By Al MuskewitzRoberto Sandoval became a professional truck driver because he saw it as a solid, steady job with good pay to provide for his growing f...
Averitt Express recently was honored by the Tennessee Trucking Association for its commitment to envrionmental responsibility.The Clean Diesel Award i...
Two nationwide trucking support groups have put out a call for feedback for their biggest initiatives of the year.The Truckload Carriers Association a...
Charles Blankenship has a sharp eye for driving talent and now he has a sharp new truck to show for it.Blankenship, a FirstFleet driver from Circlevil...
By Al MuskewitzEditor, Wright MediaThe founders came to the United States with $100 in their pockets and a belief in the American dream.After gettin...
By Al MuskewitzWhen Craig Zeller set off to start his own trucking company shortly after the turn of the century, the only goal he had in mind was get...
By Al MuskewitzEditor, Wright MediaWages for the American trucker rose significantly in 2021 as the demand for drivers increased competition for talen...
By Al MuskewitzThe room was buzzing with activity. Meeting goers were scurrying about trying to collect themselves into orderly groups based on the pl...
Averitt Express drivers are starting to notice a hefty difference in their paychecks.The Tennessee-based carrier recently announced several changes to...
The World Games will draw athletes from all over the world to Birmingham, Ala., in July and in an effort to keep the participants and spectators as sa...
By Al MuskewitzEditor, Wright MediaOne of the reasons Deep South Freight has been well below the soaring national truck driver retention average is ...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking applications to fill as many as 10 spots on a newly formed Truck Leasing Task Force to eval...
The Alabama Trucking Association recognized its Driver of the Year Monday night at its annual Fleet Safety Awards banquet and both the winner and runn...
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By Al MuskewitzAs the country and its truckers continue to come out of the COVID-19 pande...
Empire Express, a Memphis, Tenn.-based carrier dedicated to delivering its no-touch freight in a safe and timely manner, is now offering its drivers t...
On March 6, 1972, a flatbed from Chicago pulled a load of steel into a yard in Des Moines, Iowa, and thus began an adventure that became the largest e...
After a year off from participating in the program, HireMaster client TLD Logistics is back among the Best Fleets to Drive For.The Knoxville, Tenn.-ba...
Covenant Logistics Group is joining the growing list of trucking companies doing its part to help the environment with a plan to add 50 zero-emission ...
By Al MuskewitzWhen Royal Jones and Jimmy Ray first started their company in 1982 with two trucks out of a small mobile home on a dirt lot in New Mexi...
By Al MuskewitzDarrien Henderson remembers a conversation he had with a long-time trucker early in his driving career when gas was cheap and the roads...
Transportation company marks official date of its 50-year anniversary with celebrations across the country; 5 drivers drawn for 2022 trucks
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A big reason drivers move into the arena of becoming trainers is the influence their own trainers have had on their careers.That's what prompted Richa...
Montgomery Transport has consistently been out front with innovations for its employees and it continued that tradition this week by announcing a new ...
By Al MuskewitzWillie Fulton was hanging out at the terminal one day when he got called into the office. It wasn’t like one of those called to the...
By Al MuskewitzAfter breaking more records again this year, Tim Chellette is looking to cross two big milestones next year with his Big G Motorcycle ...
By Ford BoswellMONTGOMERY – The Alabama Trucking Association Board of Directors has elected Truckworx Kenworth president Will Bruser to serve as it...
Four community colleges in Arkansas, affiliated with the state’s two university systems, have teamed up to form the Arkansas Trucking Academy, the ...
By Al MuskewitzTrucking companies all across the country are wrestling with ways to find drivers to keep their trucks moving. Approaches are as diver...
By Al MuskewitzMark Colson is all for improving the state's infrastructure, reducing traffic congestion and the building of the I-10 Mobile River Bri...
By Al MuskewitzWho ever said there’s never a cop around when you need one? If you are a single-truck owner-operator or the owner of a small truckin...
By Al MuskewitzWEDOWEE, Ala. – Stacy Langford has been driving for East Alabama trucking company LB3 before LB3 was even a trucking company. That i...
By Al MuskewitzAlabama Trucking Association officials were confident and excited about the prospect of holding their own Truck Driving Championship l...
Covenant Logistics Group, the parent company of Covenant Transport and other entities, has announced key changes to its executive leadership team.Joe...
