Equipment Decarbonizing trucking begins with today’s diesel and natural gas engines January 15, 2024 Mike Roeth doesn’t want to hear that the trucking industry will need to transition en masse and immediately to electric and hydrogen-fueled powertrains if the industry wants to decarbonize. “That’s…
Equipment The Top 10 trucking innovations of 2023 December 14, 2023 Sluggish freight volumes, rising costs, ongoing parts shortages and supply chain disruptions, and falling rates resulting from excess capacity defined the trucking industry in 2023. But if you’re looking to…
Equipment Driver’s seat choices dampen vibrations and save your back December 11, 2023 Who hasn’t twiddled away few idle seconds by repeatedly bending a paper clip back and forth until in breaks? It’s pretty hard to break it on the first try, but…
Business Management DEI strategies help fleets embrace an evolving workforce December 1, 2023 Melinda Thornton appreciates the opportunity to learn about different cultures and traditions at her workplace. Especially when this experience comes with cake. The director of human resources at Ayr Motor…
Equipment Taking charge to eliminate battery failures November 23, 2023 The electric trucks may be coming, but that won’t render the 12-volt batteries used to power today’s trucks redundant. In fact, it could render them all-the-more important as truck makers…
Security Under Attack: Trucking industry increasingly at risk of cyberattacks November 10, 2023 After being a strong proponent and early adopter of electronic logs, it was back to paper logbooks and old-fashioned dispatch by phone for a portion of Bison Transport’s fleet in…
Business Management Bison’s stellar safety record is no accident November 6, 2023 Every driver has at least one story about a drive they’ll never forget. And veteran Bison Transport driver Treana Moniz is no exception. “This was years ago, long before I…
Business Management Cross dock efficiency comes with technology and touchpoints October 2, 2023 Delivering freight from Point A to Point B is challenging at the best of times, but it can be evermore complex when cargo needs to be shifted from one trailer…
Equipment Volvo Trucks’ green ambitions involve more than emissions alone September 20, 2023 Proof of Volvo Trucks’ green ambitions are already rolling in and around Gothenburg, Sweden. The track at the Volvo Trucks Demonstration Center is lined with battery-electric FM and FH…
Technology How AI is transforming telematics September 18, 2023 Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the hottest topics of the year. But in trucking, and more specifically telematics, is it a buzzword, a passing fad, or something more? And…
Human Resources Teamwork makes the team driving work August 28, 2023 Leah Gorham recalls how her boyfriend and co-driver, Roland Bereczki, once ‘demoted’ her from night shift duty after she accidentally pulled into a mall. Bereczki has been driving since 2003,…
Business Management Today’s freight fraudsters are sophisticated, brazen, and coming for your cargo August 8, 2023 Rob Hoffman was no rookie when it came to the freight business, and an unlikely mark for dubious brokers and carriers. So, the chief operating officer of Tampa, Fla.-based Dedicated…
Transportation Truck drivers sharing cabs, and companionship, with their pets August 5, 2023 George Hatch and Amanda Smith haul goods in different provinces and never met, but they both have something in common – they’re paid to hang out with their best friend…
Equipment Dragging brakes sacrifice more than friction material August 2, 2023 An object like a tractor-trailer remains in motion unless an outside force like the braking system acts upon it. Even Isaac Newton could have predicted that. And when brake components…
Business Management 5 ways to improve trailer utilization through telematics June 12, 2023 If the last couple years of snarled supply chains, equipment shortages, and inflation have taught us anything, it’s that the trailer has always been an underappreciated asset. While fleets have…
