
Competition Heating Up for Truck Drivers
New report reveals rising driver hiring costs, the return of sign-on bonuses, growing AI advantages, and the operational factors shaping driver retention.
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New report reveals rising driver hiring costs, the return of sign-on bonuses, growing AI advantages, and the operational factors shaping driver retention.
Read More →The California Air Resources Board has chosen CalStart for the second year in a row to manage the nation's largest incentive program for hybrid and electric trucks and buses
Read More →Truckers for a Cause will host an educational conference call on "Do's and Don'ts of submitting comments to FMCSA" Saturday, Jan. 22 at noon central time
Read More →EnPro Industries has acquired the assets of Rome Tool and Die, a supplier of steel brake shoes to the North American heavy-duty truck market
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Transport America, Egan, Minn., announced its acquisition of Birmingham, Ala.-based Southern Cal Transport. The merger will create a company with more than 2,200 drivers, making it one of the top 15 for-hire dry van truckload carriers in the United States
Read More →The latest alternative fuel workshop for fleet managers hosted by the Alternative Fuels Trade Alliance will take place Jan. 20 in Seattle. This will be No. 12 in a nationwide series of 14 training seminars in 2010 and 2011, made possible by a $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Energy Department.
Read More →The American Trucking Associations State Laws Newsletter is reporting that rhe Governors Highway Safety Association has issued a compilation of state laws that limit or prohibit drivers' use of cell phones or texting
Read More →Go Natural Gas, in partnership with a large international compressed natural gas equipment manufacturer plans to open a compressed natural gas fueling station near the LA Airport
Read More →The American Trucking Associations has accused the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration of manipulating its own crash numbers to make driver fatigue seem like a more significant cause of truck crashes so its new hours of service proposal could pass the required cost/benefit analysis
Read More →Due to circumstances beyond her control, Liz Cheney, the previously announced featured speaker for Heavy Duty Dialogue 2011, is unable to appear. She has asked her friend Karl Rove, former President Bush's Deputy Chief of Staff Senior to fill-in for her
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The U.S. Department of Energy's short-term energy outlook, released Tuesday, has once again boosted its energy price forecast. Diesel fuel, DOE say, will average $3.40 per gallon for 2011, and $3.52 for 2012
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