You might not think of truckers as having any interest in being green. Most of them, though, do have interest in things like going green and helping to save the environment. One of the simplest ways to make the planet healthier is to stop big diesel trucks from idling so long. They...

Some truckers had hoped that they would be allowed to drive for longer periods of time without stopping for required down time, but that’s not going to be the case. The good news is, though, that the limit is staying at eleven hours. The government had wanted to reduce it to...

In the trucking industry, it seems that there is always something for people to complain about. Hardworking people struggle to get things to other hardworking people on time, but they accumulate a lot of blame. One of the things that truckers are being blamed for recently is high...

How much truckers charge and for what, is something that is being looked at a little more closely recently. Right now, these rates are not legislated or mandated, and there is increasing pressure to do these sorts of things. There is a fear that not regulating these rates will allow...

The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) isn’t heard about all that much, unless you live in a town with a big shipping port. Now they are making the news a little more often, though, because they finally see something happening that, they feel, they have to take action against. They...

In Canada, truckers have had a difficult time getting any diesel, especially in Western areas of the country. Now they have diesel, but there’s no guarantee that it will last. When refineries can shut down for maintenance, and how much notice they have to give regarding that...