Trucker News

Congressional passage of a short-term patch for the Highway Trust Fund will avert the immediate crisis but not be cause for celebration, said Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.

The trucker trapped in the vehicle was rescued after it was hit by a collapsed shipping container in Kwai Chung.

The Colorado Department of Transportation has started work on the Eastbound I-70 Peak Period Shoulder Lane project creating temporary eastbound express lane between Idaho Springs and Empire, but commercial trucks will not be able to use them.

Drivers servicing the country's largest port say they're still being shortchanged by trucking companies and have urged government to take swift action to resolve the dispute.

John and Robin Puthusseril accept the "Lung Health Champion Award" from Respiratory Health Association's Matt Maloney.

A group of truck drivers has filed a federal lawsuit against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the U.S. Transportation Department over records the agency keeps on carriers and drivers.

Following the death of a truck driver at Midwest Farmers Cooperative's grain handling facility in Tecumseh, Neb., the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the company for 12 serious safety violations and proposed $62,101 in penalties.

In an effort to reduce commercial motor vehicle related crashes, injuries and fatalities by combining outreach, education and evaluation with targeted enforcement activities to raise awareness among car and truck drivers about safe driving behaviors, the Florida Highway Patrol has kicked off their " Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks " or "TACT" ... (more)

Truckers hauled more goods in the first half of 2014 than any combined semi-annual volumes on record, according to TransCore Link Logistics' Canadian Freight Index.

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Last month, after a tractor-trailer collided with a vehicle carrying actor Tracy Morgan and others, national attention focused - briefly - on the serious issue of fatigued truck drivers.

California truckers have been doing our part by spending nearly a billion dollars a year on cleaner equipment and cutting pollutants by over 90 percent.

Dallas, Texas will soon become the new corporate headquarters of fleet management solutions provider, Omnitracs.

A Wal-Mart tractor-trailer whose allegedly fatigued driver hit a limousine last month, seriously injuring comedian Tracy Morgan and killing his friend, has brought fresh scrutiny of trucker safety as the industry tries to alter federal rules limiting drivers' time behind the wheel without rest.

Carmel to truck drivers: Stay off our roads Police will start ticketing truck drivers who stray from state-designated detours Check out this story on IndyStar.com: http://indy.st/1mspT3h A flatbed semi-trailer drives around the roundabound on Old Meridian Street at Grand Blvd, in Carmel Wednesday July 16, 2014.

Minimum rates for container truck drivers have not been legislated in the agreed time frames, and Unifor says that drivers are getting short-changed.

Joe Elbaor, of Glen Ellyn, Ill., mounts his dashboard camera below the rearview mirror of his truck.

The condition of a truck driver who sustained life-threatening injuries in a fiery collision with another semi-trailer rig on Interstate 80 near the Utah-Wyoming border remained unchanged Friday.

THE PAST week has been sobering for anyone who appreciates the selfless contributions made daily by our public law enforcement officers.

Truckload linehaul rates paid by North American shippers in June were 5.2% higher than in June of last year, according to the latest Cass Truckload Line Index released Friday.