At Mack Truck’s Lehigh Valley Operations in Macungie, Pennsylvania, they coordinated their efforts and made sure their community was taken care of. Mack Trucks donated $10,000 to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Lehigh Valley and Northeast Pennsylvania. They also donated masks, gloves and other personal protective equipment (PPE) to…
Stephen Richardson, a driver for Big G for the last 19 years and America’s Road Team Captain, was honored at the White House last week by President Donald Trump. Richardson, along with other commercial truck drivers were hailed by the president for keeping the supply chain moving throughout the country…
During a conference out on the White House’s South Lawn, President Trump thanked the entire trucking industry for keeping this country together and working. With him were some truck drivers and the President of the American Trucking Associations, Chris Spear, among others. Click the link below to read the full…
A small selection of leaders from the trucking industry have been chosen to work with the White House to help reboot the economy. Those chosen include American Trucking Associations CEO and President Chris Spear, Fred Smith of FedEx, David Abney of UPS, John Roberts III of J.B. Hunt, and Darren…
The Truckload Carriers Association has named four commercial truckers as Highway Angels. This title is given to those in the industry who have shown courtesy and courage while out there doing their duty on North America’s roadways. Steven Park of ABF Freight in Illinois stopped to help a woman in…
As a way to help curb the spread of COVID-19, the Government of Canada is now requiring anyone who is entering the country to wear a non-medical mask or face covering. If available, a mask will be provided to those who don’t have one. This goes along with the requirement…
KeepTruckin has put out an Economic Relief Petition asking for the American Government to provide economic relief to trucking companies across the country. They are asking for help with truck/trailer lease loan payments and insurance costs. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected everyone around the country, especially the trucking industry which…
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association is asking those in the grocery industry to help take care of the truckers that deliver the goods. Truckers are risking their health and lives to make sure the shelves are full at these places and the OOIDA is asking for them to have access…
The Transportation Security Administration has announced a temporary exemption for expired Transportation Worker Identification Credentials. Cards that have expired on or after March 1, 2020, will be extended for 180. This exemption went into effect April 10 and will remain in effect through July 31 unless modified later. This comes…
Truckers are struggling out there with closed rest stops, a lack of available food, and extended wait times. Truckers are the ones out there, risking their health, to make sure we have food on our shelves and necessary supplies available. Freightwaves has put together some information they have gathered to…