By Al MuskewitzThe National Truck Driving Championship may be canceled for the second year in a row, but by popular demand the Alabama Trucking Assoc...
Almost every driver and industry survey conducted in recent years has indicated that more home time is among the biggest factors (behind better pay) ...
The idea of professional truck drivers under 21 crossing state lines to deliver their goods, a potential solution to the industry's growing driver sh...
By Al MuskewitzTim Chelette’s Big G Motorcycle Ride has been growing at a record pace since its inception five years ago, but the introduction of a...
By Al MuskewitzIn a little over three years Always Insured Logistics has grown from a start-up straight truck delivery service in Chicagoland to a sp...
By Al MuskewitzIt was just about lunch time on the West Coast. The news had been out for just about six hours and Scott Manthey admitted it still had...
Roehl Transport has announced it is offering a sweeping pay increase for company drivers that will add thousands of dollars to their annual earnings ...
TransAm Trucking, Inc. recently announced a pay increase for their long-haul company drivers and a rate increase for their independent contractors.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Covenant Logistics has taken its boldest step yet to continue its commitment to making its drivers the best paid in the indust...
By Al MuskewitzAfter months of seemingly nothing but bad news on the COVID-19 front worldwide, it brought a ray of hope when news of the development ...
By Al MuskewitzIt was one of the organization’s most closely guarded secrets of the year, but Friday afternoon the Women In Trucking Association un...
By Wright Media staffFourteen months after it was announced by Daseke Inc. as part of a company-wide operational plan, Hornady Transportation has an...
By Al MuskewitzYou can’t have a trucking industry without truck drivers and for the fourth year in a row the driver shortage is the top concern ove...
By Al MuskewitzThe profile of the American trucker has been raised perhaps to its highest level in a generation as the nation battles to maintain its...
By Al MuskewitzBig rig trucks are known for delivering the essential goods and products that keep America moving, but their immense size also make th...
College students with connections to several HireMaster clients were among the more than 50 recipients of Truckload Carriers Association scholarships...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is moving forward with a proposal and request for comment on a pilot program to allow younger commerc...
By Al Muskewitz TLD Logistics Services has been delivering consistent, quality and on-time service to its customers in the automotive and food suppl...
By Al MuskewitzWhile businesses all across the country were trying to figure out ways to keep their operations afloat during the early stages of the ...
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in November 2019 and has been reprinted with updated information.By Al MuskewitzEverybody laughs at t...
Big G Express driver Tim Chelette rolling out his fifth annual motorcycle ride through Tennessee next weekend to benefit St. Jude’s Children’s Re...
By Al MuskewitzThe state and national Truck Driving Championships may have been canceled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but one Alabama c...
Indiana-headquartered Fraley and Schilling Trucking recently stepped up as a good corporate neighbor and donated 500 reusable protective face masks t...
TLD president says ‘worst of what we’ve dealt with is behind us’ in relation to the COVID-19 shutdown, ‘better days to come’By Al Muskewitz...
By Wright Media staff Joint research between the American Transportation Research Institute and the Owner-Operator Independent Driver Association Fo...
Wisconsin reefer WEL Companies experiences two months of record hiring growth during challenging timesBy Al MuskewitzThe nation has just come through...
By Al MuskewitzEver been caught in traffic behind one of those DART trailers with the big picture of a driver on the back door calling potential new ...
By Al MuskewitzThe recruiting team at DART Transit had been looking for ways to streamline its driver orientation program. They were rolling it out s...
By Al MuskewitzWhile the drivers of the Montgomery Entities have been delivering essential goods to keep the country moving during the coronavirus pa...
By Al Muskewitz The trucking industry seems to have settled into the new normal that is the nation's coronavirus response, but there are still quest...
Canadian driver recognized for her commitment to trucking, community, safety; award sponsored by WalmartBy Al MuskewitzIn a time of national emergenc...
Mississippi Carrier Total Transportation Taking Orientation To DriversBy Al MuskewitzIn an effort to help ease some of the pressure on getting driver...
By Al MuskewitzEvery driver who comes through orientation at Transco Lines gets a couple of things before heading out on the road – a set of keys a...
Normal roadside safety inspections and traffic enforcement will continueBy Al MuskewitzThe Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has postponed this year...
By Al Muskewitz TLD Logisitics independent contractor Buddy White told Wright Media two weeks ago how breezy his usual bumper-to-bumper morning rush...
