Spencer Patton, founder and CEO of Route Consultant and Patton Logistics, addresses the FedEx Ground contractor community at the 2023 Route Consultant Expo + Party. Photo: Chris Brown A little over a year ago, I talked to my colleague Chris […]

A trucker hauling a helicopter ran into trouble with an overpass on a Louisiana interstate on Friday morning. The incident occurred around 8:30 a.m. on September 22, at S. Range Avenue and I-12 in Denham Springs, Louisiana. A truck hauling […]

Officials have released a few new details on a trooper-involved shooting that left a truck driver dead near Stroud, Oklahoma, on Wednesday. The shooting took place on Wednesday morning on the eastbound Turner Turnpike at mile marker 183 in Creek […]

More hurricane news! This time, the hurricane is hitting the northeast, and some states are already declaring emergencies to be ahead of the curve, before Lee hits land as a category five hurricane. Maine Maine’s State of Emergency Declaration, which […]

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is stepping up its game when it comes to getting more drivers on the road, but it does not want to sacrifice road safety to do so. To that end, the FMCSA is […]

ERoad has launched new tools, including a route planner and ETA tool. Source: ERoad ERoad, a fleet performance management company, announced a number of product enhancements designed to help fleet customers improve driver safety, streamline operations, and bolster supply chain […]

The ATA Truck Tonnage Index showed a slight increase in August. Source: ATA American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 0.2% in August after rising 1.1% in July. In August, preliminary numbers show, the index […]

Officials in Orange County, New York, are responding to a major fatality bus crash that occurred Thursday afternoon. The crash occurred around 1:30 p.m. near Wawayanda, New York. Officials say that a charter bus was carrying Farmingdale High School students […]

Stunning traffic camera video shows a semi truck colliding with a sand truck at full highway speed. The video was shared by Instagram account truckertwits on September 17. In the video, you can see a long line of cars stopped […]

Motor carriers will be able to deploy Waabi Driver-enabled trucks on the Uber Freight network. Photo: Waabi (2022 file photo) Uber Freight and Waabi announced a deal they are calling a new model for AI-powered autonomous truck adoption and deployment. […]