January 16, 2023
A bridge standing 11 feet, 3 inches in Olathe, Kansas, ripped the top off a tractor trailer this past November. Low-bridge collisions are not uncommon in fact, the Federal Motor … Read more of this article
January 12, 2023
The White House on Tuesday unfurled its U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization, outlining the Biden administration’s framework for cutting transportation emissions. … Read more of this article
January 11, 2023
Supply chain issues have dominated trucking, manufacturing, freight, shipping and retail news for several years. From raw materials to the products people take into their homes, no industry has gone … Read more of this article
January 10, 2023
I was traveling along I-22 between Birmingham, Alabama, and my hometown a few weeks ago when I spotted a sticker on the back of a tractor trailer.It stood out to … Read more of this article
January 5, 2023
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Thursday will publish a proposal for the implementation of several Congressionally-required regulations for brokers and freight forwarders that will help protect motor carriers … Read more of this article
January 4, 2023
The Electro-Motive Division of General Motors introduced a diesel-electric train at the 1939 World’s Fair. Diesel engines of all sizes were displayed and promoted as the power system of the … Read more of this article
January 2, 2023
I go the gym about four mornings every week. I’ve been practicing jiu jitsu for nearly six years in that same gym, and it’s about “that” time.Starting this week we … Read more of this article
December 28, 2022
Trucking companies have been falsely taught that if their average speed is below 55 mph then aerodynamics won’t work in their operations. This sentiment is especially prevalent with fleets that … Read more of this article
December 26, 2022
The truckers in Katherine Lehman’s family are pretty old school in their profession, even to the point of using paper maps to plan routes. The trucking industry has been slower … Read more of this article
December 25, 2022
Talk to those in the know and it’s easy to see why trucking industry titans keep pushing hard to recruit military veterans to become diesel technicians particularly at a time … Read more of this article