Koch & Sons driver’s adventure at Minn. driving championships
Driver John Borman and I haven’t met in person, but via the monthly photo contests I help host for Truckers News and, before that, our monthly featured photo from the magazine’s Flickr.com...
View ArticleMeet owner-operator of the year Larry Severson
Leased to Dart Transit since the late 1970s, Truckload Carriers Association/Overdrive Independent Contractor of the Year Larry Severson’s longevity with the company beats that of even some of the...
View ArticleOperators pitch in to foil suicide attempt, take two
It was truckers to the rescue again Monday in Minneapolis as a suicidal man stood poised to jump, hanging onto nothing more than the outside of a chain-link fence at the edge of a 25-foot-high bridge...
View ArticleTop drivers to square off
The 75th anniversary 2012 National Truck Driving Championships and National Step Van Driving Championships, hosted by American Trucking Associations, will be held August 7-11 in Minneapolis, Minn., at...
View ArticleSpot market UP-date, weekend edition: Good news for a change
The weekly demand charts from DAT came in a smidge later than usual this week, so I thought I’d host them here on the blog this time around. Data is for the week prior to Labor Day, and the good news...
View ArticleReefer rates continue ticking up ahead of holiday
Demand for reefer and van capacity is building with the calendar year drawing to a close. In marked contrast to the previous week, the number of available loads jumped 6.7 percent overall, while the...
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