The Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) recently ticketed a pickup truck driver who tried an unusual fix the trailer they were hauling. Over the weekend, OHP took to social media with a warning for the motoring public: “Don’t try this at home!”On the morning of Wednesday, March 19, OHP Trooper Joe Spears stopped a pickup hauling ...more
The death of a dump truck driver found dead behind a dumpster is being investigated in relation to a single-vehicle crash. 39-year-old Keith Siegel was found dead behind a dumpster on Friday night, March 21st in Hanna City, Illinois after a wreck involving his dump truck. According to 25 News, officers were called to a crash ...more
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) shared dramatic video of the moment that an out-of-control semi truck took a runaway ramp on Wolf Creek Pass. The video was captured on March 20, 2025, on the west side of US 160 Wolf Creek Pass in Colorado, which has “two dangerous hairpin curves and a 7% downhill grade.”In ...more
NTSB Says Maryland Could Have Found Key Bridge Vulnerability
The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse site this month. (Kevin Richardson/Baltimore Sun/TNS) The Maryland Transportation Authority did not conduct a risk assessment that, if acted upon, could have allowed the state to protect the Francis Scott Key Bridge from collapsing, the National Transportation Safety Board’s chair said March 20. Such a vulnerability assessment would have ...more
FedEx Reports Net Income, Revenue Increase for Q3
FedEx trucks being loaded with packages at the FedEx regional hub at Los Angeles International Airport. (Jae C. Hong/Associated Press) FedEx Corp. continued efforts to improve profitability during its fiscal third quarter despite navigating an especially challenging operating environment, the company reported March 20. The Memphis, Tenn.-based transportation services company posted net income of $909 ...more
Exxon, Trafigura Protest Colonial Pipeline Changes
(Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News) Commodities trading giant Trafigura joined oil majors Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. in protesting operational changes to Colonial Pipeline Co.’s 5,500-mile fuel network. Colonial, which operates the largest U.S. gasoline pipeline, wants to boost capacity on the maxed-out line by, in part, halting the shipment of a particular fuel grade. But ...more
China Cuts Back on Small Packages Shipped to US
"Made in China" labels on packages at a fulfillment center in New Jersey. (Bing Guan/Bloomberg) Chinese companies cut back on the small packages they shipped to the U.S. last month, as President Donald Trump looks to close off the trade and impose tariffs on all imports from China. In February, the value of the small ...more
Foxconn Gets First Major EV-Making Client in Mitsubishi
The Mitsubishi Motors logo is displayed at the company's headquarters in Tokyo. (Toru Hanai/Bloomberg News) Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. has secured an agreement to make Mitsubishi Motors Corp. electric vehicles, scoring the first major customer for its fledgling EV contract manufacturing business. Hon Hai, also known as Foxconn, will begin building vehicles for Mitsubishi ...more
BP to Sell Gas Pipeline Stake to Apollo Funds for $1 Billion
(Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg News) BP Plc said Apollo-managed funds will purchase a 25% noncontrolling stake in BP Pipelines — known as BP TANAP — for about $1 billion, marking the British energy giant’s first divestment under its turnaround plan. TANAP holds BP’s 12% interest in the Trans-Anatolian natural gas pipeline, part of the Southern Gas ...more
FMCSA’s Camire Removed From Website After Brief Appointment
(Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and Getty Images) Adrienne Camire’s name has vanished from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration website just two weeks after she was named acting administrator. Camire was appointed on March 7 to lead the FMCSA. By March 21, the agency had removed all references to her leadership, including a press ...more