To remain competitive in a challenging labor market, trucking companies and fleet operators are exploring performance-based pay models to help boost driver retention and recruiting.

The advent of electric-powered commercial trucks has raised new design considerations for vehicle components beyond the propulsion system — including tires.

Describing global supply chains as “volatile” for the last two years is an understatement. Glimmers of hope are emerging, but anxiety grows over whether freight volumes can maintain traction amid high inflation and economic uncertainty.

Technology adoption in the trucking industry has given freight transportation companies access to an abundance of data. The question now is how best to use it.

As the cost of diesel rises, so does trucking companies’ interest in technology to monitor and improve miles per gallon.

The flurry of fleets that raised pay early in 2021 to recruit and retain truck drivers amid labor shortages snowballed into a widespread industry trend. However, for many fleets, it’s not necessarily bringing in the expected results.

Magnetic concrete that charges electric vehicles as they drive over it could be coming to an Indiana roadway in the next few years.

The proliferation of technology to run trucking and logistics companies has created a challenge of its own: Modern transportation companies must be able to effectively utilize data flowing from a growing number of discrete applications and systems. 

Escalating insurance costs have become a severe financial headwind for trucking companies in an industry already known for tight profit margins.

As the trucking industry explores zero-emission technologies such as battery-­electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, heavy-duty engine oil suppliers are applying less conspicuous methods of curbing airborne particulate matter and carbon emissions.