The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA, an updated North American Free Trade Agreement) was signed off by Democrats, making it a win for the trucking industry. Trading in North America is done mostly with trucks crossing the borders into Mexico and Canada, and this new agreement should further increase the economics of…
Kenworth presented Joseph Campbell of Roehl Transport with a fully equipped Kenworth T680. Campbell is a distinguished U.S. Marine and U.S. Army Veteran who won the annual Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence award. Kenworth and the FASTPORT Trucking Track Mentoring Program team up each year and award an American military…
Plus.ai has announced that they made an autonomous cross-country trip from Tulare, California to Pennsylvania to deliver butter. The trip took less than three days and is labeled the first Level 4 self-driving truck on a commercial freight trip. The truck went 2,800 miles primarily in autonomous mode but was…
Build a customer Freightliner M2 106 medium-duty truck using Daimler Trucks North America LLC’s new online configurator tool. This step-by-step program gives you different options for your truck and you can see how the end results look before it’s done. Some of the options include mirrors, interior seating, box type,…
The nomination period for the 2020 Distinguished Woman in Logistics Award is now open until February 3, 2020. This award is sponsored by the Women in Trucking Association, Transportation Intermediaries Association, and Truckstop.com. The award is open to any woman within a field related to logistics who is a leader,…
Women in Trucking Association has named Jessica Luttrell the December 2019 Member of the Month. Luttrell drives for Umpqua Dairy out of Roseburg, Oregon where she was hired as the first female driver for the company. Her goal is to be the first female trucker in a management position. Read…
Lawrence Casados was trucking along I-70 when he passed under a bridge where his truck was pummeled with thick snow from above. At that same moment, a plow driver with the Colorado Department of Transportation was pushing wet, slushy snow over the railing above Casados. This collection of snow shattered…
The U.S. Court of Appeals has decided that the American Trucking Associations’ lawsuit against Rhode Island’s truck-only tolls can head into federal court. The ATA believes this kind of tolling is a violation of the constitution and discriminates against out-of-state economic interests. Along with some local trucking companies, the ATA…
When we think of trucking, what comes to mind? Big trucks, long stretches of driving, honking the loud horn and getting the job done. There are quite a few other factors that come along with being a trucker, like being away from your family for long periods of times, accidents,…
Greenhouse-gas emission standards for trailers have been put on hold by the California Air Resources Board for possibly two years. They were due to go into effect before January of 2020 but now they will go into effect sometime before January 1, 2022. This delay is due to the lack…