Trucker News

The Hendrickson Vehicle Suspension Institute scheduled its next session of hands-on technical suspension training for the heavy-duty transportation industry.

The tanker trucking company Kenan Transport will pay $27,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination and retaliation lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency announced Thursday.

Long time automotive aftermarket and heavy-duty industry executive, John. F. Lorimer retired on April 1, after 44 years in the industry.

SAN PEDRO >> Truck drivers who deliver goods from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach came before Los Angeles harbor leaders on Thursday to voice their concerns about what they say are deplorable working conditions at a Rancho Dominguez company.

The report cites a recent reader survey by Overdrive , a national trucking magazine, in which a majority of respondents said they would retire or look for other work before they'd operate with an ELD.

The Missouri Department of Transportation has launched the next phase of the Missouri Freight Plan to engage business and local leaders, along with freight and industry stakeholders, in a discussion regarding funding of Missouri's freight infrastructure.

Micronet, an Israeli firm, is the largest producer of in-cab mobile terminals used in fleet vehicles such as trucks and taxis, according to industry data.

In 32 years as a truck driver and seven years as a transportation broker, DuWayne Marshall has seen it all: brokers who pay late or not at all; brokers who go bankrupt; brokers who run outright scams.

A truck driver was released from custody overnight after a 12-year-old boy was struck and killed by a semi at the corner of Indianapolis Blvd. and 119th in Whiting, Ind.

Online freight marketplace uShip has announced three top national less-than-truckload carriers have committed to uShip's shipper-direct LTL spot rate marketplace.

Sauk Rapids trucker makes special delivery in a Denny's on sctimes.com: http://www.sctimes.com/story/news/local/2014/04/16/sauk-rapids-trucker-makes-special-delivery-dennys/7798403/ Longtime truck driver Fred Robatcek of Sauk Rapids believes he was dispatched by Jesus the day he helped a stranger give birth in the lobby of a Denny's in Texarkana, ... (more)

A Long Island cement truck driver has been convicted of manslaughter and assault for crashing into an overpass and a school bus in 2012, killing the driver.

Pauline Robinson-Kirkland was sentenced earlier this month in U.S. District Court, Albany, Ga.

A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Penn. early this month indicted one person in connection with a scheme to defraud trucking companies over drug test results of drivers.

The Highway Trust Fund is likely to run into the red by September, according to the latest update from the Department of Transportation.

Mitsubishi Electric introduced a new member to its family of alternators at Mid-America: the Diamond Power A200 alternator for heavy-duty trucks.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has announced a date of April 29 and 30 has been set for the next meeting of the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee's Compliance, Safety, Accountability subcommittee in Arlington, Va.

The U.S. Transportation Department's Federal Highway Administration is holding a webinar next month to provide an update on the progress of its Comprehensive Truck Size and Weight Limits Study.

Too hot to handle! Mobile brothel catches fire at German motorway rest stop while its owner was conducting business with a trucker in his cab A mobile brothel caught fire in a motorway rest stop while the owner was busy conducting business with a lorry driver in his cab.

A new report shows inflation remains in check with consumer prices increasing 0.2% in March, following a 0.1% gain in February, according to the U.S. Labor Department.