Australian country music star and trucking advocate Jayne Denham is the newest Women in Trucking’s Ambassador. She kicks off this new role with a concert during the opening ceremonies of the Women in Trucking’s 2019 Accelerate! Conference and Expo. The conference will be in Dallas, Texas at the Sheraton Dallas…
Navistar, a leading producer of commercial vehicles will be investing $250 million into a new manufacturing plant in Texas. This investment will bring around 600 jobs to the San Antonio area. This benchmark facility will be one that builds Class 6-8 vehicles and complements its other facilities around the country….
Bridgeport Trucking out of San Angelo, Texas, is offering to pay for hotel stays for family members who have been affected by the recent shootings in Odessa and Midland. Even though it doesn’t affect them directly, they still want to help their community. If you have questions about this please…
Soon, two women from Amarillo, Texas will be graduating from the Amarillo College Truck Driving Academy. With an industry that is mostly made up of men, this college highly encourages female truckers because that is who the trucking employers they work with are looking for. Rosa Rosas, one of the…
During the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas, Texas, this weekend, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will be hosting two one-hour sessions where they will discuss the proposed hours of service changes and the transitions of ELDs from manual to electronic. The first session is in the Hall A…
Just having started business 16 months ago, Kodiak Robotics announced its self-driving trucks are making deliveries in Dallas with a safety driver behind the wheel. Through its rapid progression from starting the business to putting autonomous trucks on the road, this company is set out to revolutionize the trucking industry….
With the need for truckers in southeast Texas and a waiting list of people who seek qualified training, the Lamar Institute of Technology’s Truck Driving Academy has received some assistance. They have received $1.1 million in state funding to upgrade its equipment and facilities in order to admit more students…