When you compare the Purchasing Managers’ Index with the American Trucking Associations’ tonnage numbers, you can see the PMI tends to lead truck tonnage in a fairly accurate direction. Source: American Trucking Associations, Institute of Supply Management In mid-March, many […]

The TMC display showed some of the information provided by Fontain’s SmartConnect fifth wheel system. Photo: Deborah Lockridge With all the talk about smart trailers today, there’s a vital connection between tractor and trailer that hasn’t been part of the […]

Dash cam video captured the moment that a dump truck’s lost tire became a semi truck driver’s bad day. The video was captured on Tuesday. March 21, on Highway 90 at Young Street in Louisiana. As you watch the dash cam […]

The owners of Roca, Nebraska-based B&B Midwest Trucking have been sentenced for using funds withheld from employee paychecks to pay creditors and for personal expenses. On March 21, 2023, husband and wife William H. White, 55, and Sarah A. White, […]

Maryland State Police (MSP) and federal authorities are investigating a crash involving passenger vehicle drivers that claimed the lives of six highway workers on Wednesday. The crash occurred at 12:40 on March 22 on I-695 at Security Boulevard in Woodlawn, […]

A truck driver was hurt on Friday morning during a major crash and fire in Pikesville, Maryland. The incident occurred around 6 a.m on I-795 at the Baltimore Beltway in Baltimore County. Officials say that a tanker truck crashed and […]