Almost 15,000 trucking companies were duped into paying motor carrier registration services by fake, government-impersonating companies. The Federal Trade Commission has agreed to refund a total of $757.946 to the trucking companies. In the end, this scheme cost the small businesses over $19 million in service fees. If you are…
There is a new study out there from the National Surface Transportation Safety Center for Excellence (NSTSCE) stating that trucking companies who prioritize safety and utilize safety technologies will have an improved performance outcome. After studying a specific set of carriers, this study helped some go from being labeled as…
Toplitz Productions, out of Austria, has announced its upcoming product line of Dynasty games which include Trucker’s Dynasty: Cuba Libre. You can build a trucking empire on this PC simulation game by hauling legal or illegal cargo around Cuba. You can help your company thrive and turn it into a…
Qualification Weekend for the inaugural Open-Wheels.com 500 will be on November 9 and 10, and AG Trucking has signed on to be the presenting sponsor. The Indiana based company’s contribution will help make the Qualifications Weekend run smoothly during the event’s first year. Racers will be utilizing the iRacing Motorsports…
Inc.’s 2019 list of The Most Successful Companies in America include 186 Logistics and Transportation companies. The small business and startup magazine posted its list of 5000 of The Most Successful Companies in America earlier this year and a handful are in the trucking industry. In second place, FreightWise out…
Provider of driver retention tools, Stay Metrics has provided a free list of ideas on getting the most out of National Truck Driver Appreciation Week. This ATA holiday runs September 8-14 this year and celebrates truck drivers. After interviewing people in the trucking industry, Stay Metrics has supplied us with…
In Pittsburgh, PA., the National Truck Driving Championships have come to an end and for the second year in a row, Scott Woodrome has been named the Bendix Grand Champion. Woodrome is a truck driver from Middletown, Ohio and represents FedEx Freight. In 2018 he took home the Grand Champion…
During the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas, Texas, this weekend, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will be hosting two one-hour sessions where they will discuss the proposed hours of service changes and the transitions of ELDs from manual to electronic. The first session is in the Hall A…
Declan Pfund of Winona, Minnesota, celebrated his fourth birthday by honking the horn and exploring the trucks that pulled into the Minnesota State College-Southeast. His love of trucks was the start of something big for the neighborhood. It started when Declan would sit outside his house and get the truckers…
Last year, the Make-A-Wish Truck Convoy in Pennsylvania’s Franklin County brought in a lineup of 128 trucks and raised $23,500. This year, more and more trucks were lining up to be in the convoy and they just kept coming, bringing a total of 273 trucks to the convoy. Over the…