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At National Independent Truckers Insurance Company, RRG (NITIC), we are proud to announce that we have once again retained our
NITIC Retains AM Best B++ Rating: What It Means for Truckers and Small Fleets
At National Independent Truckers Insurance Company, RRG (NITIC), we are proud to announce that we have once again retained
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U.S. DOT’s Driver-Assistive Truck Platooning (DATP) initiative study team has released its Phase One final report. As part of the
President Barack Obama last week appointed T.F. Scott Darling III as the next administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Caterpillar has announced it will wind down its Mexico truck production facility with Navistar and start producing its own line
General Motors has opened a new 52-acre Active Safety Test Area near its Milford Proving Ground near Detroit. The $14
More than a dozen Georgia-based truckers recently testified before the Georgia Legislature, telling state lawmakers that shipping companies have been
The California Trucking Association (CTA) has joined forces with Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) to increase awareness of the economic
Truck driver shortage to continue
The driver shortage facing the trucking industry will not go away soon, according to results from a survey conducted
Cities, states to lose big if highway fund disappears
If the nation’s Highway Trust Fund goes belly up this summer most states and dozens of metropolitan areas will
EPA announces grant funds for clean diesel projects
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced the availability of $9 million in grant funding for clean diesel
CARB gets pushback on compliance extension
When the California Air Resources Board (CARB) recently decided to give smaller truck fleets more time to comply with
U.S. DOT unveils four-year surface transportation bill
The U.S. Department of Transportation has sent a four-year surface transportation reauthorization bill to Congress that would pump $302
ATRI report refutes FMCSA study on HOS
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) recently released the findings of its independent evaluation of FMCSA’s HOS study and
OOIDA seeks delay in medical examination requirement
Facing a May 21 deadline, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) is asking the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
NTSB calls for additional safety measures
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is calling for safety changes in tractor-trailer design and mandating rear cameras in
Transportation funding not a priority in election year, says LaHood
Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, now a senior policy advisor at a law firm, says he doesn’t
FMCSA addresses testing, medical examiners
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Administrator Anne Ferro and four members of her staff attended the recent Mid-America
TCA chairman tells delegates trucking ‘not simple anymore’
Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) Chairman Tom B. Kretsinger told delegates at the organization’s recent annual convention that trucking is
California looks to trucking to aid salmon migration
California wildlife agencies are turning to trucks to move some 30 million young Chinook salmon hundreds of miles to