Alex Lockie

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Alex Lockie is an Executive Editor at CCJ Digital and Overdrive Online. He works to support the publications in their digital and news operations. He graduated Georgia State University and has traveled the world covering news. Reach him at alexlockie@randallreilly.com. 

Business
'Get ready to compete': New rail behemoth sets sights on trucking
Canada Pacific's merger with Kansas City Southern promises to take 64,000 truckloads off the road each year, and the Biden admin will likely hold them to that. The new rail behemoth is very clearly coming for trucking, but can the industry take it?
March 23, 2023
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Alternative power
Cummins launches new zero-emissions power brand
Cummins announced Wednesday the launch of Accelera, a new power brand focused on bringing zero-emissions powertrain solutions to all commercial vehicle applications.
March 8, 2023
Accelera cummins truck
Business
Fleets' 2022 Q4 earnings show the pandemic party might be over
The end of 2022 felt like the end of the party at many major carriers, where corporate earnings reported a weak Q4 that lacked the normal seasonal bump the holiday season brings.
February 20, 2023
xpo truck
Battery electric
Truck stops will soon need more electricity than stadiums, small towns
A new study by one of the nation's biggest power providers shows the mind-blowing power demands of the truck stops and gas stations of the future. But, according to the study's authors, there's actually some good news for trucking.
November 28, 2022
The Mercedes-Benz stadium in Atlanta, Georgia
Business
Fleet Q3 earnings
Third quarter results from the biggest fleets in trucking show that smart strategies paid off in Q3, but almost everyone expects a weaker Q4.
November 15, 2022
truck speeding
Safety
Blue lights, late shifts 'kills' fleet workers. Here's how to fight back.
When the clock rolled back in early November, the trucking world got one of the few breaks it gets all year. Learn how blue lights in screens and harmful sleeping practices are killing trucking workers, and how to avoid it.
November 11, 2022
Semi truck destroyed by drowsy driver
Technology
How robotic process automation can help workers be more human, boost retention
Office workers and drivers alike want to fulfill their job titles and not get buried in a mountain of paperwork every time a customer changes its systems around. Far from killing jobs, automating this boring work frees up workers to do their jobs.
October 3, 2022
female dispatchers
Alternative power
California 'flex alerts' pose serious questions for EV adoption
As California looks to ban 76,000 trucks with pre-2010 emissions-spec engines by the end of the year, and heavily incentivizes electric vehicles, the state's grid is issuing warnings to limit power use for up to seven hours a day.
September 16, 2022
freightliner ecascadia charging
Business
U.S. Xpress absorbs Variant, announces major realignment plan
U.S. Xpress is rolling its once-lauded Variant subsidiary into its larger over-the-road operations segment as the fleet admits defeat on a tech-driven experiment that dropped utilization rates and sent turnover soaring.
September 8, 2022
Variant tractor
Business
Fuel surcharges a boon to fleet earnings
Many publicly traded fleets reported more than doubling their income from fuel surcharges, sometimes to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. But will there be a hangover from the sugar high of high surcharges?
August 16, 2022
Driver fuels a truck at a diesel pump.
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Women in Trucking member Angelika Mangino is the group's Member of the Month for April. Though more women are entering the filed, a WIT survey showed that safety remains a top concern among female drivers.
Recruiting & retention
Female trucker surveys divide proponents on pay and cab design
Industry leaders agree on safety and respect as top issues among surveyed female truck drivers but disagree on pay and cab design.
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Pilot Company names new executives as part of Berkshire Hathaway ownership
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Technology
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Safety
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