Major changes are coming to the medical certification process for commercial vehicle drivers as a long-delayed Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) rule goes into effect in June. The compliance date for the FMCSA’s Medical Examiner’s Certification Integration rule will go into effect nationwide on June 23, 2025, resulting in significant changes for Commercial Driver’s ...more

The Georgia State Patrol is searching for a tractor trailer that drove straight through a 12 vehicle pile up crash on Tuesday.  The crash happened on March 25th on Highway 19 in Schley County, Georgia at around 7:50 a.m. According to 10 WALB, the pile up started when a green 2013 Ford Fusion collided with a ...more

A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) investigation into diesel truck emissions control tampering lead to a major fine for a heavy-duty parts supplier and an associated Michigan man. Officials announced on March 20, 2025, that Kyle Offringa, 34, of Caledonia, Michigan, and Highway and Heavy Parts, LLC (HHP), a heavy-duty diesel parts supplier headquartered in ...more

The Knoxville Police Department (KPD) arrested two juvenile males for allegedly targeting several semi trucks with rocks thrown off of an overpass. At 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 25, officers responded to westbound I-640 at Bruhin Road in Knoxville, Tennessee, after a semi truck driver reported that an object struck their vehicle and shattered the ...more

A trucker’s dash cam was key to locating a suspect who opened fire on his semi truck near Lake Wales, Florida, last week. Florida resident Mitchell Gens, 43, is facing felony charges of Attempted 2nd Degree Murder with a Weapon and Discharging a Firearm from a Vehicle.The charges were issued following a shooting incident that ...more

A truck driver is facing charges after witnesses say he stepped out of his rig to check out a pedestrian he hit before driving away.  The crash happened on March 21st on Interstate 80 eastbound at mile marker 257.1 in Butler Township, Pennsylvania.According to PA Homepage, 53-year-old Israel Cruz was working on his disabled vehicle ...more

(KKIDD/Getty Images) Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his top Cabinet ministers are in contact with White House officials and want to have “serious” negotiations about trade, as U.S. trading partners brace for President Donald Trump’s next barrage of tariffs. “With respect to the president, the point is to have substantive discussions. The point is ...more

Ultimately, it's up to the insurers and truck carriers to implement risk management strategies to mitigate cargo threats. (xavierarnau/Getty Images) According to Claude Pettis of Hub International, cargo theft isn’t just a rising concern, it’s a swarm. “It’s an exponential advance,” explained Pettis, who is the insurance broker’s ocean marine director. “It’s morphing so quickly ...more

(Shell Rotella) Shell Plc said it would boost investor returns through the end of this decade by reinforcing its position as the world’s top trader of liquefied natural gas. The London-based energy giant will expand LNG sales, the key driver of profit growth in recent years, by 4% to 5% annually until 2030, according to ...more

Barrs enters the nomination process with a lengthy background in transportation safety. (Juan Sorto/Transport Topics) The Trump administration has moved to install permanent leadership at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, nominating Derek Barrs after Adrienne Camire’s brief and unexplained disappearance from the agency’s top post. The nomination of Barrs, a former Florida Highway Patrol ...more