A couple of truck drivers are able to find a moment of connection just by cooking out in a truck stop parking lot.  In the touching clip, a truck driver outlines how he made a new friend just by grilling out while parking overnight. “He noticed I was about to start cooking, and he said ‘go ...more

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) recently shared video of “one of the heaviest loads ever escorted” by their troopers, a turbine weighing more than 1 million pounds. The video shared on May 28 shows OHP Troop S officers escorting a 1.1 million pound turbine from Perry to a new power plant west of Stillwater.“It’s one ...more

Four men caught stealing loads of energy drinks in a gold semi truck may also be responsible for other cargo thefts in the area, police say.  The four men were caught red-handed on the afternoon of Monday, May 27th at the Rush Truck Park on Broadway Road near 32nd Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona. According to AZ ...more

New legislation introduced in Congress seeks to reinforce recent action by the Trump Administration to ensure that commercial vehicle drivers can read and speak English. On May 29, lawmakers announced the introduction of Connor’s Law, a bill authored by Rep. Dave Taylor that would “codify President Trump’s Executive Order requiring CDL drivers to maintain a ...more

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has received the go-ahead from federal officials to expand a “smart highway” project on I-94. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has provided a key approval for the advancement of MDOT’s I-94 Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV) Corridor project, which involves the repurposing of a general-purpose I-94 lane to a ...more

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced sweeping deregulatory action at agencies including the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). On May 29, Secretary of Transportation Sean P. Duffy announced that 52 “burdensome” regulations have been targeted for cuts across the FMCSA, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).The rule ...more

The owner of two California trucking companies admitted to committing fraud in order to obtain loans that were used to purchase agricultural land in Fresno County. On May 27, Gurjeet Bath, 37, of Fresno, pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government property, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of ...more

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(Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg) OPEC+ gathered online May 28 to ratify their current groupwide production quotas, ahead of a decision by eight key members at the weekend whether to bolster output again in July. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its partners will leave unchanged their longer-term targets for 2025 and 2026, which underpin its ...more

A tanker truck delivers fuel to an Oregon filling station. The price of diesel on the West Coast dropped 4.8 cents a gallon. (Transport Topics photo) The national average diesel price changed course from a week earlier, dropping 4.9 cents to settle at $3.487 a gallon, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data released May ...more