trucking

Tyson Foods is piloting a new camera monitor system with its truck drivers. The Springdale-based poultry and pork company is incorporating the Stoneridge MirrorEye Camera Monitor System in a select number of trucks. This system, which uses external mounted cameras…

Arkansas Trucking Firms Adjust to Pandemic The great pandemic of 2020 has done many things: Strained the capacity of the health-care delivery system; forced a re-evaluation of the means through which higher education is delivered; richly rewarded investment in food-delivery and…

by Tyler Hale Walmart is ramping up trucking division this year with the hiring of hundreds of new truck drivers. The Bentonville retailer plans to hire more than 500 truck drivers, concentrated on the East and West Coasts. According to…

Is there public policy to balance our need for speed with our right to safe roads? by Shannon Newton Confession: I like to drive fast. During the first week of the recent 92nd General Assembly, I was pulled over speeding…

by Curtis Lanning | Photos by Jamison Mosley Trucking is one of the largest industries in America, and Arkansas is an industry hotbed. Haulers and the companies they work for are responsible for keeping the supply chain moving, getting products, packages, chemicals,…

By Tyler Hale To get packages where they need to go, truck drivers pull long hours driving, in some cases locally and in other cases, cross-country. Despite regulations that dictate how long drivers can operate their vehicles before resting, fatigue…

By Tyler Hale While the need for speedy transportation has increased in recent years, many companies have struggled to find and retain truck drivers for their operational needs. Drive My Way, a personalized recruiting marketplace for truck drivers, is aiming…

CalArk Tom Bartholomew, FOUNDER; Rochelle Bartholomew, President & CEO CalArk is a family-owned company just the right size to be directly involved in meeting customer needs and exceeding expectations. They offer third-party logistics including equipment leasing, less-than-truckload shipping, last-mile distribution,…

Bell & Company Jennifer Bell, CPA, JD, LLM, Bell & Company Bell & Company is a full-service public accounting firm with locations in North Little Rock and Conway. As a trusted advisor, Bell & Company has provided local small businesses and…

A contingent of state officials and business leaders met recently with U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta to discuss the Arkansas State Chamber’s Be Pro, Be Proud workforce initiative, and it is drawing interest from several states. “The administration is…