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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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With its recent acquisition of self-driving truck startup Otto, Uber Technologies is plotting its entry into the long-haul trucking business,
The California Community College’s Chancellor’s Office made the move to grant Long Beach City College a $511,098 grant to continue
The head of the American Trucking Association (ATA) has lobbed a new grenade at Gov. Gina Raimondo’s truck-toll law, describing
The release of the final version of California’s Sustainable Freight Action Plan has been met with harsh criticism by two
Randolph, New Jersey-based Farren International, a premier total logistics provider since 1959, has announced its merger with EZE Trucking out
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx recently announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has established the Build America Bureau,


Ontario looking to mandatory truck training
The Canadian press is reporting that mandatory driver training for new truck drivers is coming to Ontario, although details


Senate confirms Hart as chairman of NTSB
Christopher Hart, a lawyer with a history in aviation and transportation safety, was recently confirmed by the U.S. Senate


Commercial Driving and Insulin for Diabetes Control
In 2012, 29.1 million Americans, or 9.3% of the population, had diabetes. 30.8% of these diabetic Americans used insulin


DOT Physical Forms and CDL Physical Forms
Preparing to go to your DOT Physical Exam or CDL Physical Exam? Below you can download the forms you


Trucking Capacity shortage could get worse, says ATRI
Rebecca Brewster, president and CEO of the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), is predicting a capacity shortage for the


ATA asks Congress to stay course on highway funding
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) and a coalition of 37 other organizations warned Congress about the dangers of devolving


U.S. and Canada strike deal for border checks
Shipping by highway, rail and water between the U.S. and Canada was enhanced recently when government officials signed a


CDC cites dangers of truck crashes
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says 317,000 crashes involving large trucks were reported to law enforcement in 2012,


Universities say natural gas trucking fleets could benefit economy
A report recently released by the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California – Davis and Rice


Tennessee DOT teams with FMCSA on SmartPark study
Truckers with smart phones will soon be able to find parking spaces along Interstate 75 in eastern Tennessee by


EPA taps Southwest Research Institute for emissions, fuel study
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has been awarded a five-year, $20.16 million contract by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)


Foxx pushing for long-term transportation plan
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx was speaking to the faithful last week when he urged members of the American






