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Owner-operator hauls hope to disaster-stricken regions
Paul Leicht, an owner-operator leased to Christenson Transportation out of Strafford, Missouri, felt a calling in 2005 after seeing the devastation along the Gulf Coast of Hurricane Katrina and wanted to use his truck to help those in need.
November 14, 2018
Business
Spot update shows high demand across the country — vans, flats in detail, disaster-relief opportunities, more
Freight lanes re-orient North-South as demand picture shifts for dry vans. Some platform opportunity exists, notes FEMA contractor Foxhole Logistics, and in general terms the typical late-September-beginning fall freight season may be getting an early start.
September 14, 2017
Channel 19
Two South Carolina truckers regroup after historic flooding
With more than 250 roads still closed and many bridge washouts, it’s rough going locally in South Carolina — more information and a check-in here with S.C. owner-operators Dave Palmer and Jimmy Ardis.
October 9, 2015
Channel 19
Getting around ‘Truckermageddon’; American Trucker season 2 ‘gets hardcore’
I-405 shutdown this weekend — the 405 will be shut down northbound in a 10-mile stretch between I-10 and U.S. 101.
July 14, 2011
Channel 19
More tornado aid coming from the trucking industry
It keeps coming. If you missed the feature on the trucking industry’s response to this spring’s horrendous series of devastating tornadoes in Truckers News‘ current issue by Caroline Taylor, click through this picture from the magazine (taken in the city of the magazine’s headquarters, Tuscaloosa, Ala.) for the full feature. Since it was written, various […]
July 6, 2011
Channel 19
Ohio small fleet providing tornado relief
Buddy Allen of the 15-truck New Era Trucking fleet in North Ridgeville, Ohio, is calling on Northeast Ohio residents to help fill a 53-foot dry van’s worth of non-perishable food, water and other goods to haul south to assist residents affected by last week’s tornadoes. WKYC-TV News Channel 3 in Cleveland, Ohio, reported yesterday on […]
May 3, 2011
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