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LONG BEACH, Calif. — Old Dominion Freight Lines’ Sam Faucette has received the American Trucking Associations’ 2018 National Safety Director Award. Pictured from left with

WEST WARWICK, R.I. — Arpin Van Lines’ President and CEO David Arpin has received the James Prout Spirit of Giving Award from Sarah and Rob

CLAYTON, Ala. — Boyd Bros. Transportation, an Alabama-based flatbed truckload carrier, is opening a new truck driving school. Named Boyd Driving Academy, the school will

RIVERSIDE, Mo. — Rolling Strong, a provider of driver wellness programs for transportation companies and their drivers as well as owner-operators, has formed a partnership

WASHINGTON — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler Tuesday launched the Cleaner Trucks Initiative (CTI) designed to further decrease nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions

GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. — Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association President Todd Spencer said several comments made by Lane Kidd, managing director of The Trucking Alliance, in

LOS ANGELES — A new Reason Foundation study finds asset recycling via long-term leases of America’s largest existing toll roads, bridges, airports, seaports, water and

GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. — The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association will offer a class to help those interested in starting a small trucking business. OOIDA’s business

READING, Pa. — The Penske Driver app has added an upgrade designed to benefit truck drivers ahead of the busy holiday freight season. Deliveries are

DALLAS — Angela Eliacostas, founder and CEO of AGT Global Logistics, was presented with the eighth annual Influential Woman in Trucking Award during a panel

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Stay Metrics, a provider of evidence-based driver feedback, engagement, training and retention solutions for the transportation industry, has published a new

WASHINGTON — The November 6 congressional elections not only gave control of the U.S. House of Representatives to the Democrats and kept the Senate in

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Truckload Carriers Association and FreightWave have formed an exclusive partnership whose first initiative — Truckload Indexes — will be a “unique”

Usually when you hear or read something about autonomous commercial vehicles, the word safety is mentioned. A lot. The thought is that if you take

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Trucker Buddy International has received a gift from Pilot Flying J to support its mission to educate students around the nation on

WASHINGTON — In response to questions received since the publication of the personal conveyance guidance on June 7, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has

EL RENO, Okla. — Love’s Travel Stops is now serving more customers in Oklahoma with the grand opening of a new travel stop in El

WASHINGTON — Nineteen Democratic members of the House of Representatives and the Senate have “strongly” urged Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to deny a petition submitted

PHOENIX — HELP Inc., provider of PrePass weigh station bypass and other safety services, has received new endorsements from four trucking organizations. These associations provide

A few weeks back, I got word that a former colleague had died. Old Gus, as I’ll call him here, and I worked together for