Buzz on highways? Florida may see new honeybees license tags
By MERYL KORNFIELDFresh Take Florida News ServiceTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Tired of the typical Florida orange stamped on the back of your car?The Legislature is...
U.S. Customs agents stop Canadian cash smuggler with undeclared U.S. currency at Lewiston checkpoint
LEWISTON, N.Y. — A Canadian citizen hiding more than $200,000 in unreported U.S. currency in the cab of a tractor-trailer was stopped by U.S....
FMSCA denies SBTC’s quest for exemption of ELD rule for small carriers
WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has denied an application filed a little more than a year ago from the Small Business...
National Carriers names drivers of month for August, September
IRVING, Texas — National Carriers named Clifford Doran and Ali Abdul as drivers of the month for August and September, respectively.Both of these company...
Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise, Georgia’s State Road and Tollway Authority to join E-ZPass network
WILMINGTON, Del. — The E-ZPass Group announced July 6 that Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise and the State Road and Tollway Authority of Georgia will join the...
ArcBest carrier ABF Freight announces 2020 Load Team
FORT SMITH, Ark. — ArcBest, a logistics company with creative problem solvers who deliver innovative solutions, has announced that its less-than-truckload carrier ABF Freight...
Michigan to install new warning system to reduce wrong-way crashes
DETROIT — The Michigan Department of Transportation plans to install a new warning system on highway ramps with the goal of reducing deadly wrong-way...
Border agents discover marijuana valued at nearly $600k hidden in tractor-trailer
LAREDO, Texas — On Nov. 15, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents assigned to the Freer Station checkpoint seized 373 pounds of marijuana, with...
Landstar announces winner of 2020 All-Star Truck Giveaway
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Bobby Jordan of Soso, Mississippi, a Roadstar Million Mile Safe Driver for Landstar Systems Inc., has won the company’s 2020 All-Star...
EPA launches Cleaner Trucks Initiative update nitrogen oxide emission standards for heavy-duty trucks
WASHINGTON — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler Tuesday launched the Cleaner Trucks Initiative (CTI) designed to further decrease nitrogen oxide (NOx)...
Distracted driving, speed among NTSB’s Most Wanted List
WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board revealed its 2019-2020 Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements Monday.First issued in 1990, the NTSB Most...
FMCSA opens registration for Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse
WASHINGTON – The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Tuesday said that registration is now open for the Congressionally-mandated Commercial Driver’s License Drug and Alcohol...
Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores opens location in Brownsville, Texas
OKLAHOMA CITY — Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores, is now serving customers in Brownsville, Texas, thanks to a new travel stop that opened...
Nebraska man pleads ‘no contest’ to stealing more than $6,000 from trucking company
BROKEN BOW, Neb. — An Elmwood, Nebraska, man has pleaded no contest to stealing from the Custer County trucking company where he had worked.Raymond...
The coronavirus: A trucker’s guide to germs and illness — Part 2
GERMS 101: AN INTRODUCTION FOR TRUCK DRIVERSRobert Dudley, M.D., a physician in New Britain, Connecticut, told The Trucker, “Protecting yourself and others from the...
Truck driver who held a female hostage charged with kidnapping after wild chase in...
CINCINNATI, Ohio — A truck driver who held a female hostage and led police on a wild chase along Interstate 275 on July 18...
FMCSA expands emergency declaration to include transport of COVID-19 vaccine; extends regulatory relief through...
WASHINGTON — Because of the continuing national emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has extended Emergency Declaration No....
Canada-U.S. reach deal to stay in trade pact with Mexico
TORONTO — Canada was back in a revamped North American free trade deal with the United States and Mexico late Sunday after weeks of...
Love’s opens new location with 59 truck-parking spaces in Schuyler, Nebraska
OKLAHOMA CITY — Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores is now serving customers in Schuyler, Nebraska, thanks to a travel stop that opened Monday....
Schneider donates refrigerated trailer to Feeding America to help provide for those in need
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Schneider celebrated the holiday season by helping food pantries in Northeast Wisconsin provide for those in need. The company recently...
