Hegseth speaks with U.S. troops after a military drill with Panamanian forces on April 8. (Matias Delacroix/Associated Press) PANAMA CITY — U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said April 8 the Panama Canal faces ongoing threats from China, but together the U.S. and Panama will keep it secure. Speaking at a ribbon-cutting for a new ...more
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (left) and Patton Logistics Group President Steve Patton celebrate the expansion announcement April 3. (Governor of Virginia via Facebook) The Patton Logistics Group announced a $10 million expansion in Virginia, which will add a 100,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility to the company’s footprint in the state. “This $10 million investment not ...more
Shipping containers at the Port of Pyeongtaek in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. (Jean Chung/Bloomberg) President Donald Trump spent the final hours before his sweeping tariffs were set for full implementation lining up negotiations with key U.S. allies, but hopes for striking a last-minute deal with China appeared distant. Trump on April 8 heralded planned trade talks ...more
Pipes for the Keystone XL pipeline stacked in a yard near Oyen, Alberta. (Jason Franson/Bloomberg) South Bow Corp.’s Keystone oil pipeline has been shut after a spill in southeast North Dakota, according to an official with the state Department of Environmental Quality. The pipeline, which carries crude from Canada as far south as the U.S. ...more
A fifth-generation Freightliner Cascadia on the road. Daimler Truck North America sold 38,992 trucks and buses in the first quarter of 2025. (Daimler Truck) Daimler Truck North America sold 38,992 trucks and buses in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease of 16% compared with 46,229 vehicles in the same period in 2024, parent company ...more
A trucker was treated to a serious surprise when he purchased a pair of scratchers lottery tickets at a Virginia truck stop. Wisconsin-based truck driver Patrick Golz stopped in at a Love’s Travel Stop in Lambsburg, Virginia, just off I-77, as he was traveling on his regular route, according to a news release from the Virginia ...more
A man was arrested after launching an attack on a sleeping truck driver and assaulting responding police officers at a trucking company in Pennsylvania earlier this month. The accident happened on April 2nd outside NVK Logistics on the 2800 block of Turnpike Industrial Drive in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. According to Fox 43, the truck driver was ...more
Canadian police have arrested a second person in connection with a double broking scheme to steal loaded trailers containing cargo worth millions of dollars. Police launched an investigation after several victims reported that their trailers loaded with freight were stolen by a transportation company known as All Days Trucking between December 2024 and January 2025, ...more
Officers Nebraska are warning drivers to “get off your cell phones” after a crash between two semi trucks ripped open a trailer. The accident happened on Sunday, April 6th at about 2:45 p.m. on eastbound Interstate 80 near mile marker 353 in York, Nebraska.According to News Channel Nebraska, a tractor trailer was traveling in the ...more
This week, an Arkansas lawmaker withdrew high-profile legislation increasing restrictions and penalties for non-citizen commercial vehicle drivers, but a new bill with a specific focus on English language has taken its place. In late February 2025, the Secure Roads And Safe Trucking Act Of 2025 (HB1569) was introduced in the Arkansas state legislature by Rep. ...more
