7 hrs ago | KVAL-TV Eugene
'My Truckin' Luck' board game: No one rolls for free?
A long-haul trucker from southeastern Idaho has created a new trucking-themed board game inspired by his hours on the road.
11 hrs ago | Heavy Duty Trucking
Webasto Teams Up With WheelTime
Webasto Product North America has teamed up with WheelTime Network, which will distribute and promote Webasto's idle-reducing products in North America.
19 hrs ago | Truckers News
FedEx Ground opens new Chicago distribution hub
By CCJ Staff As part of an ongoing national expansion plan, FedEx Ground, the small-package ground delivery unit of FedEx Corp., this week celebrated the opening of a major distribution hub in Chicago, increasing the company's presence in the Chicagoland area.
Yesterday | Truckers News
Monthly freight index at lowest level in 12 years
By CCJ Staff The Freight Transportation Services Index fell 0.6 percent in May from its April level, declining for the third consecutive month to the lowest level in 12 years, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported Thursday, July 9. However, the May decline was the smallest of the three consecutive ...
Unsuspecting guests, employees swept up in wave of smashingly destructive hotel pranks
Lisa Kantorski took the call from the person who claimed to be a front-desk clerk about a gas leak in their hotel room near Orlando International Airport.
The Cass County Democrat Missourian
Year after year, Aaron Tippin did what was required.Working multiple jobs to finance his music dreams, playing the honky-tonks on very little sleep in hopes of getting noticed, then following the corporate demands once he did hit the airwaves, the country star attacks life no differently than any other working stiff just trying to get by.But at 51, ...
$17.5M settlement in Wal-Mart-truckers suit final
A federal judge has given final approval to a $17.5 million settlement reached after black truck drivers sued retail giant Wal-Mart. U.S. District Judge Bill Wilson Jr.
Meritor WABCO introduces SmartTrac suite of products
By Truck Parts & Service Staff Meritor WABCO Vehicle Control Systems introduced SmartTrac, a collection of anti-lock braking, automatic traction control and stability control systems for commercial vehicles.
Truckers' fitness: Haul you rig over and we'll bust some lunges
Truckers' fitness Breaker! Breaker! Haul your rig over and we'll bust some lunges Trucker Jeff Beckta of Winnipeg is 200 pounds of solid muscle.
Kenworth's Chillicothe Plant Celebrates 35 Years
Kenworth's manufacturing plant in Chillicothe, Ohio, recently celebrated its 35th anniversary.
Sudan's truckers undaunted by bandits
Nyala, Sudan - They risk being robbed or kidnapped, but Sudan's truckers still deliver food aid to thousands displaced by conflict in Darfur, where banditry is often overshadowed by the fighting between army and rebels.
Vipar Heavy Duty announces new product program with Highway Original
By CCJ Staff Vipar Heavy Duty on Monday, July 6, announced a new custom-fit bumper program with Highway Original, a company that researches and develops new products to fill recognized product offering voids in the commercial vehicle aftermarket.
Kenworth T370 hybrid tractor qualifies for $9,000 U.S. federal tax credit
By CCJ Staff Purchasers of certain Kenworth medium-duty diesel-electric hybrid tractors in the United States now are eligible for a tax credit of $9,000, the maximum available, under a qualified hybrid motor vehicle credit offered by the federal government.
Suicide blast hits gates of Kandahar airfield
An Afghan National Army soldier stands guard at the site of a suicide attack near the main gate to a NATO military base in Kandahar province on July 6, 2009.
Operation Diesel rolls: Crackdown targets drugs, prostitution
Sitting on a worn-out ice chest, Tina Thomas glared at the ground with her hands bound behind her back.
On the warpath: Truckers staging a roadblockade on the outskirts of Berhampur on Monday.
EPA grants California GHG waiver
By CCJ Staff The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday, June 30, that it is granting California's waiver request enabling the state to enforce its greenhouse gas emissions standards for new motor vehicles, beginning with the current model year.
Trucker gets $17,000 ticket in DuPage County
We've all seen them on the roads - big rigs hauling heavy, oversized loads. The operators of those trucks need permits, or they're subject to fines.
Towing company charges truck drivers $1,000
Sticker shock! That's what some truck drivers are getting after their big rigs are towed from parking lots in Shelby.
Trucker: I was bound, blindfolded
Traffic in the westbound lanes of Hwy. 401 at Leslie St. are clogged after a hijacked tractor-trailer stopped there to call police just before 4 p.m. EDT.