truckers

The gig economy is one more challenge for truck drivers.

Days after thousands of employees and truck drivers for Celadon Group Inc. received word that one of North America’s largest carriers was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, many are still struggling to take in the news.

The Hispanic community has contributed immensely to the new American dream and is currently one of the fastest growing ethnic minorities within the trucking sector.

Pilots donned oxygen masks and returned to Vancouver after shipment of durian filled the 767 with the fruit’s notoriously noxious aroma.

High driver turnover rates have been common in the trucking industry for several decades. Improving the quality of discussions between fleet management and drivers might help reduce the churn.

Software and telematics technology provider Konexial recently launched a Spanish-language version of its electronic logging device (ELD) product, My20 ELD.  Ken Evans, chief executive of Knoxville, Tennessee-based Konexial, said the company added the Spanish-language feature at the request of its carrier customers. “We recognize there are people that are of Hispanic descent that are an […]

FourKites has introduced a new analysis tool to help shippers identify unused capacity in their trailers.

The jobs of 449 workers are at stake as Aspray Transport closes down on August 16, after reeling under insurmountable debt and a worsening Brexit situation.

Long before sunrise, Molly Sizer starts her day in West Texas as a professional frac sand hauler.  She gets dressed, drives her Peterbilt truck to one of the dozens of frac mines around the Permian Basin, is loaded with 50,000 pounds of sand, drives 100 miles or more through crowded bumpy roads and finally delivers […]

Sandeep Kar has written a thought-provoking article about changes in trucks and how those changes affect truck drivers. He also writes about what the future may hold for truck drivers in the coming years.

Accidents due to distracted driving is on the rise, and it critical to utilize technology to curb the numbers.

China has developed a new lithium mining process that is significantly cost effective; Lyft and Uber shares slide in the stock market; Amazon encourages employees to quit and start their delivery services.

Fleets must look to leverage technology to improve the quality of life and driving experience of truckers, which eventually leads to driver retention.

Truck Parking Europe displays more than 34,000 parking spaces across Europe, and has over a million downloads on its smartphone application.

Road Hunter, an app that provides tools for truckers, has launched a trip-planning feature on its platform that its active users can use for free.

Ideas about what a driverless future will be like.

Human Trafficking is a big problem. One way to help fix it: recruit the eyes and ears of 3.5 million truckers.

Convoy is now matching 100 percent of loads automatically in major markets, effectively eliminating the need for any person to call or communicate between the shipper and carrier.

Research from Pride Transport breaks down the trucker-less world day by day.

Basic amenities rank high among truck drivers as improvements shippers can implement to improve driver experience.