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The Great American Trucking Show

The Great American Trucking Show Returns With New Events

The Great American Trucking Show is a trucking convention with over 500,000 feet of exhibit space that happens in Dallas in August each year at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. Some of the exciting...
safety threats

Safety Threats for Workers in Various Occupations

Are you starting a new job or considering other options for a career path? When you start weighing possibilities for heading in a new direction with your career, it’s so important to take into...
John Davis Trucking Amtrak Crash

John Davis Trucking Facing Big Fines

John Davis Trucking Facing Millions In Fines A Nevada trucking company may be forced to pay $5.7 million and possibly more if a judge formalizes a jury verdict that faulted one truck driver for a tragic crash with an...
Terror Suspect Gets Trucking License

Terror Suspect Gets Trucking License In Minnesota

Minnesota Terror Suspects Lands Class A Trucking License A Minnesota terror suspect that is on the official “No Fly” list may not be able to fly in the United States but that hasn’t stopped him...

Daimier Trucks North America Announces New Loyalty Program

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) recently announced that a new customer loyalty program will be in place for owner-operators and small fleets.  The loyalty program known as "Truck Bucks,"  will be aimed at rewarding customers with parts and...
T. J. Leffler Trucking Company Fire

T. J. Leffler Trucking Company Destroyed After Fire

T. J. Leffler Trucking Company Destroyed In Blaze T. J. Leffler Trucking Company, located in Clermont, Indiana, is a family owned trucking business. The trucking company has been owned for 25 years in this location....
L.A. And Long Beach Port Strike Over

L.A. Port And Long Beach Port Strike Ends Again

Port Truck Drivers Continue To Fight Losing Battle Truckers Logic has been one of the many trucking news media sources that have been covering the Port Strikes at the L.A. and Long Beach over the past...
Trucking Technology

Trucking Technology And Networking Benefits Truck Drivers And Shippers

The soon-to-be-released electronic logging mandate is often depicted as a time bomb that will reduce truck capacity, driving smaller carriers and independents off the roads. There will be some reduction in available capacity once...
DEA Won't Pay Damaged Truck

Federal Court Rules DEA Won’t Pay Owners Damaged Truck During Drug Sting

DEA Takes Owners' Truck Without Permission We've seen it in the movies at least a hundred times, law enforcement taking a vehicle to catch the bad guys. Ever wonder what happens to those vehicles that...

ATA In Favor Of Suspended 34 Hour Restart Rule

Leading executives of the American Trucking Associations (ATA) late Thursday applauded the Senate Appropriations Committee for voting to suspend the current 34-hour restart provision of the hours of service regulations. In a 21-9 vote, the...