Trucker News

Unionized container truck drivers at Port Metro Vancouver have voted to reject a tentative deal drawn up Thursday by veteran labour mediator Vince Ready.

Echo Automotive's EchoDrive plug-in hybrid system took home the Green Award from the NTEA'S Work Truck Show in Indianapolis.

Fabio Jurchaks, sales and engineering director, NAFTA commented: "Not only do we cover foundation drum & disc brake theory and function, we also cover friction materials: processing, evaluation, testing and certification of brake linings and pads.

A Wisconsin truck driver was arrested in Fargo Friday afternoon for having methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia on him while driving.

TWO B.C. truck drivers have walked free from a Winnipeg court, cleared of drug-related charges levelled against them in connection with the single largest cocaine seizure in Winnipeg's history.

Reading Truck Body and Curry Supply Co. have announced their partnership. With Curry Supply's extensive global reach and strong ties with niche industries, Reading Truck Body will gain exposure and build relationships with a new segment of customers.

DeAnn Lopez CBS 7 News dlopez@cbs7.com March 7, 2012 MIDLAND-Cellphone usage may be legal by drivers in Class-C vehicles in the state of Texas, but this privilege does not apply to commercial truck drivers who are banned from usage while driving.

Nominations are now open for the second annual Overdrive's Most Beautiful contest, honoring the hard-working, adventurous women who make up less than 7 percent of the nation's 3 million truck drivers.

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The truck driver arrested on Wednesday for possession of drug paraphernalia previously crashed a fuel tank truck into a concrete pole.

A 60-year-old truck driver has been sentenced to 75 days in jail and two years of probation for the crash death of a 13-year-old boy.

If a recreational vehicle can be fitted with a slideout room, why can't a truck cab? That's the question Scott McKinnon asked himself, which resulted in RV supplier Lippert Components Inc.'s entry into the semi truck marketplace.

Police said a dump truck cut in front of Phillips' truck Wednesday afternoon on Southwest Tualatin-Sherwood Road at Nyberg Road just west of Interstate 5. It caused Phillips to lose his load of steel beams.

Reuters Container truck drivers at Canada's largest port have reached a new deal, narrowly avoiding an expanded job action that would have seen some 400 unionized drivers join about 1,200 non-unionized drivers who walked off the job last week.

Truck driver Chuck Ceccacci points out different features of the truck. The Ride of Pride truck visited Penn State University, March 6, 2014.

Thanks to movies during the seventies and eighties, the general public continues to see the professional truck driver as the loud-mouthed, chain-smoking, dirty scoundrel of the highways; bellowing down the road preying on the poor four-wheelers with nerves of steel and the mindset of nothing is going to get in their way.

"The rail line is so close to the road intersection that a tractor trailer stopping at the signal lights, in some cases, can have its trailer straddling the rail tracks," Arnott said in a press release.

Unionized container truck drivers who service the Port of Metro Vancouver will begin discussions with mediator Vince Ready this morning in an attempt to avert a noon strike notice.

UPS announced plans to purchase 1,000 propane package delivery trucks and install an initial 50 fueling stations at UPS locations.

For the period ending Jan. 31 the net loss totaled $248 million, or $3.05 per share, compared to a first quarter 2013 net loss of $123 million, or $1.53 per share.