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Annual Truck Inspection

Truck Inspection 72 Straight Hours Underway

The annual truck inspection blitz is officially underway all across the country. The nationwide campaign, known as Roadcheck 2015, kicks off 72 straight hours of truck and bus inspections all across the United States....
CVSA Roadcheck 2015

72 Hours Of Truck Driver Inspections Set This Week – June 3rd – June...

70,000+ Truck Driver Inspections Very Likely Truck drivers will be facing 72 straight hours of truck driver inspections this week, starting on June 3rd and running through June 5th. Known as "Roadcheck", the annual inspection...

Truck Drivers May Be Eligible for Reimbursement for Parking Heaters

SEATTLE – Consumer-rights law firm, Hagens Berman, seeks to notify purchasers of Espar Inc. or Webasto parking heaters for their personal or business use about a price-fixing scheme that led to thousands of U.S....

TEANA’s 2015 Annual Conference is Driving the Change to Excellence in Expedite

May (2015) – The Expedite Association of North America, better known as TEANA, is holding its 2015 Annual Conference in Chicago, IL from July 10-12. This year’s theme is "Driving the Change – Excellence...
Top Growing Trucking Companies

Top 10 Fastest Growing Trucking Firms Led By Daseke

Daseke Leads Fastest Growing Flatbed, Jack Cooper Transport Ranks 2nd A flatbed and specialized freight carrier and two auto transport companies were the fastest-growing businesses on a list of the 50 largest U.S. trucking firms...
Average Age Of Truck Drivers

Truck Driver Shortage Now Affecting All Industry Sectors

The ongoing truck driver shortage has been a concern to the trucking industry for many years. Trucking executives have been planning and building strategies to change the trend but the numbers continue to climb....
Trucking Industry Revenue

Trucking Industry Revenue In 2014 Hits New Record High

Trucking industry revenue in 2014 eclipsed $700.4 billion, a new all-time high for the trucking industry. And as we've seen in the past, a strong tucking industry is usually a positive indicator of the...
Trucking Industry Market Value

The U.S. Economy And A Slowing Trucking Industry

The trucking industry has always been a strong indicator for the U.S. economy. When the trucking industry is strong, so is the economy. When the trucking industry struggles, the U.S. economy often follows. And...
April 2015 Trucking Jobs Added

1,900 Trucking Jobs Added In April 2015

The for-hire trucking industry added 1,900 jobs in April on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the Department of Labor’s monthly employment report, released May 8, making up some ground lost in March. The DOL,...
Self Driving Rig

Self-Driving Rigs Could Be The Future Of Trucking

Traveling about 55 miles per hour on a Nevada highway, the big rig's driver looked like The Thinker, with his elbow on the arm rest and his hand on his chin. No hands on...