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Safety & Compliance•by By Chris Woody, Guest Contributor•March 28, 2023

6 Steps to a Safer Trucking Fleet [Commentary]

You might be surprised by how a top-notch fleet safety program can be good for what ails you.

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Fuel Smarts•by David Cullen•March 27, 2023

Stricter Truck Emissions Standards are a Gorilla of a Monkey Wrench [Commentary]

CARB may be able to quickly squeeze heavy-truck emission limits yet tighter, explores HDT's Contributing Washington/Business Editor David Cullen in the Passing Zone column.

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Fleet Management•by Jeff Kauffman•March 26, 2023

What Do Q1 Freight Volumes Tell Us?

Given the uncertainty in the larger economy, what do the various volume lead indicators for trucking telling us? HDT's Contributing Economic Analyst explores the numbers.

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Equipment•by Deborah Lockridge•March 23, 2023

Global News Roundup: Tevva Tests Dual-Energy Prototype Truck

ICYMI: A roundup of global trucking news from Hexagon Agility, ZF, Iveco, DHL and more.

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Maintenance•by Vesna Brajkovic•March 23, 2023

Diesel Tech Advocates for Women in the Truck Shop

How Missy "DieselGirl" Albin is using her experience and platform to help break stereotypes of what a diesel technician looks like.

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Equipment•by Jim Park•March 23, 2023

Test Drive: Nikola Tre BEV Truck is Off to an Exciting Start

Two short drives in the battery-electric Nikola Tre suggest the truck will get Nikola into the game. Reliability, durability, and all those other little details will determine whether it can stay in the game.

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Fleet Management•by Deborah Lockridge•March 21, 2023

The Growth of Trailer Pools

Drop-and-hook and trailer pools aren’t exactly new ideas, but technology has made it possible to vastly expand their use.  

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Fleet Management•by Deborah Lockridge•March 20, 2023

How Technology is Making Logistics More Efficient

Forward-thinking motor carriers and brokers are investing in data-driven technology — and we don’t mean the IT people who come fix your computer.

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Fleet Management•by Deborah Lockridge•March 20, 2023

How Data Drove Roadrunner's Big Comeback

Roadrunner Transportation was near death’s door in 2017. Today, it bills itself as “transportation’s greatest comeback story.” Find out how data and machine learning helped the LTL carrier come back from the brink.

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Fleet Management•by David Cullen•March 18, 2023

M&A in Trucking: A Tale of Two Years [Commentary]

Despite key market changes in 2022, the urge to merge remains strong. HDT's Business/Washington Contributing Editor David Cullen explores the recent landscape of mergers and acquisitions in the Passing Zone column.

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