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Safety & Compliance•by Deborah Lockridge•September 19, 2024

Is Trucking Doing Enough to Prevent Crashes and Compensate Victims?

If a Big Mac isn't the same price as it was in 1980, why is trucking's minimum insurance requirement still the same?

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Safety & Compliance•by Deborah Lockridge•September 13, 2024

What Safety Strategies and Technologies are Trucking Fleets Using in 2024?

What strategies and technologies are trucking fleets using in their safety and compliance efforts? Heavy Duty Trucking and Work Truck posed that question to fleet managers of medium- and heavy-duty trucks in our third Safety Survey.

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Experimental ZF powered truck trailer.
Equipment•by Jack Roberts•September 11, 2024

The Promise of Powered Trailers Part 2

The potential for smart, connected, power-generating trailers encompasses everything from power for TRUs, air systems and even electric drive axles that can extend range on battery-electric tractor-trailers or reduce fuel consumption and exhaust emissions on diesel-powered units.

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ConMet powered trailer crossing a bridge.
Equipment•by Jack Roberts•August 29, 2024

The Promise of Powered Trailers

New powered trailers can make diesel-powered tractor trailers cleaner and more efficient than ever before, as well as help with adoption of zero-emission trucks.

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Fleet Management•by Jack Roberts and Deborah Lockridge•August 28, 2024

What Can Artificial Intelligence Do For Trucking Fleets?

How can AI help your fleet be more efficient? Let HDT count the ways.

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Fleet Management•by Avery Vise•August 27, 2024

When Consumer Spending on Goods Produces No Freight

Real consumer spending on goods remains at a near-record level. Why isn't that filling up truck trailers?

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Drivers•by Deborah Lockridge•August 23, 2024

Q&A: NTI's Leah Shaver on What's Keeping Women Out of Trucking

What can trucking companies do to attract and support more women? The National Transportation Institute’s Leah Shaver has some ideas following a recent survey, including one in particular she's passionate about.

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Fuel Smarts•by Deborah Lockridge•August 22, 2024

15 Ways HDT’s Top Green Fleets Pursue Sustainability

Electric trucks and alternative fuels may get the headlines, but when it comes to trucking fleets reducing emissions and being more sustainable, there are many strategies fleets can adopt, as these takeaways from HDT's Top Green Fleets illustrate.

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Drivers•by Mark Murrell, President, CarriersEdge•August 21, 2024

How to Prevent Administrative Mistakes from Impacting Drivers

In part two of this series, Mark Murrell, CarriersEdge president, looks at why taking care of driver-side issues makes them happier and helps your business in the long run.

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Fleet Management•Cover Story•by Deborah Lockridge•August 19, 2024

HDT's Top Green Fleets Lead the Trucking Industry in Sustainability

From pushing the aerodynamic envelope to renewable fuels to battery-electric heavy-duty trucking, the 2024 HDT Top Green Fleets are demonstrating how sustainability can lead to trucking success.

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