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…
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…
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,…
The Mid-State Truck Service in Wisconsin is holding its annual ‘Truckers for Tots’ campaign. This is the campaign’s 11th year and Mid-State plans on spending over $33,000 for kids in Stevens Point, Wausau, Marshfield, and Chippewa Falls. They are making sure that kids wake up Christmas morning with presents under…
The Hess Corporation has been around for many years and one of its greatest and continuing legacies is the Hess Toy Truck. After the first gas station opened, Leon Hess wanted to make sure families had access to an affordable toy for the holidays so he came up with the…
A couple from Lafayette, Louisiana is teaching other truckers how to become independent. They had to figure out the steps in becoming independent on their own and want to share this knowledge with others who are looking to head in that direction. The “Being in Charge of your Own Authority”…