Do Your Trailers Have Legal RIGs with Labels That Say So? Trailer Talk • September 20, 2018 • by Tom Berg Since January 27 of 1998, rear underride guards (aka “ICC bumpers”) on most types of semitrailers have been designed and built to absorb the force of a car slamming into it. They are properly called rear impact guards,

Finding the final mile: Competition heats up among Amazon, carriers as e-commerce reshapes transportation   James Jaillet | September 17, 2018   Amazon made a splash this month when it announced it would be picking up 20,000 new Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans coming out of Mercedes’ brand new plant in Charleston, S.C. The move signaled the online behemoth’s

From CCJ Online: Technician shortage most impacts those who are ‘part of the problem’ | @By_Jason_Cannon | September 4, 2018 Nearly 11,000 diesel students graduate post-secondary tech programs every year. That doesn’t sound like an ingredient for a labor shortage, yet the fact that fleets coast-to-coast struggle daily to fill vacancies in the repair bay

From CCL Online Aaron Huff | August 20, 2018     About 24 percent of Central Oregon Truck Co.’s drivers are Millennials, the generation that came of age since 2000. Over the next decade, COTC leaders want to see Millennials become 60 to 70 percent of the Redmond, Ore.-based fleet’s driving team members, says Brad Aimone, director

Operating trucks between 10,001 and 26,000 pounds? You may need trip permits Determining whether the International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) and the International Registration Plan (IRP) applies to your operation can be confusing. Many think that because a vehicle or combination is under 26,000 pounds, IFTA and IRP credentials or permits do not apply. That’s not always the case,