalities every year and a percentage of them are truck drivers. The highest rated state for trucker fatalities is North Dakota due to the oil boom it has experienced, along with its wide open spaces, high winds, blowing snow, and slippery roads. Coming…
Now through November 29, Goodyear is accepting nominations for its North America Highway Hero award. Since 1983, Goodyear has given this award to a professional truck driver who has put themselves in harms way just to help others. Nominations are accepted from North America, narrowed down to three finalists, and…
The newly created role of vice president has been given to Deborah Ruane Sparks in anticipation of the current Women in Trucking president retiring in the coming years. Sparks will assume this role in January 2020. Ellen Voie, the current WIT president founded the organizaiton in 2007 and has been…
These days, there is a change out there on how we spend our money on food and in stores. Restaurants are still very popular but food delivery apps are on the rise calling for smaller and more frequent deliveries. The same goes for retail businesses and the rise of e-commerce….
U.S. Xpress was founded by Max Fuller and Patrick Quinn in 1986 with a fleet of 48 trucks. Now, it’s the fifth-largest asset-based truckload carrier by revenue in the nation with 7,000 tractors and 15,500 trailers. It has helped turned Chattanooga, Tennessee, where its headquarters are located, into a transportation…
Australian country music star and trucking advocate Jayne Denham is the newest Women in Trucking’s Ambassador. She kicks off this new role with a concert during the opening ceremonies of the Women in Trucking’s 2019 Accelerate! Conference and Expo. The conference will be in Dallas, Texas at the Sheraton Dallas…
Truckers Against Trafficking’s Freedom Drivers Project is a mobile exhibit that educates people in the trucking industry and the general public about sex trafficking and how to identify and prevent it. The interior of the trailer exhibits artifacts from actual cases, a theatre station, and a lot of information on…
A. Duie Pyle out of Pennsylvania is teaming up with Oak Harbor Freight Lines out of Washington. For more than 95 years A. Duie Pyle has been a premier transportation company in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region, and for 103 years Oak Harbor Freight has been covering the West Coast…
For not carrying or installing chains as required in British Columbia, commercial truckers will be fined higher prices starting Oct. 1. From previous winters, the fine for not carrying or installing chains when required was $121. Now, the fine for not carrying chains when required is $196 and the fine…