News & Updates

According to Dr. John McElligott, co-founder of St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund and volunteer medical advisor to the fund, the biggest problem in trucking is health. “Women in trucking and women in business is a big deal these days – without women, we would not...

15 million infrastructure jobs created or saved over 10 years, study estimates  2.81 million truck driving jobs created or saved according to report. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) Commercial truck driver jobs are forecast to make some of the biggest gains if the...

We’ve all seen it: the highway trooper and the trucker at the side of the road. Popular media depicts the encounter as one between adversaries. Passing passenger car drivers assume the truck driver was certainly at fault for something. The truck driver wants to meet...

Just as the consumer goods boom appeared to be in decline, spending got another boost on the heels of more stimulus and spiking COVID-19 cases, posting an unexpected 12% sequential gain in January over December after the holiday spending had passed. FreightWaves...

Only those who work in the trucking industry really understand what we mean when we say "driver fatigue." It isn't just being tired, or bored from driving the same highways for hours on end. It's the overwhelming physical and mental exhaustion that comes with life on...

As profitable a career as trucking is, the risks that come with it are not insignificant. During the first half of 2020 alone, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) reported 65,545 crashes, 29,968 injuries, and 1,942 fatalities among drivers of large...