By Al MuskewitzTruckers moving goods across Iowa the next two days will have access to a box lunch provided in appreciation of their efforts by the I...
By Al MuskewitzIn the most ordinary of times, the American economy runs on trucking. But these are extraordinary times and the country is looking tow...
WASHINGTON – The federal government provided relief to the nation’s truckers today by issuing an expanded national emergency declaration to provi...
By Al MuskewitzWhile companies across the country are wrestling with ways to keep their businesses going through the challenge of the coronavirus cri...
By Al MuskewitzBuddy White was on his way to the Pacific Northwest earlier this week with his usual load of meat for a major food processor and he co...
UPDATED 3/13/20Show officials have announced "with a heavy heart and deep regret" that they have canceled this year's Mid-America Trucking Show due t...
By Al Muskewitz Like a lot of trucking companies in the United States, Taggart Transportation is always looking for a few good men (and women) to pu...
By Al Muskewitz TLD Logistics Services prides itself on being a good corporate neighbor and in times like these in Tennessee it has put that commitm...
By Wright Media StaffKISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Boyle Transportation and Nussbaum Transportation have been named overall winners of the 2020 Best Fleets to D...
By Al MuskewitzTruckers, have your papers ready and up to date.The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s 33rd annual International Roadcheck gets un...
Atlanta’s I-285/I-85 interchange remains No. 2 on list, but Nashville connector jumps five spots to No. 3 By Al Muskewitz Any driver who has been...
By Al MuskewitzKevin Freeman runs a pretty straightforward dedicated refrigerated route for TLD Logistics between Tupelo and the Upper Midwest, so wh...
By Al Muskewitz Chris Spear, president and CEO of the American Trucking Associations told lawmakers Tuesday something that seems a fundamental answe...
UPDATEDBy Al MuskewitzThe senior management team at TLD Logistics Services huddled over the laptop in president Jim Peters’ office early Thursday m...
By Russell BranhamTalladega SuperspeedwayTALLADEGA, Ala.–John Ray, one of Talladega Superspeedway’s treasured family members whose diesel big rig...
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — Averitt Express drivers and other employees stepped up in 2019 to produce the company's first $1 million donation to St. Jude ...
By Al MuskewitzNational research has found while most governmental activities designed to guide the industry attempt to create a framework for safe t...
By Wright Media staff HireMaster client CFI is one of 18 trucking companies across North America recognized today for its outstanding safety practic...
By Wright Media staff DES MOINES, Iowa – Bill Crane was in the jewelry business before he signed on to drive with TMC Transportation. Now, he’s ...
By Wright Media staffMore drivers can expect to get that letter informing them to report for random drug testing this year as the FMCSA has increased...
 By Al Muskewitz When a trucking company shutters its operation like Celadon did earlier this week the fallout leaves a lot more than drivers scram...
By Al Muskewitz When a trucking company closes its doors the timing, regardless of the rumors, is sudden and the impact, especially if it’s a big ...
By Al MuskewitzTLD Logistics makes it a point to keep its employees up to date on all the services the company has available to them. It’s one of t...
By Al MuskewitzEverybody laughs at those loud, often obnoxious television ads from lawyers going on about how much money they can win for their clien...
By Al MuskewitzIt has been held under a variety of names over the years, rain or shine, but no matter what it’s been called or the weather, everyon...
By Wright Media staff CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Appropriately on Veterans Day, Covenant Transport has created a landmark military hiring program it ho...
By Al MuskewitzDrivers and fleet managers have enough to worry about getting their trucks and loads across the country without having a surprise thro...
By Al Muskewitz The cost of everything seems to be going up these days and the American trucking industry that brings almost all of it to the consum...
By Al MuskewitzBuild a better mousetrap, they say, and the world will beat a path to your door.If that’s true, 18-wheelers could soon be lining up ...
By Al MuskewitzAnalytics turned a rebuilt Oakland Athletics team back into a 100-win pennant contender in 2002, made general manager Billy Beane an o...
By Al MuskewitzNina Jolly has worn a lot of hats in her 12 years with TLD Logistics Services and late this summer another layer was added to her care...
The road to success is never a journey taken alone. Teams don’t win championships without all the pieces of the franchise working together for a co...
By Al Muskewitz When Covenant Transport chairman David Parker would speak to groups he’d often ask for a show of hands among those in the crowd wh...
