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 MuskewitzAfter breaking more records again this year, Tim Chellette is looking to cross two big milestones next year with his Big G Motorcycle ...
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 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 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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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 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 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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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 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 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 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 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...
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...
Tennessee carrier's largest Driver Appreciation Week program just an extension of what it does for drivers all year longBy Al MuskewitzThe management...
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...
Ohio driver goes back-to-back as Grand Champion at National Truck Driving Championships, first to do so since 1999By Al MuskewitzPITTSBURGH, Pa. -- S...
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...
Steady cash flows are critical to helping trucking companies operate smoothly. Faster payment solutions like mobile factoring with instant payouts ca...
Study shows a slight improvement in 2019 driver shortage projections but not necessarily "for the right reasons"By Al MuskewitzWright Media Editor-in...
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 ...