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How Much Does Box Truck Insurance Cost? A Complete Guide for 2025 (Written for Box Truck Owners by NITIC)
Running a box truck business comes with enough moving parts. Insurance shouldn’t be another stressful unknown on your list.
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The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), the trucking industry’s not-for-profit research organization, recently launched the 2015 Top Industry Issues Survey.
Two days prior to the July 31 deadline, the House passed a three-month extension of the highway funding bill, averting
Trucking equipment and technology is ever changing. That has been especially evident of late, as major truck manufacturers have unveiled
Congress continued to maneuver over surface transportation policy and funding, making some progress on legislation as the countdown continued toward
As Congress continues to pass short term funding solutions for transportation, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) is asking for more
WASHINGTON — Parents may hesitate to hand teens the keys to the family car, but Congress is proposing to allow
FMCSA official says feds want more women truckers
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Deputy Administrator Daphne Jefferson says her agency wants to see more women to
Teamsters speak out against longer trailers
Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa and a collection of lawmakers and truck safety advocates are speaking out against
Trucking industry pushes for automatic emergency braking on all new vehicles
For years the auto industry fought the mandating of various safety technologies. Airbags, for example, were opposed by most
Startups accelerate efforts to reinvent trucking industry
Investors are pouring millions of dollars into startups hoping to disrupt the $700 billion trucking industry, the latest example
U.S. Postal Service opts for RAM cargo vans
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles recently announced it will supply the U.S. Postal Service with more than 9,000 Ram ProMaster cargo
Trucking industry bracing for a downturn
Private trucking and logistics executives say that spot-market demand has turned soft this month and that the contractual rate
Repair Work Continues in South Carolina Following Flood
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Life has started to return to normal in areas of South Carolina inundated by massive floods
Driver shortage will continue to rise, says ATA
The trucking industry will need to hire 890,000 drivers in the next decade to replace retirees and meet rising
Increase in Trucking Interstate Weight Limits Debated
With both sides of the debate over heavier trucks readying for battle via the markup of the next federal
Are women the answer to trucker shortage?
Female truckers are sliding into long-haul cabs as companies seek to end a U.S. driver shortage, and they’re proving
ATA urges Congress to provide truck driver hair testing option
In an August 24 letter, American Trucking Associations President and CEO Bill Graves asked Congress to move forward with
Experts predicting tech will cost trucking jobs
The revolution in self-driving vehicles could see as many as 8.7 million Americans lose their jobs in the trucking