Author: Neil Abt

PALM DESERT, CA. Derek Leathers, president and CEO of truckload carrier Werner Enterprises, has advice for fleets that chase high freight rates on any given day, instead of focusing on the “longer-term view.” “There is nothing as powerful as building

PALM DESERT, CA. Renee Krug, chief financial officer of GlobalTranz, was named the 2018 Distinguished Woman in Logistics.
Krug was honored by the Women In Trucking Association, in partnership with Truckstop.com.
The award was presented at the Transpo

PALM DESERT, CA. With capacity still as tight as almost any time in history, freight brokers meeting here sought ways to leverage technology to improve efficiency and better connect truckers with shippers.
A common theme was providing truckers more t

The surge of e-commerce orders will continue to drive trends in business operations, delivery methods, and vehicle purchases.
That was the message during a Fleet Owner webinar from Tim Denoyer, vice president and senior analyst of ACT Research Co., a

Even with the April 1 enforcement deadline of the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate now past, Wally Stegall, technical fellow with Morey Corp., believes many smaller fleets and owner-operators could still benefit by shopping around.
Stegall sai

Law enforcement faces its own challenges as trucking transitions to the electronic age.

Dave Dein, a teacher at Patterson High School in California, was unsure what to expect when the father of a student came to speak him two months ago with tears in his eyes.
“Before my son took your class, he never felt successful,” Dein recalled the

It has become the car accident heard around the world. And more than a week later, there are more opinions than answers about the fatal crash involving the self-driving Uber passenger car in Arizona.
The reactions highlight the intense level of scrut

“It provides an environment to train younger drivers with the right temperament and level of maturity to do the job in a safe and efficient manner,” said Mark Allen, president and CEO of IFDA.

The omnibus spending bill being debated by Congress contains several measures that could benefit truckers, but excludes any reference to meal-and-rest breaks.
The $1.3 trillion measure to fund the federal government through the remainder of the fisca