The Trucker Chronicles

The Women In Trucking Association had the opportunity to help organize an inaugural roundtable for women working in skilled, blue-collar transportation careers at the U.S. Department of Transportation. During this roundtable, President/CEO Ellen Voie and Chairwoman Leigh Foxall joined approximately 25 other national organization representatives to identify unique challenges and opportunities for women working in [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Melton Truck Lines, Inc. Names Driver and Employee of the Year TULSA, Okla – July 7, 2011 – Melton Truck Lines, a premier air-ride flatbed carrier based in Tulsa, OK, recently named its Driver and Employee of the Year.  The awards are presented annually to a driver and office employee who demonstrate [...]

Granger, IA Barr-Nunn Transportation, Inc, a transportation industry leader, is pleased to celebrate the one year anniversary of its highly successful Lease Purchase Program.  The program, a unique offering in the transportation industry, offers low weekly payments with minimal money down and no balloon payments at the end of the lease period.  To ensure that [...]

Schneider National Delivering New Jobs in Chambersburg, Pa. GREEN BAY, Wis., and Chambersburg, Pa. – Schneider National, the nation’s largest truckload carrier, is immediately hiring 50 experienced, professional truck drivers in the Chambersburg, Pa. area for its Dedicated Services division. The company’s growth in Pennsylvania is fueled by expanding business with a national retailer’s distribution [...]

NEW YORK A KeyBanc Capital Markets analyst said Tuesday the truckload industry is recovering faster than expected, with rates increasing and more full trucks crisscrossing highways. Truckload carriers generally dedicate an entire trailer to one customer and move the freight directly from the shipper to the receiver. Less-than-truckload carriers fill their trucks with freight from [...]