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WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued regulatory guidance clarifying the definitions of “broker” and “bona fide agents” in a final ruling issued on Friday, June 16. The ruling is designed to help stop illegal brokers and dispatchers from operating. FMCSA issued the guidance in response to a mandate in the Infrastructure […]

In March, the Trucker team caught up with driver-turned-financial-analyst Dean Croke during the 2023 Mid America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky. Croke, who began his career hauling in Australia’s Outback, also works as an advocate for drivers and others in the trucking industry. (Photos by Linda Garner-Bunch/The Trucker) Dean Croke 1   Some professional drivers […]

PHILADELPHIA — Drivers began longer commutes Monday after an elevated section of Interstate 95 collapsed in Philadelphia a day earlier following damage caused by a tanker truck carrying flammable cargo catching fire. Sunday’s fire closed a heavily traveled segment of the East Coast’s main north-south highway indefinitely. Newscasts warned of traffic nightmares and gave advice […]

This image provided by the Office of Emergency Management shows firefighters standing near the collapsed part of I-95 in Philadelphia, Sunday, June 11, 2023. The elevated section of Interstate 95 has collapsed early Sunday after a vehicle caught fire, closing the main north-south highway on the East Coast and threatening to upend travel in parts […]

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — A new survey conducted by the Conversion Interactive Agency and People. Data. Analytics (PDA) peels back the curtain on truck driving jobs and how today’s market conditions are affecting drivers. KEY SURVEY TAKEAWAYS Truck driver job seekers have decreased since the Fall 2022 Driver Survey. This number is down 6% from the […]

ORAN, Mo. — Finloc 2000 Inc. announced June 1 that Anthony Petitte has been chosen to head the company’s FinPark division as COO, where he will run all truck parking operations in the U.S. and Canada. FinPark offers a technology application solution to an issue that has plagued the trucking industry for the past three […]

April 2023 sales of new Class 8 trucks on the U.S. market were the highest since 2006 and represented the second-best April of the century to date, according to data received from Wards Intelligence. Sales for the first four months make 2023 the best first third of the year in the past 17 years. Manufacturers […]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — One of the most-traveled interstates in the nation — Interstate 40 — has a new, 84-space parking lot in the Memphis metropolitan area. The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, May 30, near West Memphis, Arkansas, to celebrate the new facility. ARDOT estimates that more than […]

TOYKO — German truck maker Daimler and Japan’s top automaker Toyota said Tuesday they will work together on new technologies, including using hydrogen fuel, to help fight climate change. The companies said Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp., whose top stakeholder is Daimler Truck, and Hino Motors, the truck maker in the Toyota group, will […]

WASHINGTON — On April 19, 6,829 commercial motor vehicles were inspected throughout Canada, Mexico and the U.S. as part of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) Brake Safety Day. According to a news release, inspectors found brake-related critical vehicle inspection items on 11.3% of the vehicles inspected, indicating those vehicles were unfit and unsafe for […]