Aging Drivers Threaten Trucking
Aging Drivers Threaten Trucking. The trucking industry needs young blood. The ATA estimates the U.S. is 80,000 truckers short of where it needs to be, it has a lot to do with an aging workforce…
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Rail and Trucking Join Forces
Rail and trucking join forces to increase efficiencies via an increase in capacity and getting freight moving. It’s no secret the supply chain has been backed up, bottlenecked, scrambled, and …
Self-driving trucks serving OK & TX
Third-party logistics firm CEVA Logistics partnered with self-driving trucking company Kodiak Robotics on what the companies said was the first autonomous freight delivery in Oklahoma. With routes originating in Dallas-Fort Worth, running to Oklahoma City, OK and Austin,TX.
Northeast Diesel Shortage
The sharp increase of diesel prices has been a major stressor in America’s $800 billion trucking industry since the beginning of 2022. According to Department of Energy (DOE) figures, the price per gallon of diesel…
U.S. Reinstating Truck Usage Survey
U.S. reinstating truck usage survey, after two dormant decades, the federal government is resurrecting the Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey (VIUS), a tool for measuring light, medium and heavy-duty truck trends in the U.S., which…
FBI Targeting Supply Chain
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is now targeting a wider swath of transportation companies that it deems may be using supply chain disruption to gouge customers. The initiative broadens the scope of the Biden…
Carriers Raising Money For Ukraine
A group of carriers and logistics companies has banded together to raise money to support the citizens of Ukraine who remain in the country during the military invasion by Russia. Dubbed Trucking and Logistics Professionals for Ukraine…
Michael Rodriguez Obituary
Michael Rodriguez, 55 passed away on February 5th, 2022 in Las Vegas Nevada. Michael is survived by wife Kim, stepchildren Ashley, Lauren and Kyle Gonzalez, grandsons Tyler and Miles Gonzalez, mother Josephine Rodriguez, father Carlos Rodriguez, brother Dennis Rodriguez, sister Denise Harris, brother-in-law Marc Harris and nephews Michael and Justin Harris.
White House Aims To Shore Up Trucking
The White House unveiled a sweeping initiative aimed at shoring up the ranks of the nation’s truck drivers that could potentially lead to boosting driver pay. The Biden-Harris Administration Trucking Action Plan is being launched…
Major Carrier Central Freight Closing After 96 years
Waco, Texas-based Central Freight Lines (CFL) notified drivers, employees and customers in mid Dec that it would be shutting down. A source close to CFL said the company had “too much debt and too many unpaid bills”…
