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The federal ban on truck driver texting announced Jan. 26 is just the opening salvo in a campaign to control distracted driving. "We take texting while driving as an epidemic," Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said last week after he announced that DOT has banned truck and bus drivers from texting while they are driving, and will levy civil and criminal penalties up to $2,750 for violations
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Last week, changes in a few economic indicators, such as the gross domestic product and consumer confidence, point to better days ahead for the U.S. economy and for the trucking industry
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It's that time again-time for fleets to reveal their financial performance for the last three months and provide investors with an idea of their financial health
Read More →Despite many industry efforts to combat cargo theft, an average of 72 cargo theft incidents occurred per month in 2009, a gain of 12 percent, the most ever recorde
Read More →Chevron Corporation's fourth quarter earnings were down 37 percent from the year-ago period due to weak demand for diesel and gasoline coupled with lower crude oil and natural gas price
Read More →Volunteers from Waste Management, Inc., the American Trucking Associations and others in the trucking industry are helping to clear the wreaths placed in remembrance of U.S. fallen soldiers during the Wreaths Across America campaign this past holiday season
Read More →Landstar System, a non-asset based supply chain solution provider, has honored 101 men and women as Landstar Million Mile Safe Drivers
Read More →Getman Sweeney, a law firm in New Paltz, N.Y., has filed a class action suit against Swift Transportation and Interstate Equipment Leasing Co., alleging the mistreatment of truckers and misclassification of workers as "independent contractors.
Read More →CRST Van Expedited has announced a new lease purchase program aimed at allowing team drivers to be more profitable
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During a meeting of its Legislative Policy Council this week, the American Association of Port Authorities said that it would not be a part of the efforts by the ports of Los Angeles, Oakland and New York-New Jersey to regulat
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