Seeking to provide a simple, low-cost electronic logging option for professional drivers, Rand McNally recently unveiled its new ELD 50 device. When paired with a driver's existing Android phone or tablet, the ELD 50 creates a secure compliance solution that will meet federal requirements – and meet drivers' budgets.

California’s Labor Commissioner's Office is accepting applications for the Motor Carrier Employer Amnesty Program (AB 621) from eligible commercial trucking companies performing drayage services at any California port. For a limited time, the voluntary program allows qualifying companies to reclassify their drivers as employees and avoid liability for misclassifying them as independent contractors. The amnesty program ends December 31, 2016.

FlowBelow Aero Inc., a leading manufacturer of tractor-mounted aerodynamic products, recently announced the signing of Groupe Trans-West to deploy its fuel saving Tractor AeroKit system across the company’s Canadian fleet of 180 tractors.

California’s rich harvest of almonds, walnuts, pistachios and other nuts find their way to tables and pantries across the world.

Thieves, however, have joined the list of those seeking California’s valuable nut harvest.

Perceptions, it is held, are difficult to change.

But Trucking Moves America Forward (TMAF), the industry-wide image and education movement, is making significant strides in its mission to change the nation’s perception of the trucking industry.