Tag: trucking industry news
Lower Fuel Prices Benefiting All Truck Drivers
Lower Fuel Prices Helping Industry Growth
The recent drop in fuel and diesel prices are great signs for all truck drivers. Lower fuel prices are benefiting drivers and companies. With prices expected to continue to...
Medical Trainers Giving Apnea Test To Truck Drivers Called Out By U.S. Lawmakers
Apnea Test Being Pushed On Truck Drivers?
U.S. representatives are calling out medical trainers for giving apnea test to truck drivers. A handful of U.S. lawmakers recently sent a letter to the Federal Motor Carrier...
Jim Palmer Trucking Partner Suing For Company Ownership
Jim Palmer Trucking Lawsuit Filed
Truckers Logic covered a story a few months ago about Wil-Trans purchasing Jim Palmer Trucking back in early April 2014. Now, one partner of Jim Palmer Trucking is suing his business...
Healthy Trucker Challenge Great For Promoting Healthy Living In Trucking Industry
ATA Promoting Healthy Trucker Challenge
The American Trucking Association announced this week at its annual meeting that they plan on tracking key trucking industry executives to promote healthy living in the trucking industry. Known as...
Oklahoma Bus Crash Parents Suing Tennessee Trucking Company
Oklahoma Bus Crash Tragedy
When we first heard about the Oklahoma bus crash that took the lives of 4 softball players, we only knew it was a matter of time before parents would take legal...
Truck Drivers Look For Answers From FMCSA’s Failed Cross Border Pilot Program
Cross Border Pilot Program Inaccurate?
Grain Valley, Mo., Oct. 1, 2014 – In a letter to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, an association that represents professional truck drivers asked the agency to provide details...
Top Level Management In The Trucking Industry Honored By ATA
San Diego, CA – Every year, the American Trucking Association honors top level management in the trucking industry. This year was no different as several high-level executives took home honors. At the 2014 American...
Trucking Stats By The American Trucking Association
Trucking Stats By The Numbers
When you look inside trucking stats from around the country, you get a full appreciation of the country's trucking industry and the mass of shipments that are made. The trucking...
NHTSA Relying On Canada For Safety Issues
Looking To Canada
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it’ll issue an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking about rear impact/underride guards and other safety strategies for single unit trucks as well as trailers and...
ATA Response To Needing Diesel Gallon Equivalent Standard for Natural Gas Dispensing
In comments submitted July 14 to the National Conference of Weights and Measures (NCWM), ATA expressed its support for establishing a diesel gallon equivalent (DGE) standard for both liquefied natural gas (LNG) and compressed...