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Vesna Brajkovic

Managing Editor

Vesna Brajkovic has covered sectors of the transportation industry since 2016, including trucking, railroading, the automotive aftermarket and aviation. As managing editor of Heavy Duty Trucking magazine and TruckingInfo.com, she writes trucking news and features, manages e-newsletters and social media, coordinates magazine production, and helps to develop content for events and multimedia projects.

She has particular interest in legislative and regulatory issues, driver diversity and maintenance management. Previously, she served on the editorial teams of various business-to-business magazines covering trucking, the automotive aftermarket, railroading, transit and aviation.

Brajkovic holds a B.A. in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Brajkovic resides in Milwaukee. She can be reached at vbrajkovic@truckinginfo.com.

Articlesby Vesna BrajkovicApril 22, 2023

Planting the Seed: Introducing Children to Trucking

How can trucking keep young people interested in the industry? One retired elementary school teacher thinks it’s important to expose students of all ages to many different career paths, trucking included, through picture books.

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Articlesby Vesna BrajkovicApril 19, 2023

The Art of Team Driving to Create an Unbreakable Cold Chain

Learn how Wisconsin's Krueger Wholesale Florist uses team drivers to ensure weekly nonstop routes get fresh flowers and plants distributed around the clock.

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Articlesby Vesna BrajkovicApril 6, 2023

What's the Definition of Regional Trucking?

While most fleets mean the same thing when they refer to regional trucking operations, there’s not one true definition across the board when it comes to mileage. Here's how some break it down.

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Articlesby Vesna BrajkovicApril 6, 2023

A Happy Medium: How Drivers Influence Regional Freight Movement

As more drivers look toward regional haul as a more predictable trucking job, some fleets are adapting their operations to meet those expectations.

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Articlesby Vesna BrajkovicApril 3, 2023

How a For-Hire Truckload Carrier Successfully Assesses Drivers

Paper Transport purposefully narrowed its driver applicant pool, but somehow that has led to reduced turnover and exponential growth. How did they do it?

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Articlesby Vesna BrajkovicMarch 30, 2023

Q&A: AEye’s Andrew Nelson on Lidar’s Role in Autonomous Trucking

Lidar developer AEye’s VP of Trucking Andrew Nelson tells HDT how shakeups in the autonomous trucking space impact technology providers and explores the perception of the industry.

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Articlesby Vesna BrajkovicMarch 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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Newsby Vesna BrajkovicMarch 21, 2023

Knight-Swift to Acquire U.S. Xpress

One of the largest asset-based truckload fleets in North America, Knight-Swift Transportation, is buying U.S. Xpress for approximately $808 million.

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Photo Galleriesby Vesna BrajkovicMarch 10, 2023

Phillips' Mexico Production Campus Expansion [Photos]

Take a virtual tour through photos of Phillips' production site in Arteaga, Mexico.

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Articlesby Vesna BrajkovicMarch 10, 2023

Phillips Eyes Mexico as Production Hub for Truck, Trailer Products

A newly expanded 500,000-square-foot manufacturing campus in Arteaga, Mexico, will take the lead in producing Phillips Industries and Phillips Connect products destined for North American fleet customers.

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