Over one hundred truck drivers were ordered off the road during recent enforcement efforts in Oregon targeting those who bypass open weigh station facilities. According to the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), two commercial vehicle enforcement details took place in late April and early May 2025 along I-84 at Cascade Locks, Umatilla, and Farewell Bend ...more
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is planning an overhead sign removal after a tractor trailer crashed into it. The accident happened at around 8:45 a.m. on June 9th near the Fishing Creek exit on Interstate 83 in York County, Pennsylvania. According to Local 21, the tractor trailer crashed into a pole supporting an overhead sign. The ...more
Traffic cameras captured a two semi truck crash that occurred in the Memphis, Tennessee, area over the weekend. The crash occurred amid rainy weather conditions around 10:40 a.m. on June 7, 2025.In the video, you can see a bobtail truck losing control on the wet pavement while traveling on I-55 near Horn Lake. The out-of-control ...more
Witnesses pulled a trucker from his submerged cab after a fiery crash off of a bride along Interstate 81 over the weekend. The accident happened on June 7th, at about 4:30 p.m. on I-81 north near the 228 mile marker near Verona, Virginia. According to Augusta County Fire-Rescue, the semi truck was heading north on I-81 ...more
Food distributor United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) has been targeted by a cyber attack that is currently impacting operations, the company says. In a June 9 press release, Rhode Island-headquartered UNFI said that “we have identified unauthorized activity in our systems and have proactively taken some systems offline while we investigate.”According to a U.S. Securities ...more
A truck driver accused of shooting at a car for “driving too slow” has been ordered detained while awaiting his trail. 34-year-old Robertas Nenadovic-Jasinskas was arrested in Burlington, Wisconsin on May 17th after a road rage shooting in Gurnee, Illinois at about 11:05 p.m. the night before. His first court appearance was in Lake County, ...more
Herc Rentals Closes $3.9 Billion Merger With H&E
The deal increases Herc's urban density in seven of the top 10 rental regions. (Herc Rentals) Herc Rentals has completed its merger with fellow construction equipment supplier H&E Equipment Services, and outbid a key rival in the process. The $3.9 billion cash-and-stock deal, announced in February, closed June 2. Herc paid $78.75 in cash and ...more
Dutch Firm NewCold to Open Storage Site Near Port of Baltimore
NewCold's Maryland site will give the Dutch temperature-controlled storage facility five in the United States. (NewCold) Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced that Netherlands-based NewCold will spend $275 million on a high-tech cold storage facility near the Port of Baltimore that is expected to create between 125 and 150 jobs. “We’re thrilled to partner with NewCold ...more
EV Truck Maker Bollinger Motors Restructures With New CEO
A prototype B4 Chassis Cab Class 4 truck at Bollinger Motors headquarters in Oak Park, Mich. (Clarence Tabb Jr./The Detroit News/TNS) Electric truck maker Bollinger Motors Inc. will live on after it emerged from receivership this week with a new CEO and ownership structure. A federal judge early last month had ordered the Oak Park, ...more
Japan, US Start Tariff Talks Amid Reports on Cars
Toyota vehicles bound for shipment at the Port of Nagoya in Japan on April 29. (Toru Hanai/Bloomberg) Japan and the U.S. have begun the latest round of trade negotiations, with media reports suggesting Tokyo’s delegation is trying to win a reprieve from the tariffs by pledging to make more cars in the U.S. and enhancing ...more