John Dietrich speaks at the International Air Transport Association annual general meeting June 5. (Moe Zoyari/Bloomberg News) FedEx Corp. hired John Dietrich, the former head of an aircraft leasing company, as its new chief financial officer amid a sweeping plan to restructure the package delivery giant and slash costs. Dietrich, who has more than three ...more
Transportation is a high-demand employment sector. (welcomia/Getty Images) A program to train formerly incarcerated individuals to obtain commercial driver licenses is part of $2.59 million in grants recently awarded in Massachusetts across 14 organizations. “These grants will help ensure that individuals re-entering our communities have access to meaningful career pathways to set themselves up for ...more
A Nikola Tre FCEV and a BayoTech HyFill bulk hydrogen transport trailer. Nikola is set to begin taking delivery of low-carbon hydrogen from BayoTech in Missouri later this year and in California from 2024 onward. (Nikola Corp. and BayoTech) Nikola Corp. has reached a deal to buy hydrogen from BayoTech to fuel the truck manufacturer’s ...more
Washtenaw Community College via Twitter An Ann Arbor, Mich., community college says the demand for more truck drivers and the popularity of its training program are the main reasons why a course sponsored by Trainco Inc. and hosted by Washtenaw Community College is expanding. A second instructor is being added to the program to accommodate ...more
A truck driver has been released on bond after a DWI incident that nearly sent his rig off of an overpass in Texas on Saturday night. The incident occurred on July 15th in Wichita Falls, Texas at around 8:47 p.m. in the northbound lanes of the Lloyd Ruby Overpass across 15th Street. According to Texhomas News, ...more
A truck driver and social media personality followed by hundreds of thousands of people is reportedly being held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for screaming at another person in public. Houston resident Tierra Allen, 29, is better known online as “The Sassy Trucker.” She has more than 182,000 followers on TikTok and a large ...more
Another major pileup involving four semi trucks and several passenger vehicles occurred on I-70 in Illinois on Friday. Firefighters responded to a report of a multi-vehicle collision in an ongoing construction zone near Teutopolis, Illinois, at 1:37 p.m. on Friday, July 14.The collision occurred on eastbound I-70 at mile marker 101.5. The Teutopolis Fire Protection ...more
A nearby motorist captured footage of a passenger train colliding with a car hauler in Florida on Friday evening. The accident happened at 7 p.m. on July 14th in Lakeland, Florida near US 92 and Canal Avenue North.According to WFLA News, a truck hauling cars failed to clear a railroad crossing and got stuck on ...more
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) Operation Safe Driver Week 2023 is now behind us, but the next inspection campaign is only a month away. This year, CVSA Brake Safety Week will take place throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico August 20 — 26.During Brake Safety Week, inspectors will be paying special attention to brake lining/pad ...more
A couple was awarded $44M for a wreck with a semi truck that left the woman with a spinal cord injury. The accident happened in 2016 at the intersection of the Indiana Toll Road and IN S.R. 49 near Valparaiso, Indiana. According to Fox 32, truck driver Pedrag Radisavljevic rear ended a car at the traffic ...more
