In its annual survey among motor carriers and industry professionals, the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) found that an ongoing driver shortage and the number of hours drivers are allowed to drive per day are the top concerns.

Financial technology startup FreightRover has inked a $500 million deal with Crayhill Capital Management to provide accelerated payments to truck operators, a process that traditionally takes several weeks for processing.

The U.S. Supreme Court, in the spotlight recently over the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh, is considering a potential landmark case involving the trucking industry, New Prime Inc. v Oliveira.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) denied a request from the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) to be exempted from federal regulations requiring electronic logging devices on commercial trucks.

It’s a well-known fact that truck drivers, traditionally, do not have the healthiest of lifestyles.

Long hours behind the wheel, erratic sleep patterns and a steady diet of truck stop food led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to write that long-haul truck drivers face "a constellation of chronic disease risk factors."