OOIDA wants to help navigate those going through the change from a companydriver to an owner-operator, or simply help with the desire to have a more successful truckingbusiness The Owner-Operator Independent DriversAssociation has noticed that for a variety of reasons, many small trucking businesses tend to failwithin the first year of operating. The OOIDA Foundation, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Announcements include a new road safety awareness campaign and updates on the Women of Trucking Advisory Board The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is recognizing and celebrating our nation’s commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers by hosting a CMV Driver Appreciation Day to announce public safety initiatives and programs that prioritize the health and safety […]
The 2022 WIT Index shows that only 3.7 percent of technicians in transportation companies are women The percentage of female equipment technicians and mechanics in corporations with for-hire or private fleets in the commercial freight transportation industry remains low, according to new data highlighted in the WIT Index, which was just released by the Women […]