By Al MuskewitzOpportunities for women in the trucking industry have grown substantially over the past few years – both inside the truck and in the...
Two new issues land on ATRI list: Driver compensation, detentionBy Al Muskewitz SAN DIEGO – The driver shortage and hours-of-service rules – the...
By Al MuskewitzWestern Express is always looking for ways to enhance its position as one of the most technologically advanced carriers in the industr...
By Al MuskewitzLike most American sports fans, Oakley Trucking operations manager Nick Dulaney will find himself watching some of the MLB playoffs at...
By Al Muskewitz DES MOINES, Iowa –When it comes to life on the road, James Hawes is no stranger to the trucking industry. He came to TMC Transporta...
Iconic Peterbilt part of the Talladega Garage ExperienceTALLADEGA, Ala. – When NASCAR fans at Talladega Superspeedway see Johnny Ray’s iconic Pet...
By Al Muskewitz PRATTVILLE, Ala. – All you needed to know about the health, strength and vibrancy of the Alabama trucking industry was to look at ...
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Five lucky Averitt Express over-the-road drivers had their names drawn to be assigned brand-new 2020 Freightliners, highlightin...
Tennessee carrier's largest Driver Appreciation Week program just an extension of what it does for drivers all year longBy Al MuskewitzThe management...
The dry bulk commodities the Arkansas-based carrier handles keep the business as ‘recession proof’ as you can get By AL MUSKEWITZ The question ...
Inspectors check more than 67,000 CMVs during June campaign, put more than 12,000 vehicles, 2,700 drivers out of serviceFrom CVSADuring the middle of...
TLD Logistics' safety manager passed away Aug. 9 leaving behind a legacy of service to country, industryBy Al MuskewitzThe last time TLD Logistics pr...
Alabama Trucking Association’s new president brings passion, enthusiasm to spread the state industry’s storyBy Al MuskewitzWright Media EditorMar...
By Al MuskewitzWright Media Editor So, Scott Woodrome, you just won the National Truck Driving Championship for the second year in a row – a rare ...
Ohio driver goes back-to-back as Grand Champion at National Truck Driving Championships, first to do so since 1999By Al MuskewitzPITTSBURGH, Pa. -- S...
Trucking’s 'Super Bowl of Safety' heads into the driving segment FridayPITTSBURGH, Pa. – More than 400 of the trucking industry’s best drivers ...
Grandson of TLD driver heading to University of Mississippi to study psychologyBy Al MuskewitzWright Media Editor-in-ChiefAustin Garrett is about to ...
By Al MuskewitzWright Media Editor-in-Chief For truck drivers who have long complained about the scheduling pressures put on their day by current re...
DES MOINES, Iowa – Anthony Leech twice has taken a leap of faith and he’s discovered both times he really enjoys what was on the other side.The l...
By Al MuskewitzWright Media Editor-in-ChiefNORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Dennis Oakley has always liked the idea of having every aspect of Bruce Oakle...
ARLINGTON, Va. – The American Trucking Associations released its annual data compendium Wednesday – ATA American Trucking Trends 2019 – which s...
By Al Muskewitz Wright Media Editor-in-Chief There is probably nothing more frustrating to a trucking company’s recruiting effort than to schedule...
Steady cash flows are critical to helping trucking companies operate smoothly. Faster payment solutions like mobile factoring with instant payouts ca...
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. –Comfortand efficiency are big selling points when you spend all your time on the road and Covenant Transport is making it happe...
Study shows a slight improvement in 2019 driver shortage projections but not necessarily "for the right reasons"By Al MuskewitzWright Media Editor-in...
TLD’s Dickerson spends his down time seeing all the USA on his motorcycleBy Al MuskewitzWright Media Editor-in-ChiefThe recreational activities an ...
DES MOINES, Iowa – Captain Jelly Bean, Mr. Positive, Deputy Sunflower. No, they’re not the newest group of superheroes in the Marvel Universe, ju...
In today’s growing trucking industry, there are many benefits of being an owner operator. Company drivers often have little or no say in where they...
The country is wide, the road is long and there is a lot going on in between. Sometimes, a driver just needs a little advice when he’s in an unfami...
Starting a career in the trucking industry is a fairly easy process as long as certain boxes can be checked on the application. With becoming a Long ...