Heavy Duty Trucking
Steve Sturgess, Executive Editor, Heavy Duty Trucking
Steve Sturgess is a trucking commentator with over 30 years experience writing about trucks. He has worked on the leading trucking publications in North America and Europe and is now a staff member with trucking media publisher Newport Communications, Irvine, CA.
Sturgess joined Newport 15 years ago as editor of NATSO Truckers News, and is now editor of the award-winning RoadStar, the premier owner-operator and driver magazine. He is executive editor with Heavy Duty Trucking, the leading truck fleet publication, and a contributing editor to RoadStar Radio News and Newport’s leading trucking industry web site, www.truckinginfo.com. Sturgess is also a columnist for trucking magazines in the United Kingdom, Europe and Australasia and is a regular contributor on trucking radio programs.
A native of London, England, Sturgess has been in the North America for 27 years. He started his truck journalism career in 1974 as the managing editor of TRUCK Magazine in London. In 1980 he moved to Toronto to become technical editor of Motor Truck, then became an editor for both Bus & Truck and Canadian Driver Owner. Moving to the United States as a freelance trucking reporter, Sturgess North American experience covers the last 27 years since deregulation in 1980.
A graduate engineer, Sturgess earned his honors bachelors degree in mechanical engineering at City University in London before working as a truck development engineer with Ford of Europe in the early ‘70s. He has been a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers for 26 years, and is a member of the World Association of Commercial Editors. He is a heavy-truck driver, licensed in both North America and in Europe
