12 Must-See Trucker Talkies
Whether you be on the road or on the couch at home, these feature films will keep truckers and families alike on the edge of their seats. 12. Smokey and the Bandit (1977) You know…
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WITA Unveils Powerful Trailer Design, Names It ‘WITney’
By Al MuskewitzIt was one of the organization’s most closely guarded secrets of the year, but Friday afternoon the Women In Trucking Association unveiled its Driver Ambassador Trailer and formally named the rig. Through a…
Indiana College Launches CDL+ Training Program
By Reagan PayneIt is clear to anyone involved in the trucking industry there is a crippling driver shortage. In an effort to shorten the gap between driver supply and demand, a junior college in Indiana…
TCA Announces Scholarship Winners
College students with connections to several HireMaster clients were among the more than 50 recipients of Truckload Carriers Association scholarships announced Thursday. The TCA awarded 52 undergraduate college students for the 2020-21 academic year from…
ATTACA Calls on Truckers to Help Attack Child Abuse
By Al Muskewitz Rodney Timms is a man of many talents and interests – and causes. And the cause he champions these days is a very personal one. TIMMS Timms is a poet, published author…
DART Process Seats Drivers in Hours, Not Days
By Al Muskewitz The recruiting team at DART Transit had been looking for ways to streamline its driver orientation program. They were rolling it out slowly, then the COVID-19 pandemic hit and the team decided there…
‘Total’ Team Effort
Mississippi Carrier Total Transportation Taking Orientation To Drivers By Al Muskewitz In an effort to help ease some of the pressure on getting drivers to orientation and getting them into the workforce faster, one Mississippi carrier is…
ATA honors Covenant Transport for outreach program
By Al Muskewitz When Covenant Transport chairman David Parker would speak to groups he’d often ask for a show of hands among those in the crowd who had ever encouraged their child or grandchild to become…
Women making a mark in trucking
By Al Muskewitz Opportunities for women in the trucking industry have grown substantially over the past few years – both inside the truck and in the office. The number of women professional drivers is at an all-time…
Driver shortage, HOS remain top industry issues
Two new issues land on ATRI list: Driver compensation, detentionBy Al Muskewitz SAN DIEGO – The driver shortage and hours-of-service rules – the two hottest-button topics in the trucking industry for years – pulled down the…