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News · Mar 29, 2021

Stranded cargo ship Ever Given starts floating again in the Suez Canal (with video)

By: iTrucker / Mario Pawlowski According to the post on Suez Canal Authority Facebook page -"The successful refloating of the Panamanian container ship Ever Given begins. Lieutenant-General Osama Rabie, chairman of the Suez Canal Board, announced today that the Panamanian container ship Ever Given successfully sailed after the vessel responded to stress and towing maneuvers.The vessel's course was significantly modified by 80%, and the stern of the vessel moved offshore by 102 meters instead of

Lillie Elizabeth Drennan (1897-1974) was Texas' first female licensed trucker

News · Mar 28, 2021

Celebrating Women’s History Month by remembering first female licensed truck driver and company owner

By: iTrucker / Mario Pawlowski Celebrating Women's History Month. Lillie Elizabeth Drennan (1897-1974) was Texas' first female licensed truck driver and a pioneering trucking company owner. In 1928, she and her husband began delivering drilling supplies to the burgeoning Texas oil fields running two old, patched-up pickup trucks. Lillie became the sole owner of the Drennan Truck Line a year later when the couple divorced. The company quickly grew — and Lillie continued to drive. When she sought

News · Mar 11, 2021

Autonomous trucks may negatively affect truckers, at least temporarily according to FMCSA chief

Story by: John Gallagher, Washington Correspondent at FreightWaves Acting Administrator Meera Joshi sees ‘major shift’ in trucker workforce How the move toward driverless trucks will affect the truck driver workforce is a challenge that must be addressed whether the timeline toward full automation ends up short or long, according to the nation’s top truck safety regulator. “We can argue about scope and timeline, but what we can’t argue about is that this a reality: There will be a major shift in

News · May 17, 2020

Trucking company with 4000 trucks files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, plans to sell subsidiaries

Story by: John Kingston at FreightWaves.com Motor carrier holding company Comcar Industries announced on Sunday, May 17, that it has filed for court-supervised bankruptcy protection and plans to liquidate by selling off its five trucking companies. The company employs 4500 and has 4000 trucks, according to Comcar’s website. In terms of size, Comcar was bigger than Celadon when it filed bankruptcy in late 2019, but the prepackaged bankruptcy that Comcar has organized will be more structured and s

News · Oct 24, 2019

Driver qualification, detention among DOT 2020 priorities

Story by: John Gallagher, Washington Correspondent @FreightWaves I Management at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will be pressured to address several affecting commercial drivers and their companies in 2020 based on a set of priorities unveiled by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). “DOT’s Fiscal Year 2020 Top Management Challenges,” released on October 23, calls on the agency to tackle truck driver qualification, driver detention, and high-risk motor carrier int

News · Oct 17, 2019

Volvo Trucks will lay off 3,000 workers because of UAW strike at Mack Trucks

Story by: Alan Adler @ FreightWaves I The impact of a United Auto Workers’ strike at Mack Trucks will nearly double next week when Volvo Trucks North America lays off about 3,000 employees because of a lack of engines and transmissions that come from a Maryland plant the companies share. A Volvo Group spokesman on Thursday confirmed the ripple effect of the 4-day-old strike on its New River Plant in Dublin, Virginia. “We communicated to our employees this morning that NRV will stop production Mo

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News · Jun 8, 2019

See Trucker Talent Search’s Taylor Barker cover Joey+Rory song

"The sixth annual Overdrive-Red Eye Radio Trucker Talent Search received more than 50 entries from talented truckers who love to sing. A panel of judges reviewed the entries and has chosen a top 10. Over the next several days, Overdrive will feature each of the top 10 singers in advance of announcing the three finalists who will compete live for first place at August’s The Great American Trucking Show in Dallas." - According to the article in overdriveonline.com Read the full story HERE https://

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News · Jun 8, 2019

Trump suspends planned tariffs for Mexico, that's good news for trucking

Late afternoon President Donald Trump informed the public that he is suspending his plan to impose tariffs after reaching a deal with Mexico. In a tweet released late afternoon, Trump wrote - "I am pleased to inform you that The United States of America has reached a signed agreement with Mexico. The Tariffs scheduled to be implemented by the U.S. on Monday, against Mexico, are hereby indefinitely suspended."Trump also wrote - "Mexico, in turn, has agreed to take strong measures to stem the tide

News · Jun 7, 2019

FedEx and Amazon part ways with shrugs, and maybe a few smiles (with video)

The U.S. transportation industry hasn’t seen such a mutually agreeable divorce in years. "To virtually no one’s shock, FedEx Corp. (NYSE:FDX) continued late on June 7 its multi-year process of untethering from Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), announcing it would not renew Seattle-based Amazon’s U.S. domestic flying contract with its FedEx Express unit, which operates domestic and international services through an integrated air-ground network. The action does not affect Amazon’s relationship with

Truckers Room · Jun 7, 2019

Beauty And The Beast At FreightWaves.com Transparency19 Symposium

Our beautiful President at itrucker.com, admin and co-founder of Facebook group Truckers of Past, Present and Future, and iTrucker Facebook Page.

News · Jun 7, 2019

FMCSA seeks feedback from truckers on detention time

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is asking truck drivers and industry stakeholders for information about driver detention times at shipping and receiving facilities and the potential impacts those delays have on highway safety.- According to article in overdriveonline.com and its author Matt Cole A full list of questions can be found in the notice here. Read the full HERE Source and credits : overdriveonline.com / Matt Cole

News · Jun 7, 2019

Trucking hires continue to stall as job growth cools down

"Job growth fell well short of expectations in May as the economy added just 75,000 workers to payrolls during the month. Within the transportation and logistics sector, job growth also struggled as trucking hires continue to stall in the 2nd quarter." - According to article in http://freightwaves.com and its author Ibrahiim Bayaan Bayaan also wrote - "The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the economy added 75,000 workers to payrolls in May. This fell short of consensus estimates of