Former ATA President Bennett Whitlock Dies at Age 97
Whitlock worked for American Trucking Associations for 36 years, culminating in his appointment as president in 1976. (SunJae Smith/American Trucking Associations) Bennett Clarke Whitlock Jr., who helped steer the trucking industry through deregulation in the late 1970s and early 1980s, has died. He was 97. Whitlock worked for American Trucking ...more
California Charging Infrastructure Lags Behind Targets
A heavy-duty electric vehicle charging station in California. (Penske Truck Leasing) The California Air Resources Board’s controversial Advanced Clean Fleets ...more
Kroger, Albertsons In Talks to Sell Stores to C&S, SoftBank
The SoftBank Corp. logo displayed near a store in Tokyo. (Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg News) Kroger Co. and Albertsons Cos. are selling ...more
GM Makes Initial Offer to UAW, Union President ‘Insulted’
United Auto Workers member John Weyer walks in the Labor Day parade in Detroit. (Paul Sancya/Associated Press) DETROIT — General ...more
Senate Could Consider FY24 Transportation Bill Next Week
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) outlined a legislative schedule prioritizing the transportation funding measure along with funding bills for ...more
Trucking Experts Prepare for Lackluster Peak Season
“The macro economy is not in a recession, but the freight market has been in a recession, including truck freight," ...more
Class 8 Truck Orders Fall 12% in August
A truck chassis on the assembly line at Kenworth's Chillicothe, Ohio, plant. (Kenworth via YouTube) North American Class 8 orders ...more
One crushed between truck & trailer
A person is dead after being crushed between a truck and a trailer on Thursday ...more
VIDEO: Georgia DPS shouts out CMV driver for saving motorist from ‘severe injuries or worse’
The Georgia Department of Public Safety (DPS) shared dash cam video of a close call ...more
Electric ‘truck stop of the future’ coming to I-96 in Michigan
Officials announced plans to develop a federally funded truck stop for electric commercial vehicles along ...more
POLICE: Trucker found dead in cab with smashed windows after argument with another driver
Police say that another truck driver is to blame for the death of a trucker ...more
Starting this weekend, truckers are banned from the left lane in New Mexico
A new law restricting left lane travel for trucks goes into effect over the weekend ...more
‘This sweet man’ — Woman thanks trucker for his act of kindness following a crash
A woman recently took to social media to praise a trucker for his selflessness in ...more
Trucking company forced to pay back $51k+ after denying employees overtime
A trucking company is being forced to pay $51,000 back to employees it denied overtime ...more
VIDEO: Old school news segment follows lady trucker in a cabover
This video gives you a peek into the world of old school trucking as it ...more
Woman in recent “Dukes of Hazzard’ leap says the incident “just replays over and over”
The motorist in a recently viral video showing a car vaulting over a tow truck ...more
Police in Arizona shared body cam video from a traffic stop on a flatbed truck ...more
UPS Workers Give Union Leaders Option to Call Strike
UPS workers and Teamsters members during a rally in April. (Paul Frangipane/Bloomberg News) UPS Inc.’s ...more
Senators Push Fix for Dry Bulk Trucking Penalties
ATA emphasized that the proposal does not increase payloads but allows for a more realistic ...more
NTTC Appoints Herb Evans as Chairman
Herb Evans is vice chairman for Eagle Transport Corp. (Eagle Transport Corp.) National Tank Truck ...more
A dashcam video recorded by a motorist shows the moment an electrical worker was knocked ...more
Company Can’t Guarantee Air Bag Inflators Won’t Explode
An air bag unit in a Toyota vehicle. (Koichi Kamoshida/Bloomberg) DETROIT — A company that ...more
Trump Says US Signed China Trade Deal, Gives No Details
(cbarnesphotography/Getty Images) BANGKOK — The U.S. and China have signed an agreement on trade, President ...more