Trucking Industry News
News During May 2012
FMCSA orders immediate shutdown of AL-based trucking company
05/21/2012 - 11:56:39 am - The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ordered BM & L Trucking LLC, of Athens, AL, to cease operations immediately, citing serious safety violations as the reason ...
California could soon reverse traffic school rule
05/21/2012 - 11:55:15 am - One step closer to passage in the California Assembly is a bill to reverse a rule for truck drivers. California law now prohibits professional drivers from attending traffic ...
Texas trucking company agrees to pay dockworkers $400,000
05/21/2012 - 11:53:36 am - Central Freight Lines of Waco, TX, has agreed to settle an age discrimination lawsuit that was filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after eight ...
Driver not the only one hit by `Arrowhead Logistics` applicant fees
05/21/2012 - 11:52:02 am - John Palazzolo has dreamed for years of moving to Florida and working as an over-the-road truck driver. Palazzolo, an OOIDA member from Huntington Station, NY, has ...
Grim news for family of missing driver from New Hampshire
05/14/2012 - 11:16:15 am - Nearly two months after he went missing from his hotel room, the body of truck driver Surat Nuenoom, 48, of Goffstown, NH, was recovered earlier this week from a retention ...
Texas community rallies around injured trucker
05/14/2012 - 11:14:10 am - A community is rallying around a truck driver who was injured Tuesday after a plastic cup that was thrown from an oncoming car shattered his windshield. It happened on U.S. ...
Trucker with four sets of log books sent to prison
05/14/2012 - 11:13:05 am - A Philadelphia trucker involved in a 2009 fatal crash will spend 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to falsifying four sets of logbooks. Valerijs Nikolaevich ...
Flash flood no match for Michigan trucker
05/14/2012 - 11:11:45 am - Brandon Jenkins, a 22-year-old driver from Kalkasha, MI, started last Friday like any other day, only to have it turn into “quite a day.” He was hauling a load of ...
Trucker injured after cup thrown through windshield
05/10/2012 - 3:27:27 pm - A truck driver is lucky to be alive after his windshield was shattered by what appears to have been a plastic cup that was thrown from a passing vehicle around 8:20 p.m. on ...
CVSA`s Roadcheck 2012 planned for June 5-7
05/10/2012 - 3:26:14 pm - Mark your June calendars, the CVSA Roadcheck 2012 is less than a month away. The annual inspection event – the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s 72-hour safety blitz ...
FMCSA orders immediate shutdown of GA-based logging company
05/10/2012 - 3:25:11 pm - A Georgia-based trucking company has been ordered to immediately cease operations – and it’s not the first time they have been told to do so. On May 7, the Federal ...
TravelCenters of America to honor women drivers on Mother’s Day
05/10/2012 - 3:23:53 pm - TravelCenters of America invites all professional driving women to enjoy a complimentary meal on Mother’s Day this Sunday, May 13, at any participating TA or Petro ...
Schneider National replacing 3,000 trucks
05/07/2012 - 11:15:00 am - Schneider National announced this week it will replace one-third of its 10,000-plus trucks by the end of this year. The company has invested in 3,000 new 2012 and 2013 ...
Trucker facing homicide charge in fatal crash on I-40
05/07/2012 - 11:13:01 am - A truck driver may be facing a homicide charge in the death of a woman. His rig rolled over onto her car after colliding with two other vehicles on Interstate 40 near ...
Alabama poised to forbid indemnity clauses in truck contracts
05/07/2012 - 11:11:13 am - In an effort to improve fairness for truck drivers doing business in Alabama, a bill on the governor’s desk would forbid certain clauses in motor carrier contracts. ...
Arizona, Nevada seek interstate designation for `Canamex Corridor`
05/07/2012 - 11:09:53 am - U.S. representatives from Arizona and Nevada are calling on Congress to designate a new Interstate 11 in the pending highway bill. They say I-11 is the missing piece in the ...
MoDOT announces repair work at Mineola truck parking facility
05/07/2012 - 11:08:15 am - The Missouri Department of Transportation is alerting truck drivers about some upcoming repairs at the Mineola truck parking facility in Montgomery County in mid-May. ...
FMCSA publishes final rule addressing `reincarnated` carriers
05/02/2012 - 11:46:20 am - Motor carriers that close up shop and reopen under a new name to avoid enforcement are clearly in the sights of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. FMCSA ...
Rig Rest addresses design problems at rest areas in Connecticut
05/02/2012 - 11:44:03 am - As fuel prices continue to hover above the $4 mark, truck drivers without APUs are seeking cost-effective options instead of idling. They are looking for truck stops and rest ...
Three Midwest truck stops join network of sites with plug-in power
05/02/2012 - 11:42:35 am - Truckers traveling through Nebraska and Iowa now have three more locations at which they can plug in to grid power instead of idling their engines. Shorepower ...
Shell picks Joplin for SuperRigs 30th anniversary
05/02/2012 - 11:41:42 am - The sexiest and most beautiful working trucks in the land will flock to the Speedco in Joplin, MO, May 17-19 for the 30th anniversary of Shell Rotella SuperRigs. ...
No charges yet for American trucker held by Mexico crime unit
05/02/2012 - 11:40:34 am - The fate of an American truck driver who says he crossed into Mexico by mistake with a load of high-power rifle ammo remains unknown, but help appears to be stepping up. ABC ...
California bill would reinstate traffic school option for off-duty truck drivers
05/02/2012 - 11:39:39 am - A California Assembly panel has voted in favor of a bill to reverse a rule for truck drivers. California law now prohibits professional drivers from attending traffic ...
