The Trucker Chronicles

The trucking industry, both truckload and less-than-truckload, face a variety challenges after the Great Recession. Chip Overbey, senior vice president at Old Dominion Freight Line , spoke to The Traffic Club of Memphis today, outlining some of these challenges, from capacity issues to the driver shortage. With analysts and economists projecting an increase in gross [...]

Last week tragedy struck the trucking industry when one of their own went missing.  Sadly, this is a story that is often repeated even in today’s highly connected world. Mark Williams, Sr. (aka “T-Shirt”),  was trucking for a small company when he picked up his load in North Carolina headed for Texas.  After days without [...]

(Grain Valley, Mo., Nov. 30, 2011) – The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) told Congress today that proposed changes to hours-of-service regulations are not only unnecessary but also unjustified and burdensome to small-business truckers. “Trucking has never been safer, yet federal regulators and big businesses continue to push for mandates that hurt small-business truckers,” said [...]

U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces Final Rule That Bans Hand-Held Cell Phone Use by Drivers of Buses and Large Trucks Today’s Action is the Latest by the Department to End Distracted Driving WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced a final rule specifically prohibiting interstate truck and bus drivers from using hand-held cell [...]

By Adam Ghassemi PORTLAND, Tenn. – You’re probably used to seeing TSA’s signature blue uniforms at the airport, but now agents are hitting the interstates to fight terrorism with Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR). “Where is a terrorist more apt to be found? Not these days on an airplane more likely on the interstate,” [...]