Juan Sorto/Transport Topics Nominees for top posts at two Department of Transportation agencies await consideration before the Senate. Republican leaders, managing the chamber’s summer agenda, are expected to schedule votes on the nominees to lead the Federal Railroad Administration and Federal Transit Administration. The nominations of David Fink to become FRA administrator and Marc Molinaro ...more
A Castrol logo sign at a BP service station in Pretoria, South Africa. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg) BP Plc’s Castrol lubricant business is attracting interest from energy companies including Reliance Industries Ltd. and buyout firms such as Apollo Global Management and Lone Star Funds, according to people with knowledge of the matter. BP has sent out initial ...more
Meanwhile, the U.S. said in April that U.S.-based manufacturers of intermodal chassis were materially injured by imports of chassis and subassemblies from Mexico, Thailand and Vietnam. (shaunl/Getty Images) A Canada Border Services Agency investigation into container chassis imports from Vietnam found no circumvention of a 2022 Canadian International Trade Tribunal ruling, according to a final ...more
A bill that could raise trailer registration fees for Louisiana truckers has advanced in the House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. House Bill 660 was advanced with six in favor and three opposed on Monday, May 12th. The bill has been recommitted to the appropriations committee due to a fiscal note.According to The ...more
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will remove certain motor carrier routing regulations because the agency deemed that they are “unlawful and obsolete.” In a Final Rule to be published in the Federal Register on May 30, 2025, officials announced the repeal of for-hire motor carrier routing regulations concerning servicing municipalities and unincorporated communities.The ...more
The Iowa State Patrol Commercial Motor Vehicle Unit recently sidelined a vehicle for numerous serious safety violations, including load securement. On May 27, Iowa troopers took to social media to call out a dangerous vehicle pulled over for a traffic stop in Burlington.“This combination was stopped today in Burlington. Lights, brakes, cargo securement, and breakaway ...more
A trucker was caught red-handed buying an armful of truck stop snacks for him and his dog by a man looking to interview him about hauling Ferraris. In the video, the truck driver is holding an armful of chip bags and several hot dogs when the filming man approaches him and starts to asks about ...more
An estimated $150,000 worth of beef was stolen from a parked tractor trailer in Philadelphia over Memorial Day weekend as both co-drivers slept. The theft happened on Monday, May 26th at the 1400 block of Warfield at 4:30 p.m. in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to NBC Philadelphia, two co-drivers were asleep in the truck between midnight ...more
Illinois State Police (ISP) released preliminary results from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) International Roadcheck inspection effort earlier this month. Troopers recently released results captured in Illinois during Roadcheck 2025, which took place May 13 — 16.During the three-day effort, ISP troopers conducted commercial vehicle inspections at at fixed and portable scale locations in ...more
The Idaho State Police (ISP) are asking for public help in locating a pickup involving in a hit-and-run crash with a semi truck on I-90 earlier this month. The hit-and-run crash occurred at approximately 12:26 p.m on Friday, May 16, 2025, on westbound I-90 before the Fourth of July Pass Exit (Exit 28).ISP says that ...more