05/21/2012 - 11:56:39 am - The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ordered BM & L Trucking LLC, of Athens, AL, to cease operations immediately, citing serious safety violations as the reason ...
California could soon reverse traffic school rule
05/21/2012 - 11:55:15 am - One step closer to passage in the California Assembly is a bill to reverse a rule for truck drivers. California law now prohibits professional drivers from attending traffic ...
Texas trucking company agrees to pay dockworkers $400,000
05/21/2012 - 11:53:36 am - Central Freight Lines of Waco, TX, has agreed to settle an age discrimination lawsuit that was filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after eight ...
Driver not the only one hit by `Arrowhead Logistics` applicant fees
05/21/2012 - 11:52:02 am - John Palazzolo has dreamed for years of moving to Florida and working as an over-the-road truck driver. Palazzolo, an OOIDA member from Huntington Station, NY, has ...
Grim news for family of missing driver from New Hampshire
05/14/2012 - 11:16:15 am - Nearly two months after he went missing from his hotel room, the body of truck driver Surat Nuenoom, 48, of Goffstown, NH, was recovered earlier this week from a retention ...
Texas community rallies around injured trucker
05/14/2012 - 11:14:10 am - A community is rallying around a truck driver who was injured Tuesday after a plastic cup that was thrown from an oncoming car shattered his windshield. It happened on U.S. ...
Trucker with four sets of log books sent to prison
05/14/2012 - 11:13:05 am - A Philadelphia trucker involved in a 2009 fatal crash will spend 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to falsifying four sets of logbooks. Valerijs Nikolaevich ...
Flash flood no match for Michigan trucker
05/14/2012 - 11:11:45 am - Brandon Jenkins, a 22-year-old driver from Kalkasha, MI, started last Friday like any other day, only to have it turn into “quite a day.” He was hauling a load of ...
Trucker injured after cup thrown through windshield
05/10/2012 - 3:27:27 pm - A truck driver is lucky to be alive after his windshield was shattered by what appears to have been a plastic cup that was thrown from a passing vehicle around 8:20 p.m. on ...
CVSA`s Roadcheck 2012 planned for June 5-7
05/10/2012 - 3:26:14 pm - Mark your June calendars, the CVSA Roadcheck 2012 is less than a month away. The annual inspection event – the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s 72-hour safety blitz ...
FMCSA orders immediate shutdown of GA-based logging company
05/10/2012 - 3:25:11 pm - A Georgia-based trucking company has been ordered to immediately cease operations – and it’s not the first time they have been told to do so. On May 7, the Federal ...
TravelCenters of America to honor women drivers on Mother’s Day
05/10/2012 - 3:23:53 pm - TravelCenters of America invites all professional driving women to enjoy a complimentary meal on Mother’s Day this Sunday, May 13, at any participating TA or Petro ...
Schneider National replacing 3,000 trucks
05/07/2012 - 11:15:00 am - Schneider National announced this week it will replace one-third of its 10,000-plus trucks by the end of this year. The company has invested in 3,000 new 2012 and 2013 ...
Trucker facing homicide charge in fatal crash on I-40
05/07/2012 - 11:13:01 am - A truck driver may be facing a homicide charge in the death of a woman. His rig rolled over onto her car after colliding with two other vehicles on Interstate 40 near ...
Alabama poised to forbid indemnity clauses in truck contracts
05/07/2012 - 11:11:13 am - In an effort to improve fairness for truck drivers doing business in Alabama, a bill on the governor’s desk would forbid certain clauses in motor carrier contracts. ...
Arizona, Nevada seek interstate designation for `Canamex Corridor`
05/07/2012 - 11:09:53 am - U.S. representatives from Arizona and Nevada are calling on Congress to designate a new Interstate 11 in the pending highway bill. They say I-11 is the missing piece in the ...
MoDOT announces repair work at Mineola truck parking facility
05/07/2012 - 11:08:15 am - The Missouri Department of Transportation is alerting truck drivers about some upcoming repairs at the Mineola truck parking facility in Montgomery County in mid-May. ...
FMCSA publishes final rule addressing `reincarnated` carriers
05/02/2012 - 11:46:20 am - Motor carriers that close up shop and reopen under a new name to avoid enforcement are clearly in the sights of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. FMCSA ...
Rig Rest addresses design problems at rest areas in Connecticut
05/02/2012 - 11:44:03 am - As fuel prices continue to hover above the $4 mark, truck drivers without APUs are seeking cost-effective options instead of idling. They are looking for truck stops and rest ...
Three Midwest truck stops join network of sites with plug-in power
05/02/2012 - 11:42:35 am - Truckers traveling through Nebraska and Iowa now have three more locations at which they can plug in to grid power instead of idling their engines. Shorepower ...
Shell picks Joplin for SuperRigs 30th anniversary
05/02/2012 - 11:41:42 am - The sexiest and most beautiful working trucks in the land will flock to the Speedco in Joplin, MO, May 17-19 for the 30th anniversary of Shell Rotella SuperRigs. ...
No charges yet for American trucker held by Mexico crime unit
05/02/2012 - 11:40:34 am - The fate of an American truck driver who says he crossed into Mexico by mistake with a load of high-power rifle ammo remains unknown, but help appears to be stepping up. ABC ...
California bill would reinstate traffic school option for off-duty truck drivers
05/02/2012 - 11:39:39 am - A California Assembly panel has voted in favor of a bill to reverse a rule for truck drivers. California law now prohibits professional drivers from attending traffic ...
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