Trucker Buddy Expands Charity Work
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Trucker Buddy International said it is expanding its program in South Carolina with the help of Meritor Inc., donating money to 19 schools with underwriting from PeopleNet, and honored a group of truck drivers and school teachers.
April 2, 2016TravelCenters Updates Maintenance Operations
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Truck stop chain TravelCenters of America is unifying and rebranding its maintenance operations and tightening quality control.
April 2, 2016Bestpass Expands Coverage
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Toll management provider Bestpass Inc. rolled out a new transponder that covers nearly all of the 48 contiguous states and soon may include parts of Canada.
April 2, 2016BlackBerry Enters Trailer-Tracking Market
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Telecommunications company BlackBerry has entered the trailer-tracking market with its BlackBerry Radar system, launched here at the Mid-America Trucking Show.
April 2, 2016Vets Are Prime Candidates for Trucking Vacancies, Army Official Says
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Acting Secretary of the Army Patrick Murphy praised the men and women leaving the service as candidates for positions in trucking at an industry event sponsored by Shell Oil.
April 2, 2016Truckstop.com Launches LoadPay Payment System
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Carriers looking for an online platform for transactions can turn to LoadPay, the new payment service launched by Truckstop.com at the Mid-America Trucking Show here March 31.
April 2, 2016California Court Ruling Blocks $500 Million Rail Project
BNSF Railway’s plan to build a $500 million intermodal terminal near the docks in Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, has suffered a setback that could endanger the project from a California court ruling that the state’s environmental rules were violated.
April 1, 2016Video: OOIDA Senior Official Criticizes FMCSA’s ‘Beyond Compliance’
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s “Beyond Compliance” incentives program for carriers and drivers was criticized by stakeholders during a public forum at an annual trucking show here April 1.
April 1, 2016Truckers Against Trafficking Seeks to Build on Success
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Efforts to put the trucking industry on the front lines to combat human trafficking are succeeding, but more involvement is needed, Kylla Lanier, deputy director and co-founder of Truckers Against Trafficking, told Transport Topics.
April 1, 2016OOIDA Files Documents with Appeals Court to Support Request for Review of ELD Rule
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has told an appeals court that a federal mandate requiring electronic logging devices on commercial vehicles “does not advance safety, is arbitrary and capricious and violates Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches and seizures.”
April 1, 2016