All That's Trucking

Last year, our annual special June fuel issue focused on the question of how feasible it was to hit 10 mpg in real-world operations, not a million-dollar concept SuperTruck. This summer, a couple of initiatives are putting that to the test. READ MORE

Tags: Fuel Economy, NACFE, MPG

Meritor, in the midst of a three-year push to unveil 20 significant new products as part of its growth strategy, is also looking to a not-so-distant future where electrification will be a major factor in commercial trucks. READ MORE

Tags: Meritor, Electric Vehicles, Alternative Fuels

What’s more compelling than watching someone walk between two moving big rigs on a highline? Watching a giggling curly-headed 3-year-old open the world’s biggest box to unveil a shiny new Volvo tractor-trailer, apparently. READ MORE

Tags: Volvo Trucks, Volvo Trucks North America

Ongoing training is an important element of advancement in most professions. Yet all too often in our industry, truckers view training as punishment. Deborah Lockridge talks with one company about how online training can make a difference. READ MORE

Tags: Drivers, Driver Training, Driver Shortage, Driver Retention

How many times have you heard someone compare a football player to a Mack truck? It seems inevitable that at some point Mack’s marketing team would think about teaming up with a football player. And when the football player also is named Mack? Well, how can you resist that? Deborah Lockridge has more in her All That's Trucking blog. READ MORE

Tags: Mack Trucks

A new report says heavy trucks are the missing piece in the global vehicle emissions puzzle. But the U.S. trucking industry is well ahead of the game, contends Deborah Lockridge in her All That's Trucking blog. READ MORE

Tags: Greenhouse Gases, Fuel Efficiency, Diesel Emissions, Alternative Fuels, In the Media, Global

When it comes to improving the image of the trucking industry and getting young people interested in pursuing careers, it’s hard to beat the personal approach of being involved with your community’s youth. Read about one 3PL's efforts in Deborah Lockridge's All That's Trucking blog. READ MORE

Tags: 3PL, Image

The New York Times recently ran a piece about the lives of truck drivers that may not have helped raise the profile of truck driving as a potential career, but it and a follow-up piece did paint a colorful portrait of the life of a trucker, as Deborah Lockridge explains in her All That's Trucking blog. READ MORE

Tags: In the Media, Image, Truck Drivers

Skimping on vacation may be the worst thing you can do for your business, your career, and your mental health. In her All That's Trucking blog, Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge follows up on the HDTX keynote speech with some thoughts on giving your brain what it needs to be innovative. READ MORE

So what was it like getting to park a couple of semi trucks on the White House Lawn and shake hands with the president of the United States? Deborah Lockridge shares some of ATA Chairman Kevin Burch's comments in her All That's Trucking blog. READ MORE

Tags: ATA, Donald Trump, Infrastructure, Image

When it comes to addressing real-world problems with federal truck driver hours of service rules, we all know the government moves very slowly. The good news is, the controversial electronic logging device mandate could actually help the industry make its case. Deborah Lockridge has more in her All That's Trucking blog. READ MORE

Tags: Regulations, Hours of Service, ELDs

CNN tells the story of human trafficking through the eyes of a trucker who was responsible for the liberation of a 20-year-old abused and tortured sex slave. Deborah Lockridge has more in her All That's Trucking blog. READ MORE

Tags: In the Media, Human Trafficking, Truckers Against Trafficking, Image

Knight’s Facebook page was busy Monday with questions and answers about the big merger news with Swift. Deborah Lockridge has highlights in the All That's Trucking blog. READ MORE

Tags: Knight Transportation, Swift Transportation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Drivers

Christian Schenk is on a mission — to make drivers' lives better. In her All That's Trucking blog, Deborah Lockridge shares what she learned in a wide-ranging interview with Schenk on his One20 and TruckThat brands, which take an unconventional approach to being a driver advocate. READ MORE

Tags: Drivers, MATS, One20

Will self-driving trucks put truck drivers out of work? The numbers just don't add up, say two Brookings Institute analysts. Deborah Lockridge has more in her All That's Trucking blog. READ MORE

Tags: Drivers, Autonomous Vehicles

In her All That's Trucking blog, HDT's Deborah Lockridge asks compliance expert Tom Bray about the most common myths and misconceptions fleets have about electronic logging devices. READ MORE

Tags: ELDs, ELD Mandate, J.J. Keller, Safety & Compliance

Wednesday, March 8, is International Women’s Day. And while historically, trucking is a heavily male profession, Omnitracs and the Women in Trucking Association have crunched some data indicating that women may actually make better truck drivers than men. READ MORE

Tags: Truck Drivers, Women in Trucking Association, Omnitracs, Women Drivers

What will happen to the battle over the alleged "misclassification" of owner-operator truck drivers under our new Republican administration? Deborah Lockridge has some insight in her "All That's Trucking" blog. READ MORE

Tags: Drivers, Legal, Independent Contractors

A dockworker from the 1950s would not recognize a modern cargo port, where huge gantries move steel boxes full of cargo from all over the world between ships, trains, and trucks. Deborah Lockridge has more in the All That's Trucking blog. READ MORE

Tags: Intermodal, In the Media, Ports, Trucking History

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator Scott Darling last week got a taste of life on the road when he went for a ride with Women In Trucking Association’s Stephanie Klang, a professional driver for truckload carrier CFI based in Joplin, Missouri. READ MORE

Tags: FMCSA, Women in Trucking

When Brayton Martin gets behind the wheel of a semi in the Mother’s Day Truck Convoy, anyone within earshot knows it. He lays on the horn. The longer and louder, the better. Learn more about how truckers helped this little boy in the All That's Trucking blog. READ MORE

Tags: Make-A-Wish, Trucking's image

In Volvo's latest promotional stunt video, the goal is to maintain a precise speed that allows pro paraglider Guillaume Galvani to stay in flight behind the Volvo FH rig on a highway in the Croatian Alps. READ MORE

Tags: Volvo Trucks, In the Media, Automated Manual Transmissions, Global

The trucking industry is largely celebrating the election of Donald Trump as president, thanks to his promises to reduce industry regulation and invest in infrastructure. But what about his oft-reported attitude toward women? Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge has more in her All That's Trucking Blog. READ MORE

Tags: Women in Trucking, Donald Trump

We highlight several stories that appeared in the mainstream press this week, dealing with hair testing for drugs and alcohol colliding with religious beliefs; what UPS and FedEx are doing to speed e-commerce deliveries; and a couple of the latest items about autonomous trucks. READ MORE

Tags: In the Media, Hair Testing, Autonomous Vehicles, E-commerce

The American Trucking Associations’ annual Management Conference & Exhibition wrapped up in Las Vegas last week, so Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge has had a little time to reflect on the key themes of the many sessions, announcements and expo booths for her "All That's Trucking" blog. READ MORE

Tags: Economy, Active Safety Systems, Big Data, Truck Platooning, ATA MC&E, Autonomous Vehicles