The Port of Long Beach said container volume for the month increased 13.4% year over year to 765,385 units from 674,723. (Port of Long Beach) U.S. ports continued to experience overall increases in container volume year over year in February. The Port of Los Angeles processed 801,398 20-foot equivalent units, a 2.5% increase from the ...more
Kaleb Groce, director of operations for Royal Logistics, says his company uses data from its TMS to review lanes and improve profitability. (Mindy Long for Transport Topics) PHOENIX — Fleets and industry vendors attending the Truckload Carrier Association’s Truckload 2025 conference said technology is helping increase efficiency and improve decision-making. The challenge can be knowing ...more
Newly manufactured automobiles wrapped in protective film sit on the dockside during loading operations at the port of Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain. (Angel Garcia/Bloomberg News) President Donald Trump signed an order to implement a 25% tariff on auto imports, expanding a trade war designed to bring more manufacturing jobs to the U.S. and setting the ...more
Newly manufactured automobiles wrapped in protective film sit on the dockside during loading operations at the port of Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain. (Angel Garcia/Bloomberg) President Donald Trump is readying an announcement on auto levies as soon as March 26, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that would escalate his fight with global ...more
Even flatbedder dogs have a tougher job than their dry van counterparts, according to this short video filmed on a highway somewhere. In the video, the trucking pup is riding on the flatbed trailer as his owner drives. The dog appears to be having the time of his life running back and forth on the ...more
The man found partially buried at a landfill earlier this month has been identified as a lifelong trucker with over a million miles under his belt. 63-year-old Ray Schwegler was scheduled to make a delivery to the landfill at 225th Avenue Northwest and Highway 169 on March 12th when employees at the landfill found his ...more
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
