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Proposed rules to crack down on the unnecessary idling of trucks are getting attention at the statehouses in West Virginia and Vermont. Even though drivers idling their trucks while sleeping or resting would be exempt from the rules, OOIDA says other concerns need to be addressed. More: continued here

The American Trucking Associations told the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that the trucking industry has seen a large decline in the truck-involved fatality rate since the current Hours of Service rules took effect. More: continued here

A reliable and major measure of the industry’… More: continued here

MONTREAL, Que. – GE Capital says its strategic consultants have worked with Canadian fleets to trim $11 … [Full Story] More: continued here

OTTAWA, Ont. – Canada’s largest for-hire trucking companies transported 5.6% fewer shipments weigh… [Full Story] More: continued here

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners of Houston plans to acquire four terminals from St. More: continued here

There have been a few industries which have always reigned on the side of secrecy.  The inside look into these few sectors have always remained to those within the industry itself, leaving “outsiders” to wonder  as to what these certain kind of lifestyles are really like.  Long haul trucking is one of those industries.   Recent [...]

The first written record of slavery in the Colonial United States was recorded in 1619.  Slavery in the United States was legal until the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1865.   The horrific past of slavery continues to haunt American history nearly 250 years later.  We can all be grateful [...]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Canadian fleets once again fared well in the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA)/Carr… [Full Story] More: continued here

PORTLAND, Ore. – Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has inked a deal with Cleaire Advanced Emission Con… [Full Story] More: continued here