Iowa Better Trucking Bureau has received the Pride of Sioux City Beautification Award. This award is presented by the Sioux City Economic Development Department and is given to local employers who make sure the appearance of their business is top notch. Some aspects that are looked at when picking a…
Moving one giant turbine takes a year to plan and ten loads to complete. It’s not as simple as strapping in the giant blade and hoping you make it to the destination unscathed. A year of planning includes making sure your route works, permits are purchased, and bridges are safe…
National Truck Driver Appreciation Week runs September 8-14 and Pilot Flying J is running their ‘Thank a Driver’ campaign through the entire month of September to show truckers just how much they are appreciated. With this campaign comes videos and ads geared toward a world without truck drivers and shows…
During the Great American Trucking show, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration held a session where truckers and others in the industry could express their concerns and opinions about the possible changes for the Hours of Service. Some of the concerns discussed included safety, female harassment, and driver fatigue. There…
There is a war going on out there between Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and Chick-Fil-A, The Chicken Sandwich Wars of 2019. It started when Popeyes introduced a new chicken sandwich that gained in popularity due to Chick-Fil-A tweeting that their chicken sandwich was “the original”. Afterwards chaos ensued and Popeyes is…
As part of Bernie Sanders’ Green New Deal, if he’s elected president in 2020 he wants to spend $216 billion to replace all long-haul diesel trucks with electric ones. Sanders’ goal with this $16.3 trillion green deal is that by 2030 he wants to see all transportation using renewable energy…
Over the next four years, the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor on Lake Michigan will be investing $20 million into improvements, expansions, and some new stuff that will help improve its cargo capabilities. They will be adding two new rail yards, more dock, a truck marshaling yard (cell phone lot), and…
The American Trucking Associations has released the ATA Freight Transportation Forecast: 2019 to 2030. This annual forecast shows continued growth in the freight economy. According to the report, freight tonnage will grow and revenues will increase. This is a valuable tool for those in the trucking industry to see where…
Reason Foundation has put out its Annual Highway Report that ranks each state’s highway performance based on 13 different categories. According to this study, the overall condition and performance of the country’s highways has gotten worse. So, all those potholes you hit on the way to work are spreading like…
With truck driving being the backbone of our country, there are good trucking jobs to be had all over the place. AdvisorSmith did a study that ranked 384 U.S. cities to find out if its worth it for truckers to head there looking for jobs. According to the study, the…