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ATLANTA, Ga. — With the trucking industry facing an unprecedented shortage of safe, secure and reliable parking options nationwide, TRUX has merged with Truck Park Management to form the largest truck parking management company in the nation, now solely known as TRUX Parking. With over 3.5 million truck drivers on the road, the American Transportation […]

Volvo Trucks North America and its dealer TEC Equipment have achieved a significant milestone with customer Saldivar’s Trucking becoming the first independent owner-operator in the U.S. to deploy a Volvo VNR Electric truck for drayage operations at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. “While large fleets often make headlines for their ambitious investments […]

Volvo Trucks North America dealer M&K Truck Centers  has recently secured an order of 25 new Volvo VNL’s for their customer Orozco Trucking. “M&K Truck Centers continues to deliver unmatched customer value with innovative solutions, and their success is reflected in the order of more than 500 all-new Volvo VNLs since sales started earlier this […]

U.S. sales of new Class 8 trucks were stronger than expected in September when 21,813 trucks were reported sold by manufacturers, according to Wards Intelligence. Strong truck sales would seem to be bad news for a freight market that’s plagued by overcapacity, keeping rates low. There is, however, good news in the numbers. Large numbers […]

Jodi Edwards is a professional truck driver for J.B. Hunt Transport, with more than 2 million miles collision-free. Deb LaBree is an independent owner-operator of Castle Transport, which has been leased to Landstar since 2014, and is a team driver with her husband Del. Carmen Anderson is a company driver at America’s Service Line and […]

One of the easiest highways to truck ownership is to enter a lease-purchase agreement with a carrier. Unfortunately, this can also be a path to failure. Some lease operators have complained of predatory practices by carriers, including overpricing of trucks, unfair maintenance and other fees, and deliberate reduction in available loads to encourage default. A […]

Volvo Trucks North America has unveiled significant enhancements to its Blue Service Contract, a dealer-managed preventive maintenance solution designed to maximize fleet uptime and efficiency, according to a company press release. “There have been substantial improvements in service intervals in our products over the years,” said Magnus Gustafson, vice president connected services, Volvo Trucks North […]

U.S. sales of new Class 8 trucks remained stronger than expected in August, according to data received from Wards Intelligence. Manufacturers reported sales of 20,674 trucks, topping the 20,000 mark for the second time this year. That number was down 3.4% from July sales of 21,398, however — and trailed August 2023 sales by 11.4%. […]

Volvo Trucks North America announced that it has successfully delivered 70 Volvo VNR Electric trucks as part of a $21.5M funding initiative supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD). According to its media release, the project, named “SWITCH-ON,” has deployed these zero-tailpipe emission […]

Professional truck drivers have long been known for their independence. In decades past, the practice was to just give a driver the keys, a truck and a dispatch and turn them loose with instructions to call if there was a problem. Most of the time, the job got done. For the most part, those days […]