Business Management Trucking may have to double hiring by 2018 to offset productivity losses: FTR June 12, 2014 The constricting effects of US regulations on trucking productivity could leave the industry having to hire twice as many drivers by 2018 as it does today, just to offset productivity…
Business Management Teamsters against HoS restart changes June 10, 2014 Teamsters take aim at proposed hours of service changes, trucking equipment regulations and Wal-Mart's safety record after the accident that injured Tracy Morgan and killed a comedian.
Health & Safety ATA addresses Tracy Morgan tractor-trailer crash June 9, 2014 ARLINGTON, Va. — The American Trucking Associations (ATA) was moved today to issue a statement on hours-of-service, following the high level of publicity a crash involving a Walmart truck and…
Health & Safety MORE ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA AND TRUCKING June 9, 2014 We’ve been all over this medical marijuana issue like Snoop Dogg on a bong! The July issue of Truck News, which will hit the streets Friday, examines the issue of…
Health & Safety WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH A PRESCRIPTION POT-SMOKING DRIVER? June 9, 2014 I spoke to Ken Krupat, a lawyer specializing in employment issues, and he told me that when medical marijuana is used to treat a disability – as it usually is…
MEDICAL MARIJUANA BY THE NUMBERS preview image Health & Safety MEDICAL MARIJUANA BY THE NUMBERS June 9, 2014 Here’s a little sneak peek of some of the information you’ll find inside the July issue of Truck News. This handy compilation was assembled by assistant editor Sonia Straface, who…
Health & Safety A FORMER DRIVER ON WHY HE TAKES MEDICAL MARIJUANA June 9, 2014 Edgar Murdoch is a user of medical marijuana. He also knows a thing or two about trucking. Murdoch, 79, spent four decades plying North American highways as a professional truck…
Business Management Leaders: Taking risks and changing the rules June 6, 2014 Tom Kretsinger, Jr., past chair of the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA), talks about legal threats and drivers' pay.
VDO RoadLog provides electronic logging on new and old trucks preview image VDO RoadLog provides electronic logging on new and old trucks June 2, 2014 Continental Commercial Vehicles & Aftermarket says its VDO RoadLog electronic logging device is an ideal solution for both new and old trucks. The ELD is compatible with mechanical ignition vehicles…
Equipment Don’t get parked for brake-related defects during Roadcheck June 2, 2014 ELYRIA, Ohio — The North America-wide Roadcheck enforcement blitz will be held this week and with that in mind, Bendix is offering tips on how to pass roadside inspections. It’s…
Regulations MORE ON 6x2s AND THE GREAT GOVERNMENT LETDOWN May 27, 2014 I recently railed in Hooked Up about the government’s reluctance to allow 6×2 axle configurations, where power is supplied by just one of the two drive axles, saving fleets about…
Regulations #MATS2014: Volvo pleased with fuel efficiency savings March 27, 2014 LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — Göran Nyberg is a very satisfied business leader. As president of Volvo Trucks North American Sales, he has been seeing numbers that the company didn’t expect.
Regulations Vancouver container truckers to hold demonstration Friday March 20, 2014 VANCOUVER, B.C.--Container truck drivers will hold a rally in downtown Vancouver to protest the BC government's March 19 announcement that it will introduce forced-work legislation.
Regulations Ontario to extend B-train length March 18, 2014 TORONTO, Ont. -- Ontario has introduced legislation that would extend B-train length from 25 metres to 27.5 metres.
Regulations UPS buys propane trucks for US delivery fleet March 5, 2014 ATLANTA, ga.--UPS said it will purchase 1,000 propane package delivery trucks and install an initial 50 fueling stations at UPS locations. The investment in propane vehicles and infrastructure is approximately $70 million, the company announced...
