trucking industry
Road cargo business
The trucking industry comprises businesses that transport goods by truck—the network of carriers, drivers, freight brokers, and logistics companies that move products across highways.
In the U.S., trucking handles the majority of domestic freight: The trucking industry has been hit hard by fuel price increases.
Often shortened to simply trucking: He's been in trucking for thirty years.
- trucksHeavy cargo vehicles
- big rigTractor-trailer combination
- DOT regulationsFederal trucking and transit rules
- trailerPromotional film excerpt
- owner operatorSelf-employed equipment operator
long haul · freight transport · CDL · hours of service · freight · fuel surcharge · weigh station · teamsters · emissions standards · eighteen wheeler · dispatcher · haulage · articulated lorry · semi · weight limits · logistics · fleet management · interstate
- ArkansasLittle Rock Nine, Arkansas River, Ozarks, Ozark Mountains, Fort Smith
trucking industryrail industry
Train transportation business
shipping industry · air freight · maritime shipping · ocean freight · cargo airlines
trucking industrymanufacturing sector
Production-focused economic segment
trucking industrytech industry
Computing and software businesses
information economy · financial services · service sector · knowledge economy · digital economy