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How GP Transco stays on track during COVID-19 pandemic
On April 15, as some trucking companies struggled with losing freight because of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, one northern Illinois carrier showed just what it means to be truly “essential” these days. That was the day an Antonov AN-124 cargo plane landed at Chicago Rockford International Airport, delivering 600,000 pounds of much-needed medical supplies from […]
June 23, 2020
Summer’s arrival means being aware of heat-related illnesses
Summer officially begins Saturday afternoon, June 20, but parts of the U.S. have already seen excessive heat and humidity. While you may spend the bulk of your workday in the air-conditioned comfort of your truck’s cab, you might be surprised at the intensity of heat when you to emerge at a mid-day site hundreds of […]
June 17, 2020
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Environmental company offers opportunities for drivers
Editor’s Note: Welcome to View From the Top, a new series. In each feature, we’ll talk with one of trucking’s leaders about how their company and the industry are dealing with the unprecedented challenges and changes wrought by the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. Tim Therrien explains what makes Clean Harbors different these days: “When COVID hit, […]
June 17, 2020
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Schneider’s Kellylynn McLaughlin WIT’s driver ambassador
It was not her college degree in interior design that prepared Kellylynn McLaughlin for her current job as an over-the-road driver and training engineer for Schneider. Neither was it her time in the Peace Corps or work with an international development organization. Instead, McLaughlin said it was being the mom of children in their high […]
June 17, 2020
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NY Thruway improvements will create more truck parking
Truckers traveling the New York State Thruway will see more parking and increased amenities as part of a $450 million plan to upgrade the interstate’s 27 rest areas. The New York State Thruway Authority Board of Directors earlier this week accepted a proposal that includes creating a total of 150 more truck parking spaces and […]
June 17, 2020
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Tennessee carrier raises $25,000 for St. Jude
A Tennessee trucking company recently used motorcycles instead of big rigs to raise money for a good cause for sick children. The fifth annual Big G Motorcycle Ride benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital May 30 raised $25,000, which was $15,000 more than their goal this year. Some 148 motorcycle riders drove 75 miles to […]
June 17, 2020
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Drivers fear bringing COVID-19 home to family, friends
Truck drivers say that while they feel safe driving during the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, they are concerned about their personal health and the health of others. An online survey by the Professional Driver Agency shows the COVID-19 outbreak has created personal and economic challenges for some drivers. The survey found 72% of drivers were […]
June 16, 2020
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FMCSA extends expired med cert, CDL, CLP waiver
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has extended a waiver that gives truck drivers additional time to renew their expired CDLs and medical certificates due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Drivers now have until Sept. 30 to renew licenses and certificates that expired on or after March 1. The initial waiver, granted March 24, extended […]
June 16, 2020
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10 rest areas in Wyoming closed to save money
If you travel through or to Wyoming, you’re trip planning better include a careful look at where to park because the state is closing 10 rest area to save money. Effective June 15, the state will close the rest areas to reduce spending by the Wyoming Department of Transportation. A WDOT spokesman said the closings […]
June 9, 2020
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Latest Citizen Drivers have combined 80 years on the road
Two veteran truckers are the latest to be honored by having their names attached to travel centers. TravelCenters of America today announced its seventh annual Citizen Driver Award winners. They are Herschel Evans of Bremen, Georgia and Jerry Seaman of Huron, South Dakota. The travel center network created the award to recognize professional drivers who […]
June 9, 2020
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Mark your calendar: hours regs change Sept. 29
Changes to federal regulations outlining truckers’ hours of service are yet another step closer to being finalized. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration today published in the Federal Register changes to the regulations it says provide “greater flexibility” while not undermining highway safety. The changes go into effect Sept. 29. The changes had been announced […]
June 9, 2020
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Trucking shed 1,200 jobs in May
The total number of people employed in the for-hire trucking sector of the economy fell by 1,200 in May, according to preliminary figures released Friday by the Department of Labor in its monthly employment report. May’s decline follows the huge dip in trucking industry employment — 89,800 jobs — in April. The DOL downwardly revised […]
June 9, 2020
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3 travel centers become TA Express locations
TravelCenters of America Inc. recently announced plans to open three new travel centers in as many weeks during June. The openings are all conversions of existing travel centers to TA-branded sites. Planned openings include: June 2: TA Express opens in Vermillion, South Dakota. (The fourth Coffee Cup Fuel Stop converting to a TA Express through […]
June 9, 2020
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Trucker busted for cocaine on Massachusetts Turnpike
A Texas trucker was arrested in Massachusetts Sunday, May 24 after being stopped by troopers who found 30 bricks of what they say is cocaine. Massachusetts State Police arrested Javier Robledo Perez, of Dallas, after they found some 30 brick-shaped objects wrapped in black plastic in the truck’s cab, according to court documents. A report […]
June 2, 2020
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2 new truck-specific GPS from Rand McNally
Several months after announcing new navigation software, Rand McNally today launched the next generation of its TNDTM line of truck-specific GPS devices. The TNDTM 750 and the TNDTM 550 truck-specific GPS devices are now in stores, and include Rand Navigation 2.0. The company’s new proprietary navigation software features truck routing, a clean interface, crowdsourced points of […]
June 2, 2020
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Feds mailing masks for truckers
The U.S. Department of Transportation will distribute some 2.1 million cloth masks to truck drivers as part of a larger initiative to distribute masks to transportation workers across the country. The department will distribute about 15.5 million masks to various transportation sectors. “Transportation workers are on the frontlines of keeping our transportation systems operational during […]
June 2, 2020
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Hours of service changes effective Sept. 29
Changes to federal regulations outlining truckers hours of service are yet another step closer to being finalized. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration today published in the Federal Register changes to the regulations it says provide “greater flexibility” while not undermining highway safety. The changes go into effect Sept. 29. The changes had been announced […]
June 2, 2020
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Average pay for company drivers rose in 2019
Pay and benefits improved for company drivers last year. The latest version of the American Trucking Associations Driver Compensation Study shows average driver pay, including bonuses, rose nearly $6,000 in 2019 since the last study in 2017, according to a statement from the association. “These results show that fleets did exactly what we would expect […]
June 2, 2020
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