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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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