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Why I Don’t Drink Budweiser…and Why I’m Not Alone

Budweiser has always been far more about marketing than beer. The founder of Anheuser Busch, Adolphus Busch, refused to drink his own brew, calling it “that slop” (he was German, of cou…

How to Survive a Slow Trucking Market

The trucking market has ebbs and flows, much like every other industry. Although the market seems to be in a slowdown, it isn’t time to get out. Learn more:

Trucking firms stretching to find more drivers

A Guide to Women & the Trucking Industry

While trucking has traditionally been a male-dominated industry, more and more women are entering the field and graduating from CDL (commercial driver’s license) programs

What Would Happen If Trucking Stopped?

Because transportation touches almost every single industry, trucking serves as the heartbeat of production.

Why There Has Never Been A Better Time To Be In Trucking

None of these are easy by themselves. Yet, there is so much more to keep track of. Fleet managers are inundated with buzzwords like disruption, autonomous, electric, telematics, hyperloops, blockchain, alternative fuels, ecommerce, the Internet of Things, and so much more. How does one keep up with it all<br>Fortunately, you should not be overwhelmed because all of these portend good tidings for the industry that we all know and love. This is a good time to work in fleet management or be…

Can Uber be the Uber of trucking?

Will the ride-hailing company transform trucking, or end up as roadkill?

What’s Killing Independent Trucking?

What’s killing independent trucking? And what can save it? These are questions that many in the industry are asking, so we took a closer look at the subject in our new infographic...

How to turn around a trucking company

Turning around a trucking company is a complex process, but it can be done, try using the 1% approach. Read CCJ for details.

How Trucking Companies Use Telematics to Increase Trucking Safety

As technology has advanced in the transportation industry, there’s a lot of data available that can enhance truckers’ safety all over the world. One recent example is the development of electronic logging devices (ELD) that monitor drivers’ Hours of Service (HOS) compliance. But there are other examples of how technology is improving truck driver safety […]

Mega Trends in Trucking Technology

Take a deep dive into three topics that can help fleets gain greater visibility into their trucking operations: Blockchain, predictive analytics and remote diagnostics.

Cognitive computing: What does it mean for trucking?

How cognitive computing may impact the business world and trucking

Why isn't trucking more tempting?

They're like an invisible army, criss-crossing our nation every day, every night,

How Tech Tools Will Impact Hot Shot Trucking

Hot shot truckers specialize in on-demand delivery, but smart transportation tech means more load competition from commercial drivers.

Top trends in trucking

Keep an eye on these key areas over the next few years to see how they may impact not only maintenance but the commercial vehicle industry overall.

100 trucking efficiency tips

The Technology Trends in Trucking: the Future Is Now

Electric trucks, autonomous trucks, ELDs, logistics connectivity … the industry is experiencing technological innovation and disruption at an incredible rate, with impact to various areas of fleet management and logisitics.

How to keep pace with trucking's changing technology

The most successful fleets will be those that embrace IT.

Finding and keeping drivers still trucking’s top focus

It’s an issue that’s rarely gone away and is now only going to become more acute.