Monthly Archive: October 2018
Creating a safe work environment is a continuous journey. Everyone, from plant workers to plant managers to leadership and office staff, must be engaged in making safety an integral part of their day. Heil Trailer…
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT has approved Burch Tank and Truck Inc. as a “designated approval agency.’’ Based in Mount Pleasant, Mich., Burch builds and services cargo tanks. Burch is authorized to do periodic testing…
Betts Industries today announced the retirement of Clifford (Cliff) Betts as President and CEO of Betts Industries, as well as the promotion of Charles (Chad) Betts, Executive Vice President, as his successor. Cliff Betts will…
Every year, the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) releases a survey that identifies the U.S. trucking industry ‘s most pressing issues, in addition to strategies on how to deal with these dilemmas…
America is facing a dire shortage of truck drivers. The causes include lack of competitive wages, a perception problem, demographic challenges, and technology that might soon make truckers obsolete. And now a new research study…
Expediter Services (ES), a company providing capacity solutions and ownership opportunities within the trucking industry, announced that a collaborative program with Women In Trucking Association to create 150 women-owned businesses in transportation is now one…
Imagine your company has made every effort to produce a safe and wholesome food product. You have evaluated and approved suppliers, provided food safety training and education, implemented a HACCP Program, and Integrated Pest Management…
Age didn’t matter, they said. If Blocksom could get his “CDL’’ they would hire him for a $50,000 job. One even offered to pay his tuition for driver training school, but there was a catch…
Calling the plan to implement a 35-percent truck only toll increase in Indiana “ill-advised, burdensome and discriminatory,” Todd Spencer, president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, asked Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb to pump the brakes…
Milk hauling offers many great benefits above and beyond the regular perks of driving a truck for a living. Unlike many other transport jobs, dairy hauling involves a regular route where drivers can get to…