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Hero Trucker Helps Find Missing Child after Accident

Joe Hylton came upon the scene of an accident one night along Delaware’s Route 1. Hylton pulled over and started directing traffic out of the way when one of the drivers from the accident started screaming that he couldn’t find his daughter. Hylton, also a father, noticed an empty car…


Tolls in New Jersey are Going up

The New Jersey Turnpike Authority has approved a toll hike of 36% on the turnpike and 27% on the Garden State Parkway. These increases are to pay for $24 billion in infrastructure projects including the widening of lanes for both highways. For big rigs, the tolls will increase from $9…


New Jersey Classroom gets Supplies from J.B. Hunt

A first-grade class at Kipp Seek Academy in Newark, New Jersey won $1,000 worth of school supplies for their classroom. Jihad Simmons, a driver for J.B. Hunt, entered into the company’s “Adopt-a-Class” contest and won. Simmons had to write an essay explaining why his daughter’s class deserved to win the…


NIF Acquires G&P Trucking Company

NFI, a supply chain solutions provider out of New Jersey, has acquired G&P Trucking Company, Inc., out of South Carolina. This acquisition will expand NFI’s footprint in the southeast. It will be adding 370 tractors and 3,000 trailers to NFI’s asset-based transportation fleet. Through the ports in Savannah, Norfolk, and…




Best Transportation Uses Zero-Emission Vehicle

The New Jersey based company used an electric truck to pick up a container at the Maher Terminal in Port Newark and delivered it to a Costco within New Jersey without incident. Using electric trucks is the first step toward Best Transportation’s zero-emission vehicle program. By investing in electric trucks…


Kitten Hitches Ride Under a Truck

A kitten, now named Miracle, caught a ride through four of New Jersey’s counties by clinging to the undercarriage of a semi truck. The driver of the truck had no idea until another driver flagged him to pull over. Miracle was pulled out from under the truck by a police…