Just how much time waiting to load and unload is too much? Photo: Deborah Lockridge The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has outlined its plan for a study of how driver detention time affects trucking operations and safety and asked […]

Phillips Industries’ EC47 provides two ethernet connectors, two CAN network connections, 4-AUX connections, and a 7-way J560 power connection. Photo: Phillips Industries Phillips Industries says it has a solution for the challenge of smart-trailer connectivity with the tractor. As HDT’s […]

A fast-charging lane at the WattEV Long Beach, California freight center allows the fleet’s Nikola Tre battery-electric trucks to take on a quick, 30-minute charge and continue to run routes. Photo: NACFE  New technology often spawns new business opportunities, and […]

The Volvo Trucks Customer Center has upgraded its customer experience track in Dublin, Virginia Photo: Volvo Trucks The Volvo Trucks Customer Center tripled the size of its customer experience track in Dublin, Virginia. The 3-mile course now includes two super-elevations […]

No one was seriously hurt in a wreck involving a semi truck and three cars in Utah on Tuesday.  The accident happened on August 22nd in Layton, Utah on Interstate 15 at mile marker 331 between Hill Field Road and […]

A truck driver is dead after being crushed by his own tractor trailer in Indiana on Wednesday.  The accident happened on August 23rd in Gary, Indiana just before 2:20 p.m. on the 1000 block of Colfax Street.  Gary police say […]

At least four people were hurt in a wreck in Brooklyn early on Wednesday morning.  The accident happened at 4:50 a.m. on Wednesday, August 23rd on the westbound side of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway near Tillary Avenue.  According to ABC7 […]

A young woman was arrested after causing a drunken disturbance at a Love’s Travel Stop in Florida early on Friday.  The incident occurred on August 25th at around 3 a.m. at the Love’s in Bushnell, Florida.  According to Village-News, 20-year-old […]

A truck driver is happy to be alive after a serious storm tore through Michigan and left him trapped in the cab of an overturned semi truck.  34-year-old truck driver Barry Smith was heading east on Interstate 96 in some […]

Here is some uplifting news. The United States’ infrastructure has been an issue for decades now, as bridges have been in desperate need of repair, but often only being repaired when it becomes an emergency. According to recently released data, […]