A side underride guard. Several industry stakeholders are opposed to a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposal that would make the equipment mandatory on heavy trucks. (AirFlow Deflector) Truckers to regulators: A proposal to require side underride guards on heavy trucks is not ready for prime time. As the first round of written comments closed ...more
A truck fills up with diesel fuel. Several rural states have expressed concerns about the government's push to make medium- and light-duty trucks electric. (Aziz Shamuratov/Getty Images) State transportation planners, rural farmers and electric utilities are joining a chorus of stakeholders expressing concern about the potential consumer and business costs associated with a federal proposal ...more
Ryder has created value-added programs like RyderElectric+ to provide fleets with end-to-end services such as vehicles, charging, telematics and maintenance. (Ryder) Fleets that want to test the waters with electric vehicles or other types of technology don’t have to do it themselves or even use their own trucks. Leasing companies are providing that opportunity for ...more
Scott Taylor, founder, chairman and CEO of GSC (left) Mark Miller, formerly owner and CEO of MacMillan-Piper (MacMillan Piper) Third-party logistics provider GSC Logistics Inc. has expanded service capabilities by acquiring transloading company MacMillan-Piper, the company announced July 24. MacMillan-Piper is a specialty cargo handling and warehouse solutions provider in Seattle. “We’re excited to grow ...more
Many respondents say their companies are passing some or all of recent cost increases on to consumers. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg News) A strong majority of business economists now say the odds of the U.S. entering a recession in the next 12 months are 50% or less, according to a National Association for Business Economics survey. ...more
UPS workers and Teamsters members practice picket outside a UPS distribution facility in Madison Heights, Mich., July 18. (Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg News) Some large retailers and other companies across the country are warning customers of potential delivery delays if there is a UPS strike. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters union, which represents 340,000 members at Sandy ...more
A motorist is lucky to have survived a high speed collision with a semi trailer in Georgia over the weekend. The incident began shortly after noon on July 22 when the Georgia State Patrol (GSP) was notified about a 2018 Lamborghini Aventador traveling at speeds of over 100 m.p.h. on northbound I-75. According to the ...more
In this short documentary video, a crew follows an owner-operator who struggles to make ends meet as a way of exploring the labor issues plaguing the trucking industry. The 10 minute long video was shared by More Perfect Union on July 21, 2023. It is part of a larger video series about American jobs that ...more
A motorist causes traffic trouble for a trucker when she refuses to turn or back up so that the truck can maneuver out of her way.The video was shared by TikTok account newshl2 on July 21 and since then has garnered 4.3 million views.The video was filmed by a truck driver as he and others ...more
The Texas Department of Public Safety (TXDPS) has released more information on a multiple fatality crash that occurred in Lamar County on Friday.The crash occurred shortly before 11 a.m. on July 21 near Paris, Texas.TXDPS says that Oklahoma resident Mary Cooper, 48, was driving a Toyota SUV south on US 271 when her vehicle was ...more
