by Savannah Riese | Jul 5, 2019 | Articles
Written by Kevin Buss, Director of Fleet Maintenance With all of the buzz surrounding electric trucks, you may be wondering when Dot Transportation, Inc. (DTI) is planning to purchase its first all-electric powered truck. The answer? Now! Yes, we recently purchased...
by Savannah Riese | Jul 1, 2019 | Articles
Written by Kerry Rambalie, Director of Transportation, Canada Dot Transportation Canada (DTC) began operations in December of 2018, with an April 2019 target to begin service to customers in Southern Ontario. We realized that to accomplish our goals, we needed to hire...
by Savannah Riese | Jun 20, 2019 | Articles
Written by Ashlea Romano, Occupational Health Trainer, New York Throughout the month of June, the Occupational Health team at Dot Foods has been helping educate drivers on the importance of staying hydrated. Before we discuss hydration in depth, let’s first review the...
by Savannah Riese | Jun 10, 2019 | Articles
You spoke. We listened. Last fall, we asked you all to vote on your favorite military-themed veteran trailer design. Then, we surprised you all with a reveal of the winning trailer. Now, we are excited to announce the grand reveal of the other TWO veteran trailers on...
by Savannah Riese | Jun 10, 2019 | Articles
Approximately 3.5 million professional truck drivers are driving across the country right now. Those drivers moved 10.77 billion tons of freight in 2017, which was more than 70 percent of the total domestic product shipped that year. Needless to say, truck driving is...
by Savannah Riese | Jun 4, 2019 | Articles
This year, the Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) put a regulation in place that limits the number of hours a truck driver may drive each day, as well as a weekly limit. There are separate regulations for drivers who carry goods and those who carry passengers. At...
