trucking News Updates

Business

ATA Names PrePass its Latest Featured Product

American Trucking Associations said it has added HELP Inc.’s PrePass weigh station pre-clearance service to its group of featured products for the trucking industry.

June 24, 2013
Perspective, Business

Opinion: Increasing Profits, One Woman at a Time

At a recent White House forum, we were asked for our “insights on best practices for educating, recruiting, retaining and developing leadership among a diverse cadre of women throughout the U.S. transportation sector and to evolve strategies for overcoming barriers.â€

June 24, 2013
Government, Safety, Business

U.S. to Ease Inspections Rule for Truckers, Official Says

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will propose a regulation later this year that would absolve truck drivers of their duty to file reports about truck and trailer inspections that do not find any equipment defects, a federal official said.

May 21, 2013
Editorial, Business

Editorial: Cultivating Leadership

Many people, exalted and humble, rich and poor, operating in arenas ranging from war to medicine, from politics to poetry, have offered their views on leadership — what it is, what it requires, how it works.

May 13, 2013
Business

Boston Area Locked Down as Police Search for Terrorism Suspect

Boston and its surrounding areas were in lockdown Friday as police searched for a suspect from Monday’s bombing at the Boston Marathon, news reports said.

April 19, 2013
Special Coverage, Business

Editorial: A Quiet MATS 2013

It wasn’t the best of times. It wasn’t the worst of times. This year’s Mid-America Trucking Show was as notable for what didn’t happen as it was for what did occur on the floor of the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky.

March 25, 2013
Editorial, Business

Editorial: A Quiet MATS 2013

It wasn’t the best of times. It wasn’t the worst of times. This year’s Mid-America Trucking Show was as notable for what didn’t happen as it was for what did occur on the floor of the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky.

March 25, 2013
Special Coverage, Business

Fuel Economy Dominates MATS as Suppliers, Manufacturers Tout Products, Innovations

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Fuel efficiency was the top theme as the nation’s truck supply community hosted throngs of customers and prospects at the Mid-America Trucking Show, which officially opened here on Thursday.

March 22, 2013
Editorial, Business

Editorial: March Madness

March is almost always an exciting time in the trucking industry, and this year it’s particularly true, with four of the industry’s top trade shows each displaying those tantalizing first glimpses of renewed growth.

March 18, 2013
Perspective, Business

Opinion: Defending the American Dream

What happens when you have state budgets that are straining to come in balance and union representation that continues its long-trending downward slope as measured by percentage of workers covered? Unfortunately, the answer is an attempt to radically transform the trucking industry and an assault on the American dream.

March 4, 2013