A traffic stop on a speeding commercial vehicle resulted in the discovery of more than a dozen safety violations, according to the Iowa State Patrol (ISP) On June 16, 2025, the ISP’s Commercial Motor Vehicle Unit stopped a vehicle hauling a trailer in Wapello County, Iowa, after clocking it traveling at speeds of 100 m.p.h. ...more

Multiple trucking companies and truck drivers say that they were never paid for their months of overtime cleanup efforts following the Palisades Fire.  The Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles, California burned for most of January 2025. After the destruction, nearly 37 square miles of destruction were left behind – And ...more

On Tuesday, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) released results from an unannounced brake inspection event that took place in April. CVSA’s annual surprise Brake Safety Day took place April 22, 2025, in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada, with an emphasis on brake drum and rotor violations. During single day effort, certified commercial motor vehicle inspectors conducted ...more

The Memphis Police Department (MPD) is investigating a cargo theft and assault incident that occurred late last week. MPD responded to a reported burglary incident at 7:46 a.m. on June 13 at 3399 Raines Road in Memphis, Tennessee.Police say that that a semi truck driver was parked at the location waiting to drop off a ...more

The leader of a “large-scale Pittsburgh-area drug trafficking organization” was recently sentenced to more than two decades in prison, officials say. On June 11, 2025, Andrew Beatty was sentenced to twenty-three years of imprisonment and five years of supervised release following his conviction on charges of Conspiracy to Distribute Five Kilograms or More of Cocaine ...more

A tire blowout crash killed a truck driver but left the passenger unhurt in Texas on Monday afternoon.  The accident happened at about 3:45 p.m. on June 16th in Newton County, Texas. According to 6 KFDM, 41-year-old truck driver, Josette Blasdel of Leesville, Louisiana was driving east on Highway 63 near Burkeville when a rear driver’s ...more

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is readying changes to the Compliance Safety Accountability Safety Measurement System after a long, fierce debate over its ability to accurately identify unsafe carriers. Along the way, even the Government Accountability Office and Congress got involved. The changes include simplification of the severity weights assigned to violations, reorganization of ...more

Adam Goldstein at the Paris Air Show in Paris on June 16. (Nathan Laine/Bloomberg) Electric aircraft maker Archer Aviation Inc. expects its defense-related sales to outstrip commercial air taxis in the short term. “In the near term the defense side could certainly become the biggest part of our business” as passenger services take time to ...more

Keep Your Fleet Rolling No Matter the Season In today’s high-demand logistics landscape, trucking fleets are under more pressure than ever to deliver with precision, speed, and efficiency. Whether you operate Over-the-Road (OTR), Middle Mile, Last Mile, or all three, every delay, breakdown, or missed delivery impacts your business. At Amerit Fleet Solutions, we partner ...more

President Donald Trump arrives at Calgary International Airport on June 15 ahead of the G7 Summit. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP) KANANASKIS, Alberta — When U.S. President Donald Trump last came to Canada for a Group of Seven summit, the enduring image was of him seated with his arms folded defiantly as then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel stared daggers ...more