The Trucker Chronicles

There are changes that are coming in the next few months to your bank account.  While we here at The Trucker Chronicles normally focus of topics related to the transportation industry and truck driving jobs, this new sweeping legislation will affect your bottom line, at home and in business. Some of our employees have spoken with [...]

WASHINGTON — With Hours of Service, EOBRs and CSA 2010, among other issues, getting the majority of the attention among trucking industry stakeholders, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration with little notice sent the proposed rulemaking that would ban texting by commercial vehicle operators to the office of Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood some two [...]

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 [...]

  Maverick Transportation, LLC announced another pay raise for current and potential drivers, effective June 6, 2010. This is the second pay raise Maverick has announced in the last 30 days. Under the new plan, Maverick will implement an additional $.02/mile pay raise. This equates to an overall $.06/mile pay increase over the last month [...]

By John Perney | Special to the Kalamazoo G… May 16, 2010, 6:00AM KALAMAZOO — To hear those in the industry tell it, opportunities right now for someone interested in becoming a truck driver are as wide open as a four-lane highway at 3 a.m. They say demand for drivers is rising sharply — the [...]