The Log Book is a weekly rundown of human-interest stories related to the transportation industry. This week: Husband-and-wife team delivers the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree, Wabash continues to support the…
On Feb. 27, 1992, Stella Liebeck ordered a 49 cent cup of coffee from a McDonald’s drive-thru in Albuquerque, New Mexico. What happened next forever changed trial jury awards and…
A recent survey of small- to medium-size (SMB) fleets performed by Atomik Research on behalf of fleet safety software provider Netradyne revealed that 69% have considered imposing monetary fines to…
Twas the night before Christmas, just before dark,and driver Cris Kringle needed a place to park. His big bore Cummins cranking max horsepowers, the jolly old elf was out of on-duty hours. If…
If you told a fleet manager that their trucks are going to lose 20% of its fuel just sitting in cold weather, they’d probably saw you cleanly in half with…
Content warning: This story contains graphic details about how Athena Strand died, based on the arrest affidavit. A week after authorities say FedEx Ground contractor Tanner Lynn Horner confessed to…
On Dec. 11, 1990, an unusual weather event caused one the deadliest crashes in Tennessee history when a dense fog fell near Calhoun, Tennessee. The 99-vehicle pileup caused 12 deaths…
Massive tonnage declines continue to rack up for less-than-truckload carrier Yellow Corp. The company reported a 25% year-over-year (y/y) decline for November after the market closed Friday. Yellow’s (NASDAQ: YELL)…
Han pasado casi tres semanas desde que Unified Furniture Industries de Tupelo, Mississippi, cesó abruptamente sus operaciones, despidiendo a más de 2,700 empleados e instruyendo a sus conductores de camiones…
Chairman Marty Oberman has “serious concerns” about the lack of data that Union Pacific has provided to the Surface Transportation Board ahead of a two-day hearing on the railroad’s use…