Trucker News

Trucker Mark Wendorff says his livestock trucking business has never fully recovered from the BSE crisis 10 years ago.

GRESHAM, Ore. A semi tractor-trailer trying to avoid a car crashed into a concrete barrier on Interstate 84 Friday night.

Truckers take note: Roadcheck 2013, the annual safety blitz that checks tractor-trailer equipment, driver logs and other safety aspects of truck drivers' operations, will take place June 4-6, according to the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's calendar.

Truck drivers and registered nurses were once again at the top of the list of occupations with most job openings posted across Alabama, although demand for truckers is now greater than for nurses .

Nevada was the first state to authorize such vehicles, and at least four others have followed.

Across southern Manitoba, more than 150,000 travellers were processed by the Canada Border Services Agency.

Two new trucking rules - one from California and the other federal - could have wide-ranging effects on the fresh produce industry from the shipper all the way to the retailer.

A truck driver sustained minor injuries Thursday morning when he crashed his tractor-trailer while exiting Route 581 at the Carlisle Pike in Hampden Township, Cumberland County.

Proposed changes to the International Registration Plan has the full support of the Canadian Trucking Alliance , and perhaps soon every provincial trucking association.

Barges sidelined from work on the new St. Croix River bridge near Stillwater because of a zebra mussel scare have been cleared after the project's contractor submitted tightened decontamination controls to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.

By Jerry Askin Each year, hundreds of people are killed and thousands are injured in accidents involving tractor trailers.

From Michigan's Fleet Engineers comes the AeroSaver trailer side skirt, an aerodynamic add-on made of recycled materials that's claimed to reduce fuel consumption by up to 7%. It saves inventory by letting the user decide to install the skirt angled or straight with no additional hardware, while also simplifying repair by coming in three ... (more)

The U.S. 35 intersection at the Buffalo Bridge has posed problems for truck drivers since it opened in 2009.

In Missouri, the owners of Lebanon-based J&M Trucking have been sentenced following a federal trial last year in which they were found guilty of charges they defrauded the boat and trailer maker Tracker Marine by inflating shipping invoices and purchase orders.

The Truckload Carriers Association has formed a partnership with Truckers Against Trafficking , a nonprofit organization that educates, equips, empowers, and mobilizes members of the trucking and truck plaza industries to combat domestic sex trafficking.

The North American retail diesel exhaust fluid network reached a landmark figure last month with over 1,000 locations offering diesel exhaust fluid at the fuel island.

Just over a month after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration submitted a proposed regulation to require speed limiters on big rigs to the DOT, it has been returned to the agency without approval.

Traffic in both directions near Harrisburg, Pa., has reopened following a tanker crash and fire that closed the route last Thursday.

Mercedes-Benz executives picked Dsseldorf, Germany, the source of the Sprinter van, to present their extensively revised 2014 model for North America.

The Pennsylvania State Police announced the results of Operation Code R.E.D. refrigerator food truck inspection enforcement effort held on April 23.