Trucks wait in line to enter the U.S. at the World Trade Bridge port of entry on the U.S.-Mexico border in Laredo, Texas. (Cheney Orr/Bloomberg News) Amid the Trump administration’s back-and-forth on implementing and then pausing tariffs on U.S. trade partners, Customs and Border Protection announced it has collected $8.66 billion from a handful of ...more
Gantry cranes at the Yangshan Deepwater Port in Shanghai. (Qilai Shen/Bloomberg) President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports are now at least 145%, far above the level many economists said could decimate U.S.-China trade. Trump is imposing a 125% charge designed to both counter America’s trade deficit with China and punish Beijing for retaliating against ...more
Volvo Trucks North America North American Class 8 truck orders in March continued to trend below year-ago levels as they faced additional pressures from tariffs and an uncertain economy, according to ACT Research. Preliminary data showed orders decreased 8.3% year over year to 16,000 units and fell 12.6% sequentially compared with February. This is consistent ...more
“That was a big step,” Johnson said April 10, reacting to the chamber’s approval of the budget blueprint. (Al Drago/Bloomberg News) President Donald Trump’s tax and budget agenda is one step closer toward realization after the House of Representatives agreed on a partisan legislative blueprint. In a 216-214 vote on April 10, the Republican-led House ...more
"Made in China" labels on packages at a fulfillment center in New Jersey. (Bing Guan/Bloomberg) President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with China once again increased tariffs applied to small parcels that were previously exempt from duties. The U.S. will tax imports of shipments priced up to $800 at the rate of 120% of their ...more
Hundreds of people shared public comments in response to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) request for feedback on which transportation-related regulations should be eliminated or modified. Earlier this month, USDOT published a Notice in the Federal Register asking for public input on which existing regulations could be modified or repealed while continuing to ensure ...more
A newly introduced bill seeks to prevent the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) from moving ahead with a pending rule requiring speed limiters on heavy-duty trucks. The FMCSA is expected to publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Heavy Vehicle Speed Limiters rule (also known as the speed limiter mandate) in the spring of ...more
The NFL has hired a local trucking company to hire gear for the upcoming NFL Draft event in Wisconsin. The NFL Draft is scheduled for April 24th through 26th at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Veriha Trucking in Marinette has been employed to help the organization haul its sound and video gear to the ...more
A truck driver is dead after a young driver pinned him against a loading dock as he attempted to guide his semi truck. The accident happened on Thursday, April 10th at about 12:34 p.m. at Priority Cooling Mann Pack in Yuma, Arizona. According to KYMA, a 21-year-old trucker was being guided by a 61-year-old trucker as ...more
A truck driver could have saved himself some soreness and humiliation if he had just followed the 3 Points of Contact rule. In the video, a truck driver was caught on camera exiting his rig in a questionable way, which ended with a less than ideal landing. Instead of exiting the cab the way all ...more
