The city of Charlotte has released a new platform to help truckers find safe and legal parking in the region as part of a new “Quality of Life” initiative. The Commercial Truck Parking Tool is a website and app designed to provide truck drivers with information on where to safely and legally park in the ...more
Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) traffic cameras captured a collision involving multiple semi trucks that occurred on Tuesday in St. Francis County. The crash occurred shortly after 2 p.m. on March 18 near Forrest City.St. Francis Co: (UPDATE) I-40 EB all lanes remain blocked at Exit 242 (Forrest City) due to multi tractor-trailer accidents with ...more
Police are investigating the theft of a Peterbilt stolen from behind the Wagin Cajun Big D’s Truck Stop in Louisiana earlier this month. The theft occurred on March 8th at about 7:30 p.m. in Duson, Louisiana in the 400 block of Austria Road. According to KATC 3, the black and silver 2022 Peterbilt 589 was stolen ...more
Truck maker Kenworth announced plans to sunset several popular models in 2026. On March 19, Kenworth announced its decision to discontinue production of legacy 1.9-meter cab Class 8 trucks in 2026, including Kenworth’s W900 (W900L and W900B models), T800W (wide-hood), and the C500.The company said that the decision to discontinue production on these models is due to ...more
Louisiana officials have confirmed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) conducted enforcement at a truck stop last week and detained several individuals. An ICE raid took place on March 13 at the TA Express truck stop located in Hosston, Louisiana, State Representative Danny McCormick confirmed. During the enforcement action, agents detained and later deported ...more
A former truck driver and business partner to a former NFL linebacker allegedly drained their trucking company of resources by consistently transferring funds to himself. Shaquille Dixon has been accused of diverting funds from the accounts of Good Run Logistics to his personal accounts from February 2023 through June 2024. Dixon allegedly drained the company ...more
A former employee of the US Postal Service has pleaded guilty to fraud charges involving bribes from trucking companies in exchange for contracts. Tai Rho worked as a Network Specialist for USPS in Colorado with the ability to manipulate trucking contracts awarded by the USPS. Court documents show that Rho received bribes from at least ...more
Siemens to Cut 6,000 Jobs, Some in EV Charging Business
(Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg) Siemens AG plans to reduce its global head count by about 6,000 workers, with the majority of cuts planned in its factory automation business that’s suffering from weak demand. The digital industries unit will slash about 5,600 jobs by the end of fiscal 2027, 2,600 of them in Germany, while the electric vehicle ...more
Traton, Applied Intuition Team Up on Software-Defined Trucks
Traton said Applied Intuition would provide a scalable, extensible and modular vehicle operating system to develop vehicle software faster and AI-powered tooling for the development and validation of full vehicle software. (Traton Group via LinkedIn) International Motors parent company Traton Group will build vehicle software platforms with Mountain View, Calif.-headquartered software group Applied Intuition, the ...more
Hong Kong Raises Concerns About Deal for Panama Canal Ports
Cranes load a cargo ship at the Panama Canal's Balboa Port in Panama City. (Matias Delacroix/AP/File) HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s leader has waded into a controversy over a prominent conglomerate’s decision to sell its Panama Canal port assets to a consortium including American investment bank BlackRock Inc., a deal that has angered Beijing and ...more