On Thursday, Love’s Travel Stops announced the opening of a new store in Charleston, Missouri. The new Love’s store is located at 2461 E Marshall Street in Charleston, off I-57 at US 62, Exit 12.Amenities at the Charleston Love’s include: Over 11,500 square feet 76 truck parking spacesArby’s (opening April 14)Seven diesel baysFour showersLaundry facilitiesCAT ScaleDog parkSelf-checkout ...more

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) recently conducted a single day traffic enforcement operation that netted hundreds of citations. On April 9, 2025, CHP troopers from the Bakersfield, Buttonwillow, Fort Tejon, Central Division Commercial/SAFE, and Newhall divisions partnered for a special enforcement operation on I-5 through the Grapevine. Between from approximately 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., CHP ...more

The police officer who shot into a semi truck on an interstate in Florida last month has been reassigned to the telephone team.  Lieutenant Marc Crawford was placed on administrative leave after the March 10th incident on Interstate 95 in Jacksonville, Florida. Crawford returned to work on Wednesday, April 9th, and has been reassigned to ...more

International RH Series. (International Motors) International Motors sold 16,900 trucks and buses in the first quarter of 2025, a 12% decrease compared with 19,300 vehicles in the same period 12 months earlier, parent company Traton Group said April 9. The effects of a persistently weak freight market as well as uncertainty fueled by the Trump ...more

Roeth speaks during the 2025 Technology & Maintenance Council Annual Meeting. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics) The North American Council for Freight Efficiency on April 8 revealed most of the 13 fleets that will take part in its Run on Less — Messy Middle program in September. NACFE said the participation of Albert Transport, ...more

(David Paul Morris/Bloomberg) As tariff-spooked shoppers begin pulling back on spending, Walmart Inc. is prepping for a worsening economy by using its massive footprint to keep prices low and hunt for ways to take market share. On April 9, the world’s largest retailer said in a statement that it still sees net sales growing 3% ...more

The EU's tariffs will target products such as soybeans, diamonds, poultry and motorcycles. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg) The European Union approved tariffs to hit around 21 billion euros ($23.2 billion) of U.S. goods in retaliation for the 25% duties President Donald Trump imposed last month on the bloc’s steel and aluminum exports. A majority of the EU’s ...more

Talks at the IMO in London. (Bloomberg) The U.S. abandoned global talks aimed at cutting shipping’s carbon emissions and threatened to reciprocate against any fees that the country’s merchant fleet incurs if such an initiative proceeds. The U.N.’s shipping agency, the International Maritime Organization, is meeting in London this week with a goal of agreeing ...more

Trucks line up to depart from a container terminal in Nanjing in east China's Jiangsu province on April 8. (Chinatopix Via AP) BANGKOK — China again vowed to “fight to the end” April 9 in an escalating trade war with the U.S. as it announced it would raise tariffs on American goods to 84% from ...more

The federal Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center is a prime downtown D.C. real estate location blocks away from the White House. (General Services Administration) Under its Administrator Lee Zeldin, the Environmental Protection Agency will reduce its Washington footprint and save $18 million by consolidating office space among its cluster of headquarters buildings. “EPA ...more