The American Transportation Research Institute has released its 2020 update of “An Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking.” This tool gives insightful details about the finances of the trucking industry. This new update shows a slowdown of freight in the second half of 2019 along with a decrease in…
The holidays are a merry and festive time of year, but there are bad people out there who want to take advantage of the trucks carrying all the goods. A data set put together by CargoNet shows that the top things stolen during the holidays are food and beverages, electronics,…
Wisconsin-based trucking company Paper Transport Inc. is joining other companies in the trucking industry and offering their drivers a guaranteed salary. Drivers are hard to come by these days because of the uncertainty of what’s going on out there with the pandemic and keeping them can be even trickier. There…
Thanksgiving is about gathering with friends and family and giving thanks for all that we have. There are many people out there who could use some help this Thanksgiving season and a couple of trucking businesses in Oregon have teamed up to make sure those families have a turkey on…
According to the original creator of the Facebook group StopTheTires2020, the upcoming trucker protest will not be happening. Jeremy Rewoldt started the Facebook group one night to allow truckers a place to vent about this year’s election results and what they could mean. After a couple of weeks, there were…
You can now find more trucking parking spaces in Illinois, Georgia, and Arkansas thanks to Love’s Travel Stops. All three locations are open 24/7 and offer truckers many amenities. The Marion, Illinois location is off Interstate 57, has 119 truck parking spots, 10 diesel bays, 7 showers, laundry facilities, a…
After ruling the road in your big rig, you can be king of the road on the Nintendo Switch. Truck Driver is now available on the Switch and comes with an array of Switch-only features. It has previously been released on the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One but is…
Like any other road trip, bad weather can lead to complications and delays. Within the trucking industry, those delays can lead to a loss of money and freight delays. Those truck drivers delivering your goods need to have good roads to drive on and when they are icy or flooded,…
The Minnesota Department of Transportation has launched a new service announcing the conditions of roads in Minnesota’s District 6. This area includes Albert Lea, Faribault, Owatonna, Red Wing, Rochester, Wabasha, and Winona. Alerts will include crashes, snowdrifts, low visibility, and icy roads. Minnesota has a hands-free law and asks motorists…
A proposal has been put through to add tolls to a number of bridges throughout Pennsylvania and the local Department of Transportation has approved it. It has not been announced yet what bridges will have tolls added to them or how many bridges will be getting this new ‘upgrade’. The…