For the Driver

For the Driver from American Trucker serves independent owner-operators and growing trucking fleets operating fewer than five power units.

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“Finding Her Why” in Trucking

June 30, 2025

Cold Storage & Logistics

ITS launches Food and Beverage Logistics Hub

June 30, 2025

News

Trucks & Trailers

When to think about shifting truck classes

Jade Brasher

June 30, 2025

News

Indiana authorizes interstate highway tolling

Jeremy Wolfe

June 30, 2025

Data only delivers value when it leads to action. Consider these steps to turn your fleet's insights into operational improvements.

IdeaXchange

How to maximize fleet savings through data optimization

Frank Bussone

June 30, 2025

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For the Driver

TCA, trucking industry highlight military

Jenna Hume

May 31, 2024

Trucking fleets across the U.S. display military appreciation and support on their tractors and trailers. Here is a photo gallery of truckload carriers' patriotic rigs.

News

FMCSA digitizes driver medical exams

Jeremy Wolfe

June 26, 2025

A new rule implemented by FMCSA will require that driver medical exam results be submitted electronically and within a calendar day of the examination.

Outpost expands national network with new locations in Dallas, Las Vegas, Inland Empire, and Savannah

For the Driver

Outpost expands national network with four new acquisitions

June 12, 2025

Each property includes a mix of cross-docks, maintenance facilities, warehouses, office space, and drop yard acreage.

1959 Diamond-T 923D and 1985 Dorsey Milwaukee trailer, by Craig Cox Jr. in New Lisbon, Wisconsin

Equipment

A century of historic trucks: Restored models from ATHS

Jeremy Wolfe

June 6, 2025

The American Truck Historical Society’s annual convention brought beautifully restored trucks from nearly every decade of the last 100 years. See the revived faces of iconic 20th...

Last chance to nominate top rookie veteran drivers for the Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence award by June 20

For the Driver

June 20 nomination deadline nears for Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence award

Jenna Hume

May 29, 2025

This year’s award is a Kenworth T680 equipped with a 76-inch sleeper and the Paccar powertrain featuring the Paccar MX-13 engine, Paccar TX-12 automated transmission, and Paccar...