Kevin JonesBusinessCarrier earnings roundup: Key truckload metrics comparedThe earnings report season provided a generally positive outlook on the financial health large truckload carriers, with a few small surprises. The carriers were equally sure of one thing: The industry must find more drivers to grow.August 14, 2014BusinessMonday Money: Freight indicators strong despite seasonal dip (5 slides)Key freight measures in July continued to show nice gains from this time last year, though the summer swoon is in full effect. Business leaders remain optimistic going forward. Here’s a round-up of several reports.August 11, 2014BusinessNYT: How is a driver shortage possible? Maybe trucking needs to pay moreIs the trucking industry shooting itself in the steer tire with driver pay rates? A New York Times piece this weekend said the industry’s claim of a driver shortage ‘flies in the face’ of the unemployment situation and basic economics: Pay drivers more and they will come.August 11, 2014BusinessObama administration touts transport plan, again; Congress, public don’t much careDOT Sec. Foxx on Wednesday convened a technically plagued virtual town hall to tout the Obama administration’s politically plagued and virtually ignored long-term transportation package – this coming a day after a new poll showed that the American people really aren’t concerned enough to pay the tab, and after voters in Missouri overwhelmingly proved the point at the polls.August 7, 2014BusinessCNBC series an ‘outrageously inaccurate’ view of trucking, ATA saysATA President and CEO Bill Graves has written CNBC to express “disappointment” over the depiction of the industry in a recent series of reports on trucking – and to invite the network to the upcoming truck driving championships to see “just how serious our industry’s commitment to safety is.”August 7, 2014BusinessTrucker pleads guilty to leading hook-n-go theft ringThe owner of a Memphis, Tenn.-based trucking company led a cargo theft ring whose M.O. was to bobtail through truck stops on the lookout for unattended, unhooked trailers, according to federal prosecutors.August 5, 2014BusinessSay it ain’t so, Joe: VP bemoans infrastructure woes, pitches fix; Senate next to actWith only days left before the Highway Trust Fund runs dry, and as Congress rushes to find a solution before the August break, the White House continues to pitch infrastructure investment and its Rebuild America program, with Vice President Joe Biden taking to the whiteboard in this video explainer. (Trucking gets a shout-out about a minute-and-a-half in.)July 24, 2014BusinessFood distribution giant hit with $20 million in mishandling chargesSysco Corp., the largest U.S. food distribution company, will pay almost $20 million dollars in restitution, costs and penalties in California for the illegal practice of holding perishable foods – such as seafood, milk and raw meat – in unrefrigerated sheds.July 24, 2014BusinessATA Forecast: Tonnage to grow, freight revenues ‘surge’ through 2025The ATA has released the latest edition of its look at the future of freight, and that future is bright: continued growth for not just the trucking industry, but for the freight economy overall. Carriers, however, will need to adapt to thrive.July 22, 2014BusinessDear Congress: ‘This is no way to run a railroad,’ a dozen USDOT secs sayCurrent Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and 11 former DOT chiefs on Monday sent a letter to Congress saying the lawmakers’ work doesn’t end with the patch to the shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund that is currently under consideration.July 22, 2014Previous PagePage 9 of 29Next PageTop StoriesDriver coaching and scorecardingDrivers rank camera as top safety tech, as long as it faces outwardTruck drivers ranked a camera, depending on which way it faces, as having a good and bad influence on driver safety.Test DrivesQuick spin: Pete's electric Model 579Recruiting & retentionTrucking's youth movement lagging, but no retirement in sight for most driversTechnologyTransportation a top 10 target of cyberattackers, cases nearly triple last yearFeatured SponsorDownload the Heavy Duty Maintenance Checklist