(DHL Group) DHL Supply Chain has signed a long-term contract to advance sustainable battery recycling with Fortum Battery Recycling, the company announced June 25. Fortum develops processes to efficiently recover valuable raw materials from used batteries to drive a circular electromobility economy. DHL Supply Chain will utilize this expertise as part of the agreement while ...more
XPO's Carlisle, Pa., facility sits on a 121-acre site and has 281 doors. (XPO) XPO officially opened the less-than-truckload-focused carrier’s largest service centers by door number and footprint over the past couple of weeks. Greenwich, Conn.-based XPO ranks No. 5 on the Transport Topics Top 100 list of the largest for-hire carriers in North America ...more
A farmer harvests rice in a field in Tambasasayama, Japan. (Buddhika Weerasinghe/Bloomberg News) President Donald Trump threatened to impose a fresh tariff level on Japan, citing what he said was the country’s unwillingness to accept rice exports from the U.S. “They won’t take our RICE, and yet they have a massive rice shortage,” Trump posted ...more
European Union flags at the European Commission in Brussels. (Mlenny/Getty Images) The European Union is willing to accept a trade arrangement with the U.S. that includes a 10% universal tariff on many of the bloc’s exports, but wants the U.S. to commit to lower rates on key sectors such as pharmaceuticals, alcohol, semiconductors and commercial ...more
(Smederevac/Getty Images) The U.K. is planning to keep its digital services tax, a person familiar with the matter said, after Prime Minister Mark Carney scrapped Canada’s levy to restart trade talks with President Donald Trump’s administration. The U.S. wanted Britain to drop the tax as part of trade talks between the two countries and Prime ...more
The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) recently sidelined a commercial truck and trailer after an inspection uncovered a host of safety violations. According to a June 30, 2025, statement from THP, a Motor Carrier Plus trooper conducted a Level I inspection on a commercial vehicle.The trooper discovered “leaking transmission fluid from unsecured cargo that was spilling ...more
A motorist and Youtuber in a Ferrari F40 is asking for help in locating a tanker truck driver who sideswiped him over the weekend. The $3 million supercar was being driven by a car enthusiast with a Youtube channel called Supercar Ron, with just over 96,000 followers. According to the Instagram post about the accident, Supercar ...more
The New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) has announced the expansion of enforcement on overweight trucks using weigh-in-motion (WIM) technology. Starting on June 22, 2025, NYC DOT began issuing $650 violations to overweight Staten Island-bound trucks on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway (BQE). Overweight trucks are targeted using WIM technology, or sensors in the roadway, in ...more
A Mexican trucking company is sponsoring English classes for its drivers in response to the new English language proficiency requirements. As of Wednesday, June 25th, the FMCSA has instructed all law enforcement and safety officers to conduct a driver interview and road sign recognition assessment during roadside or weigh station inspections in order to determine ...more
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) will investigate states issuing non-domiciled Commercial Driver’s Licenses (CDLs) in an effort to “protect roadways” and “uphold [the] integrity of trucking.” On June 27, 2025, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced the launch of a nationwide audit into state policies for issuing non-domiciled CDLs, “specifically reviewing the potential ...more
