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Daily Infographic: Mexico truck makers break export record in August
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Daily Infographic: Truck safety lobby pressures DOT on crash prevention
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Daily Infographic: More trucks, please! Parcel volumes remain on upward trajectory
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Daily Infographic: North American Transborder Freight Value Nears $114 Billion in January 2022
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About that “driver shortage”
The most polarizing term in trucking is the “driver shortage.”
To drivers, the term often gets them fired up and angry – it makes them feel as if they are a commodity.
The trucking industry is one of the most cyclical industries on the planet; it goes through booms and busts.
Until just a few weeks ago, the industry was dealing with a significant capacity shortage. This occurs when there aren’t enough trucks available for dispatch to match all of the freight in the market. In 2021, there was a...
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FreightWaves Classics/Fallen Flags: Crown Steel Products pioneered sleeper cabs and other innovations
Overview
Between 1928 and 2001 the town of Orrville, Ohio, was the home of Crown Steel Products, which supplied day cabs, sleeper cabs and quad cabs to many of the nation’s truck manufacturers. It also manufactured “enclosed operator cabs for regional manufacturers of farm and construction equipment and also offered utility boxes and other types of truck equipment and accessories.”
Crown Steel Products was founded in 1940 by Julius Fejes (February 14, 1910 – March 24, 2001) to supply pressed...
FreightWaves Classics: On Veterans Day, recognize sacrifices and also innovations
Today is the 103rd anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I. It ended at 11:00 p.m. on November 11, 1918.
The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I was more than 40 million; about 20 million deaths and 21 million wounded. The deaths included 9.7 million military personnel and about 10 million civilians.
Like most wars, the casualties were a tragedy, whether they were on the “right” side or the “wrong” one…
U.S. soldiers in World War I. (Photo: National...Interstate stretches in 3 states pose greatest rollover risk
Because of their design, tractor-trailers roll over more often than other vehicles. They have a higher center of gravity, as well as more weight that might not be evenly distributed.
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, nearly half of all fatal large-truck accidents in 2019 resulted from rollovers, which the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration says kill hundreds of truckers each year.
Based on data from Lytx, a trucking telematics company, these are the five places...
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Daily Infographic: Your Quick & Easy Guide to Saving on Trucking Insurance with CarrierHQ
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