Category: Management

Finalists Announced for 2023 Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence Award

Finalists Announced for 2023 Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence Award

| October 9, 2023

Rookie Military Veteran Driver to be Awarded Kenworth T680 Signature Edition Truck Finalists for the 8th annual “Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence” award program were recently announced by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Hiring Our Heroes Program, Kenworth Truck Company and Fastport. The award program is dedicated to finding America’s top rookie military veteran […]

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Biden-Harris Administration Sending States $61 Billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for America’s Roads and Bridges

Biden-Harris Administration Sending States $61 Billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for America’s Roads and Bridges

| October 9, 2023

Third year of funding under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provides for critical transportation improvements in all 50 States, DC and Puerto Rico The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has allocated $61 billion in Fiscal Year 2024 apportionments for 12 formula programs to support investment in critical infrastructure, including roads, bridges and […]

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Maersk and Kodiak Robotics Launch the First Commercial Autonomous Trucking Lane Between Houston and Oklahoma City

Maersk and Kodiak Robotics Launch the First Commercial Autonomous Trucking Lane Between Houston and Oklahoma City

| October 6, 2023

The companies are autonomously hauling consumer goods 24 hours per day, four days per week A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) and Kodiak Robotics, Inc., have launched the first commercial autonomous trucking lane between Houston and Oklahoma City. The freight lane marks an expansion of the collaboration between Kodiak and Maersk, which began with their first autonomous freight deliveries together in November […]

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Pilot Flying J Announces 2023 Road Warrior Winners

Pilot Flying J Announces 2023 Road Warrior Winners

| October 6, 2023

Grand prize winner of Pilot Flying J’s 2023 Road Warrior Contest, Don Crouse, receives $15,000 check Pilot Flying J celebrates the winners of its annual Road Warrior contest, which recognizes the hard work, dedication, commitment and sacrifice of professional truck drivers who go the extra mile to keep America moving. After reviewing countless deserving nominations, […]

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New Roadmaster Truck Driving School in Louisville, Kentucky, Prepares Drivers for the Road Ahead

New Roadmaster Truck Driving School in Louisville, Kentucky, Prepares Drivers for the Road Ahead

| October 6, 2023

The organization has over 30 years of experience training more than 100,000 graduates with 24 training locations nationwide The current estimate from the American Trucking Associations (ATA) indicates a decreasing truck driver shortage of 64,000 in 2023 compared to 78,000 in 2022. However, this near-20% drop-off is expected to be short-lived. In an economic slowdown, […]

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Carriers and Professional Drivers Needed to Help Move the Mission in 2023

Carriers and Professional Drivers Needed to Help Move the Mission in 2023

| October 5, 2023

Join the Honor Fleet today and haul a load of veterans’ wreaths for placement on National Wreaths Across America Day! Professional drivers, carriers and transportation partners are needed to join an elite group of volunteers known as Wreaths Across America’s Honor Fleet. Members help deliver live, balsam veterans’ wreaths to communities where volunteers will place […]

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