Pop superstar Taylor Swift said thank you to the dozens of truck drivers who supported her on tour by reportedly handing out millions of dollars worth of bonuses.According to TMZ, Swift, 33, handed out $100,000 bonus checks to each of her tour truck drivers over the weekend during a stop on the ‘Eras’ Tour in Santa ...more
A semi truck toppled over into a body of water used for growing cranberries in Massachusetts on Monday morning. The accident happened on July 31st in Plympton, Massachusetts. According to CBS News, police arrived to find the semi truck on its side with the trailer in the bog. The truck driver was able to escape the truck ...more
The Kentucky State Police (KSP) are taking part in a 72 hour enforcement campaign designed to reduce crashes involving commercial vehicles.From August 1 — 3, 2023, KSP will take part in Operation SafeDRIVE. The purpose of the high visibility traffic enforcement effort is to reduce crashes involving cars and commercial vehicles.As part of the enforcement ...more
A truck driver’s alertness and defensive driving skills are on display in this dash cam clip.The video was captured on July 30, 2023, west of Toledo, Ohio, and shared by Reddit user u/Pope_Dwayne_Johnson.In the dash cam clip, a car driver attempts to merge from the left lane into the right but does not seem to ...more
A man in a wheelchair was seriously hurt in Connecticut on Tuesday morning after rolling into the back wheels of a moving tractor trailer. The accident happened on August 1st in Windham, Connecticut on West Main Street in the area of Cantor Drive and Route 6 at around 11:30 a.m.Fire crews were heading back to the ...more
Rendering of Bradshaw Home's new facility in Savannah Portside International Park in Effingham County. (Effingham County Industrial Development Authority) Georgia state officials announced plans to open a new East Coast distribution center in Effingham County to bring California-based Bradshaw Home’s products to customers faster through a partnership with supply chain leader NFI. Gov. Brian Kemp ...more
An Old Dominion Freight Line truck on Interstate 65 in Shepherdsville, Ky. The less-than-truckload carrier narrowly beat expectations on an earnings per share basis but narrowly missed on revenue. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics) Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. profits fell 22.3% year-over-year to $292.4 million in the second quarter of 2023 from $376.1 ...more
Judy McReynolds/ArcBest Corp; ABF Freight truck/John Sommers II for Transport Topics) ArcBest posted second-quarter 2023 net income of $40.4 million, or $1.64 per diluted share, compared with a profit of $102.5 million, or $4 per diluted share, in the same quarter in 2022, the carrier said July 28. Fort Smith, Ark-based ArcBest posted second-quarter revenue from ...more
Amazon said more than half of all orders placed by Prime subscribers in the 60 largest metropolitan areas during the most recent quarter arrived the same or next day. (Ted S. Warren/Associated Press) Amazon.com Inc. will double the number of U.S. same-day delivery facilities in the “coming years,” the company announced July 31, an investment ...more
A fuel tanker at a filling station in Illinois. The Midwest experienced the largest cost increase at 29.1 cents a gallon. (Nam Y. Huh/Associated Press) Proving last week’s surge wasn’t a fluke, the national average diesel price skyrocketed 22.2 cents to reach $4.127 a gallon, according to Energy Information Administration data released July 31. Highlights ...more
