A person waits in a line for a prospective employer at a job fair. (Lynne Sladky/AP/File) WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added a solid 151,000 jobs last month, but the outlook is cloudy as President Donald Trump threatens a trade war, purges the federal workforce and promises to deport millions of immigrants. The Labor Department reported ...more
(Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and Getty Images) The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has named Adrienne Camire as its acting administrator. Camire is a veteran of the first Trump administration, having previously served as chief counsel for the Federal Highway Administration. While there, she oversaw legal services related to FHWA’s management of federal aid ...more
UCR’s Georgios Karavalakis and Wayne Miller, a founding scientist and principal investigator for the alliance. (University of California, Riverside) Two U.S. universities have teamed up with auto industry heavyweights including Daimler Truck North America to form the Hydrogen Engine Alliance of North America (H2EA-NA). The University of California, Riverside and University of Michigan-led alliance intends ...more
(Kenan Advantage Group) Kenan Advantage Group will buy Mobile, Ala.-based Evergreen Transport for an undisclosed sum, adding to the ongoing expansion of its dry bulk operations. Since entering the dry bulk segment just over a year ago with the purchase of Northern Dry Bulk, KAG has made three further acquisitions including Evergreen. Evergreen specializes in ...more
(mntnvision/Getty Images) President Donald Trump said he may implement reciprocal tariffs on Canadian lumber and dairy products as soon as March 7, threatening again to disrupt cross-border trade. “Canada has been ripping us off for years on tariffs for lumber and for dairy products. 250% — nobody ever talks about that — 250% tariff — ...more
A truck driver credits god and the invention of seatbelts for saving his life during a severe windstorm in Kansas earlier this week. The storm happened on Tuesday, March 4th in Garden City, Kansas. According to Fox Weather, truck driver Marcus Clark was traveling on US route 83 north of K-68 Highway with an empty trailer ...more
New York State Police (NYSP) shared dash cam video of a two truck crash that occurred this week as a reminder “of how weather can quickly affect road conditions.” The dash cam video was captured at 6 p.m. on March 6 on northbound I-81 in Homer, New York.In the video, you can see a tractor ...more
Several lanes of a bridge in Lake Charles will be closed this upcoming week for repairs to damage done in a 2020 hurricane. Hurricane Laura hit Louisiana and surrounding areas in August of 2020, damaging lighting along the Interstate 210 bridge in Lake Charles. Now, nearly five years later, an $8 million project will shut ...more
Canadian authorities say that tolls are on the way for American truckers traveling through B.C. in response to recent tariffs imposed by the White House. President Donald Trump imposed 25% tariffs on Canada this week in an effort to curb cross-border human and drug trafficking into the U.S. Since then, some tariff exemptions have been ...more
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced new leadership for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). On Friday, March 7, Adrienne Camire was tapped for role of Deputy Administrator and Acting Administrator of the FMCSA.“In this role, Ms. Camire will lead FMCSA’s efforts to advance commercial motor vehicle safety, improve the efficiency of the ...more
