Wilson Logistics Breaks Through in Best Fleets
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 hadn’t sunk in yet. Manthey, the vice…
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Forward Air Pushes Forward
By Reagan Payne Any company looks good in the good times. While odds seem to pile up against its favor, Forward Air broke into a new 52-week high in the stock market. While at first…
Long-Distance for Lads
By Reagan PayneIn an industry with growing demand and a shrinking labor force, executives everywhere are figuring ways around the gap. An age-old avenue is seeing new traffic: adults under drinking age. This population is…
Best Fleets to Drive For
4 HireMaster client carriers among the Top 20 and Fleets to Watch By Al Muskewitz and Reagan PayneWright Media staff writersThe Truckload Carriers Association and CarriersEdge have announced the 2021 Best Fleets to Drive For….
Love for the Long Haul
By Reagan Payne For those who live on the road, it can be easy to look for love in all the wrong places. Dating sites, set-ups, and long-distance relationships are only what you make of…
New Year, New Pay
Epes offers historic pay increase, GP Transco boosts profit sharing Truckers, we made it. 2020 is behind us all. The year of lay-offs, grocery shelves that emptied like bottomless pits, and economic uncertainty across the…
Truckloads of Treasures
By Reagan Payne The trucking industry does much more than just deliver gifts to locations anxiously awaiting their arrival. Companies dove into their own pockets this holiday to support charities of all kinds. CFI is…
TransAm Announces Pay Increase
TransAm Trucking, Inc. recently announced a pay increase for their long-haul company drivers and a rate increase for their independent contractors. Long-haul company drivers and independent contractors who have been employed or contracted with TransAm for…
Wheeling Wreaths Across America
By Reagan Payne Plenty of trucking companies tout their veteran-friendly workplaces and accomplishments. A true testament to veteran dedication is a company’s involvement with Wreaths Across America. Wreaths Across America (WAA) coordinates wreath-laying ceremonies for…
Determined to Drive
Determined Alabama trucker overcomes obstacles to get CDL to continue family legacy By Al MuskewitzMikey Ledford has wanted to be a truck driver for as long as he can remember. His father drove a truck,…