Avery ViseBusinessTrucking groups find solidarity on higher truck weightThe boards of the American Trucking Associations and Truckload Carriers Association voted support for 88,000-pound, five-axle trucks.October 19, 2011BusinessTrucking adds 2,600 jobsCompared with September 2010, September trucking employment was up by 42,200.October 7, 2011BusinessDriver turnover risesSecond quarter rate of 79 percent marked the third quarter in a row of increased churn in the driver market.September 28, 2011BusinessTrucking adds 4,400 jobsRevised numbers show a 3,000-job increase in May and 4,400 positions added in June.July 8, 2011BusinessTrucking adds 4,500 jobsCompared to April 2010, the number of jobs in for-hire trucking was up 41,600, or 3.4 percent.May 6, 2011Business1,600 trucking jobs addedPayroll employment at for-hire trucking companies in March was 40,000 jobs higher than in March 2010.April 1, 2011BusinessATA index drops in FebruaryFor-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 2.9 percent after increasing a revised 3.5 percent in January 2011.March 22, 2011BusinessTrucking jobs rise in FebruaryIf the numbers hold, the increase in trucking jobs would be the largest one-month surge since December 1990.March 4, 2011BusinessTrucking jobs surge with November revisionU.S. Department of Labor figures released Feb. 4 show 9,200 more trucking jobs than the agency’s report a month ago.February 4, 2011BusinessFMCSA proposes to mandate onboard recordersAll interstate commercial truck and bus carriers that use logbooks would have to use electronic onboard recorders under a proposed regulation.February 1, 2011Previous PagePage 3 of 7Next PageTop StoriesOverdrive RadioDiesel deja vu, and documenting an independent Trucker of the Month's road aheadAnybody else feeling that ol' diesel deja vu? In Overdrive Radio: an independent whose oil-field-related flatbed freight could stand to benefit from fuel's spike, at least in volume. Backstopping profits, though, only gets more complicated in this environment for Adam Mackey and similarly situated truckers.Trucker of the YearOverdrive's 2026 Trucker of the Year honors: Enter your businessOverdrive ExtraThe diesel price run-up hasn't obliterated owner-ops' recent profit gains -- yet ...Custom RigsPurple power: Iowa-based livestock hauler's 2026 W900EquipmentNew dogs in Mack's house: Brand-new Keystone tractor, more truck news at ConExpo
