Category: People

Truckers ask feds for update on broker abuse petition

Truckers ask feds for update on broker abuse petition

| October 3, 2022

OOIDA originally filed a petition with FMCSA in May 2020 to improve broker transparency The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association sent this letter to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration today asking for the status of a petition that garnered more than 1,500 comments from small-business truckers nearly two years ago. OOIDA filed a petition with […]

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FedEx Freight’s Pinter Wins TMCSuperTech Grand Championship

FedEx Freight’s Pinter Wins TMCSuperTech Grand Championship

| September 29, 2022

FedEx Freight Sweeps Top Five and Claims Team Championship Phillip Pinter, a FedEx Freight technician from Romulus, Michigan, claimed the title of Grand Champion here at the American Trucking Associations’ Technology and Maintenance Councils’ National Technicians Skills Competitions. “On behalf of ATA and TMC, I want to congratulate Phillip on being named this year’s TMCSuperTech […]

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Climb Credit Releases Outcomes Report on Trucking Schools With Findings That Students Are Gaining a 4X ROI in Their Career Training Investment

Climb Credit Releases Outcomes Report on Trucking Schools With Findings That Students Are Gaining a 4X ROI in Their Career Training Investment

| September 29, 2022

Climb partners with several commercial driver’s license (CDL) programs nationwide to provide several payment options for their students Climb Credit, a mission-driven FinTech company focused on expanding access to career-advancing training programs, has released a report on surveyed student outcomes for their partnered trucking schools. As outlined in their report, surveyed students who used Climb […]

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Lightning eMotors Appoints Wanda Jackson-Davis to the Board of Directors

Lightning eMotors Appoints Wanda Jackson-Davis to the Board of Directors

| September 27, 2022

Ms. Jackson-Davis has more than 20 years of procurement and supply chain experience in power, automation, automotive, and industrial settings Lightning eMotors, Inc. provider of zero emission medium-duty commercial vehicles and electric vehicle technology for fleets, announced that Wanda Jackson-Davis has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors. “We are pleased to welcome Wanda […]

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TMC Opens 2022 Fall Meeting & National Technician Skills Competitions

TMC Opens 2022 Fall Meeting & National Technician Skills Competitions

| September 27, 2022

TMC Announces TMCSuperTech Finalists American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council announced that 78 technicians had advanced to the finals of the National Technician Skills Competition. “These men and women have proven to be a cut above even the best of the best,” said TMC Executive Director Robert Braswell. “By demonstrating their skills in the […]

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Army combat engineer veteran chosen as newest Ride of Pride driver

Army combat engineer veteran chosen as newest Ride of Pride driver

| September 26, 2022

Schneider continues tribute for military veterans Schneider announced its company driver Jeff Waggoner, 24-year U.S. Army veteran, as the newest Ride of Pride driver. Ride of Pride is Schneider’s specially decorated fleet of trucks, a time-honored tradition for veterans in the trucking industry. Over the years, Schneider has received 14 Ride of Pride trucks – […]

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