Duffy during a July 8 cabinet meeting. (Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg) WASHINGTON — Investments in traditional infrastructure projects and a focus on streamlining the environmental permitting process are atop the priorities for the nation’s transportation leader who appeared before Congress July 16. During a wide-ranging hearing of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ...more
An Amazon Web Services data center in Manassas, Va., on July 9. (Nathan Howard/Bloomberg) Amazon.com Inc.’s carbon emissions rose for the first time in three years in 2024, driven by data center construction and fuel consumption by its delivery providers. The world’s largest online retailer emitted 68.25 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent last ...more
Spools of steel at an ArcelorMittal Dofasco facility in Hamilton, Ontario. (Christopher Katsarov Luna/Bloomberg) Canada will reduce the amount of foreign steel importers can bring into the country tariff-free, a move to help domestic producers suffering from President Donald Trump’s levies on the sector. The government will tighten “tariff rate quota” levels for steel products ...more
(MacMillan-Piper via Vimeo) Three Washington state logistics operators tied to parent company GSC Logistics Inc. recently announced layoffs of workers in Seattle and Tacoma after the loss of “operational funding.” MacMillan-Piper, a transloading company that operates six facilities near the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, on July 10 filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification ...more
Police have dubbed one truck driver “Truckzilla” after the flatbed semi truck left behind a trail of property damage in Pennsylvania. The semi truck reportedly tore down street signs and power lines in a Prospect Park, Pennsylvania neighborhood at about 9 a.m. on Tuesday, July 15th. “I feel that it was a truck driver that got ...more
Interstate 95 was shut down for an extended period of time on Wednesday after a chain reaction crash site ignited as crews worked to conduct road repairs. The crash happened at about 4:20 a.m. on I-95 south at mile marker 235 near Oak Hill in Volusia County, Florida. According to News 6, a semi truck was ...more
Multiple law enforcement agencies partnered for a two-day commercial vehicle inspection detail that uncovered over 500 safety violations, according to the B.C. Highway Patrol. The blitz took place on July 8 and 9, 2025, in Coquitlam and Chilliwack, B.C.BC Highway PatrolSee results of the operation below: 109 total vehicle inspections543 total defects identified79 Violation Tickets ...more
The Michigan State Patrol (MSP) seized more than $1.8 million worth of illegal drugs from a semi truck that was pulled over for bypassing a weigh station on Tuesday. At approximately 9:15 on July 15, troopers with MSP’s Monroe Post Commercial Vehicle Enforcement (CVED) were manning the northbound I-75 weigh station in Frenchtown Township.MSPA 2018 ...more
The Burleson County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) says that a truck driver’s quick thinking and skill likely prevented injuries at a “very dangerous intersection” in the Caldwell, Texas, area. On July 16, 2025, Sheriff Bill Rios took to social media to praise a truck driver for taking evasive action when another vehicle pulled out in front ...more
