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Though the wildfires devouring homes and land in the Western region of the country have left most Interstates untouched, small, regional trucking companies have not been as fortunate.

Transportation officials in central Florida are embarking on a study of traffic and freight movement in the Orlando metropolitan area that they say takes an innovative approach.

Consolidated Freightways Corp. is in the midst of a“painfully slow” realignment campaign it hopes will land it in the thick of a hot less-than-truckload market.

The sagging used truck market and a dot.com auction site will try to give each other a boost next week when Penske Truck Leasing attempts to sell 3,000 used trucks online.

Once a year, for one week in August, we take time out of our routines to stop and thank the men and women who drive our trucks.

Yes, I appreciate truck drivers! If it were not for them, we would all be in trouble. Almost everything we eat, wear or use comes to us by truck. While an item may have been transported by ship or rail at some time during its journey, it’s a truck driver that brings the item to the final destination where we buy it, use it or consume it.

The trucking and academic worlds came together to brainstorm over a question that has a lot of people scratching their heads: Why do accidents happen?

Filling out forms. Standing in line. Picking out equipment. Before a competitor in this year’s National Truck Driving Championships started a truck engine and maneuvered between the traffic cones and tennis balls on the field course, he or she had to undergo a series of preliminary activities.

With two consecutive grand championships under his belt, Marty Lawson is calling it quits to the National Truck Driving Championships.