NTSB Blames Truck Driver For Chesapeake Bridge Accident
Truck Driver At Fault For 2013 Accident
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reported that a truck driver who was unfamiliar with traffic patterns on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and wasn’t paying attention to the road as...
Trucking And Transportation Sectors Continue Growth
Trucking Growing Stronger
Trucking and transportation sectors continue to grow, a sign that the trucking industry is strong and growing. The Labor Department reported on April 4th that trucking accounted for 3,300 new jobs in...
NTSB Offers Recomendations-Truck Driver Safety
The National Transportation Safety Board met in Washington on Thursday, urging the National Highway Safety Administration to consider recommendations that promote truck driver safety. The NTSB made seven recommendations to improve tractor-trailer safety. The NTSB...
UPS Fires 250 Employees For Staging Strike
UPS Drivers Face Termination
Queens, New York After walking off the job during a 90 minute protest back in February, 250 UPS drivers will now be terminated once their replacements are trained. According to reports,...
Idaho Speed Limit Set To Increase To 80MPH
New Idaho Speed Limits
Idaho Governor Butch Otter has signed legislative law that would increase Idaho's speed limits to as high as 80mph. The new law would set a speed limit of 80mph on Interstate...
Tanker Trucks Used To Haul Migrating Salmon
The California drought has been severe this year and if not for trucking services, 30 million salmon would have never made it to the Pacific Ocean. The Sacramento River is so low from the drought,...
Port Metro Vancouver Strike
More then 1,250 container truck drivers have been on strike for nearly a month in Port Metro Vancouver. Although the non-union and unionized truck drivers have been a force to reckon with, some port...
Mid-American Trucking Show Generates Millions For Louisville
One of the biggest trucking shows in the world is expected to generate over 14 million dollars to the local economy in Louisville. The Mid-American Trucking Show will be in Louisville, Kentucky, beginning on...
U.S. Factory Production Reaches 6 Month High In February
Production Reaches 6 Month High
U.S. Factory Production saw an increase 0.8 percent in the month of February, giving us a clear sign that the economy is starting to rebound from the severe winter we've...
Electronic Logging Devices Expected To Be Published In April
Electronic Logging Devices are now closer then ever and you can bet that E-Logs are going to hurt tens of thousands of truck drivers. The E-Log mandate cleared the White Houses’s Office of Management and...