Trucking

This look at the past week in images features wild weather, a truck spill and a progress report on a major bridge repair.

The company’s chief retention officer said a far wider range of steps explains the company’s recent success on several fronts.

Canadian trucking firm People Express Transport was shut down by a court-appointed trustee following a months-long fight over millions of dollars in debt.

A white paper by TIA and CLDA stresses the need to differentiate from Amazon to succeed in final-mile delivery.

Compliance reviews can catch any motor carrier off guard. Reliance Partners’ John Seidl encourages participation in mock audits to reveal and correct violations before the federal government does.

The company’s new facility in Grand Prairie follows the opening of new facilities in Atlanta and Port Houston, and an expansion in Laredo, Texas.

Three years after winning an exemption to use cameras instead of ungainly outside mirrors on semi-trucks, Stoneridge Inc. is winning over fleets.

In one case, the insurance and medical payouts totaled $275,500.

In a FreightWaves survey, truckers say these are some of the U.S. and Canadian tunnels they dislike the most.

Bipartisan legislation would limit truck speeds to no more than 70 mph.

The nation’s top trucking research group plans to update previous studies on the effects of legalized marijuana and other drugs on truck safety along with integrating 18- to 20-year-old drivers into the industry.

Allowances for potential future write-offs also showed improvement in the bank’s second quarter.

The coronavirus pandemic inspired retirement-age drivers to leave the industry en masse while also shutting down driving schools for months on end, exacerbating the existing shortage.

Truck drivers transported millions of dollars worth of contraband tobacco from North Carolina to Mohawk territory in New York as part of a U.S.-Canada smuggling ring that involved Hells Angels members and snowmobiles, according to federal prosecutors.

Illinois trucking company B & B Logistics Inc., cited several times for hours-of-service violations, shuttered operations and filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy in mid-May.

Bizarre actions behind the wheel during 2020 should raise alarm bells for truckers and fleets, survey’s author says.

One piece of legislation backed by the Texas Trucking Association is heading toward approval, while a second may not be necessary as a result of a court ruling.

FedEx is raising the fees on U.S. residential deliveries, its Ground Economy service and on packages requiring “additional handling.”

ATRI plans to build on research studying the effects of legalized marijuana and employing 18- to 20-year-old drivers.

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