Home Trucking Industry News

Trucking Industry News

We cover trucking industry news and news from all around the world, news that concerns you. Hear and see news first only at Big Rig.

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...

Peterbilt And Paccar Win Awards For Manufacturing Leadership

Peterbilt Motors Co. and its parent company, Paccar Inc., have received four Manufacturing Leadership Awards from Frost & Sullivan’s Manufacturing Leadership Council, taking top honors in the categories of workplace leadership and engineering and...
Cisco Trucking Raid

Cisco Trucking Raided By DEA

A Cisco trucking company, based in Huntington, West Virginia, has been raided and shut down by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and the Huntington Police Department. Cisco Trucking is located on 7th avenue in...
March 2015 Trucking Jobs Lost

Trucking Industry Loses 6,800 Jobs In March

After Great February Trucking Industry Loses 6,800 Jobs For the first time since August 2014, the trucking industry lost jobs and it was the highest total loss of jobs in more than two years. In...

Truck Driving Jobs In Demand

Right now is a great time to look for truck driving jobs. With the economy growing as well as demand, it's a great time to get in. Truck drivers are transportation specialists that play...

Truckers Jamboree Iowa 80 Truckstop

The Truckers Jamboree is hosted every year at the Iowa 80 Truckstop, I-80 Exit 284, Walcott, Iowa. Since it’s inception in 1979, the Truckers Jamboree has been celebrating America’s Truckers. This event is a...

WalMart Shows Off New Concept Rig

Walmart continues to make waves with their new concept rig show on the left. A futuristically styled tractor powered by a microturbine-electric hybrid drive system and a trailer made of lightweight carbon fiber comprise...

ATA President Makes Statement Over Highway Safety

ATA President and CEO Bill Graves made an official statement earlier this week concerning highway safety. “The issue of highway safety, and in particular the safety of the trucking industry, has been at the...

Carbon Express Pays Drivers More

We've reported on a few different companies now paying their truck drivers more. We did a report earlier on Total Transportation and how the company made the extra effort to pay their truck drivers more. Carbon...

ATA Request 6 Month Delay For Med Examiner Rule

Nearly 22,000 Examiners Official The ATA is asking the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to push back the effective date of its National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners until more examiners can be added. The rule’s effective...