transportation

Unemployment Rate Dips to 9.1% for Trucking Adds Jobs

Unemployment, as defined by the International Labour Organization, occurs when people are without jobs and they have actively looked for work within the past four weeks. The unemployment rate is a measure of the prevalence of unemployment and it is calculated as a percentage by dividing the number of unemployed individuals by all individuals currently …

Unemployment Rate Dips to 9.1% for Trucking Adds Jobs Read More »

How Does Commercial Truck Insurance Work?

Commercial truck insurance covers a variety of commercial truck types, including tractor-trailers, dump trucks, straight trucks and pickup trucks. This type of insurance can be purchased by owner-operators for a single truck or for companies that need to insure an entire fleet of trucks. Basic Coverages Commercial truck insurance, like personal automobile coverage, provides standard …

How Does Commercial Truck Insurance Work? Read More »

‘Pay It Forward’ success

At the Truckload Carriers Association’s recent Refrigerated Division annual meeting in Albuquerque, N.M., carrier owners and upper-level management, as well as industry suppliers, were issued an unusual challenge: Randomly provide some employees with $100 each and ask them to use the money at their discretion for charitable purposes. The challenge stemmed from longtime TCA member …

‘Pay It Forward’ success Read More »

Truck sales rise

Used Class 3-8 truck sales in June increased 9 percent over May despite a lack of available inventory, said ACT Research Co. For the year, used sales are 6 percent behind last year’s pace. Meanwhile, the firm reported net trailer orders in June dropped 26 percent from May, the third consecutive monthly decline. “Used truck …

Truck sales rise Read More »

DOT carrier inspections

The U.S. Department of Transportation said that in the last two years, the Obama Administration has issued as many imminent hazard orders placing unsafe bus and truck companies out of service as in the previous 10 years combined. As part of the administration’s effort to step up motorcoach safety, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal …

DOT carrier inspections Read More »