Refrigerated trucks, or reefer trucks as they are known in the trucking industry, play a vital role in the supply chain.
Reefers keep perishable commodities at controlled temperatures to prevent heat and bacteria from ruining them. There are some highly specialized refrigeration units that reportedly go as low as minus 85.
Reefers haul mostly food and pharmaceuticals — everything from fresh produce to frozen meats, medicine to medical plasma. Sometimes reefers pick up boxed fresh citrus or...
Laura Reny has been an over-the-road truck driver since 2014. The Idaho resident got into the trucking industry full time to pay the bills after her husband passed away from a long illness.
She was 63 when she first took the wheel with her CDL as a widow. She’s now 70 — and has no plans to stop anytime soon.
“I enjoy truck driving, I tell a lot of people that it’s a good job for women and old people, and I’m both,” Reny said.
Ed Falls, 57, retired from a 30-year career as a school band director...
Stephen P. Hrobuchak, Sr. and his son, Stephen P. Hrobuchak, Jr., founded Transcontinental Refrigerated Lines, or TRL, in the northeastern Pennsylvania town of Pittston in 1975. They started the company with just two trucks. The company grew rapidly, however. According to statements by the Hrobuchaks at the time, they achieved fast growth by placing strong emphasis on equipment and on service.
Continued growth during the 1980s and 1990s
By 1987, the company had been so successful that it had...
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The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, a pair of emails sent to Prime Inc. drivers last week created some confusion about their involvement in a class-action lawsuit settlement. Plus, a Texas trucking company has become the latest to shut down, and Workhorse has received another $200 million to build electric trucks.
Should I click that link?Prime Inc. drivers potentially eligible for a settlement from a class-action lawsuit received...
The process to get settlement money to Prime Inc. drivers took a strange turn last week — a twist big enough to send the defendants to court demanding that the company straighten out confusion over miscommunication.
Many Prime drivers are eligible for a payout from a settlement over the groundbreaking Supreme Court decision last year in a driver classification suit filed against Prime. The issues of classification never were litigated to a conclusion because Prime settled with driver Domini...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/prime-driver-settlement-scam-warning-was-false-alarm
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is expanding its Under 21 Military Commercial Drivers License (CDL) Pilot Program in a change that it says will open the project to another 30,000 service members.
In a proposal scheduled to be published Friday, the agency is asking for public comment on the modification that will expand the Military Occupational Specialties (MOS) that under-21 drivers were engaged in during their military service to give more service members the...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsa-to-expand-under-21-program-for-ex-military-drivers
A February 2022 trial date has been set in Prime Inc.’s lawsuit against Amazon in which the truckload carrier accuses Amazon of trademark infringement.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, where the case was filed in July 2019, scheduled a five- to 10-day jury trial to begin Feb. 7. The court set Feb. 3 as a settlement deadline.
Springfield, Missouri-based Prime, which specializes in reefer and flatbed cargo, claims that Amazon [NASDAQ: AMZN], through its “Prime” logo,...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/jury-trial-in-prime-incs-trademark-lawsuit-against-amazon-set-for-2022
The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, reports suggest that autonomous truck startup TuSimple is not meeting revenue projections, Knight-Swift continues a trend of better-than-expected second-quarter earnings results, a long-running court battle concludes, and how innovative fleets are benefiting from open technology platforms.
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Autonomous truck startup TuSimple is not meeting its revenue projections, according to a...