A truck driver has been charged with negligent homicide after running over a construction worker in West Virginia on Monday. The accident happened on April 14th at about 11 a.m. at an Interstate 77/West Virginia Turnpike work zone south of Charleston, West Virginia. According to West Virginia Metro News, truck driver Anvar Sabirov failed to move ...more
California Highway Patrol (CHP) troopers recently caught an unusual semi truck fueling mishap at a scale house in Lebec. On April 15, CHP took to social media to call out a truck driver for a major “oops” moment at the Grapevine scale house located off of I-5.“Oops! Well, considering this diesel pump hose traveled the ...more
Sales and Marketing Drive Growth
The Transportation Marketing & Sales Association (TMSA) will host its ELEVATE Conference in Austin, Texas, from June 8–10, 2025, bringing together professionals in sales, marketing, and business development from across the transportation and logistics industry. The event is aimed at providing these professionals with the tools, insights, and connections necessary to thrive in a rapidly ...more
Wisconsin Adds I-41 Weigh Station to State Patrol HQ
Rendering of the facility to be completed in summer 2026. (I-41 News via Facebook) The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is shifting the location of a current northbound Interstate 41 weigh station in Wrightstown to be part of a new $16 million regional State Patrol headquarters under construction. The State Patrol regional headquarters and new weigh ...more
Minnesota Alerts Truckers to New Federal CDL Requirements
(Wright County MN via Facebook) Minnesota is making truckers aware of a federal mandate that took effect March 20 requiring proof of both legal U.S. domicile and state residency to renew a commercial driver license. “Driver’s license offices across the state will be unable to accept CDL applications without this documentation. This change is in ...more
FMCSA Removes Two Chiropractors for Deficient Driver Exams
(DPM/Getty Images) Federal trucking regulators are removing two Houston chiropractors from the federal register of medical examiners for failure to adequately perform physical qualification examinations on commercial motor vehicle drivers. The action potentially voids more than 15,000 medical examiner’s certificates issued to commercial vehicle drivers, who have until May 10 to obtain a new medical ...more
Freightliner Opens Fifth-Generation Cascadia Order Book
Freightliner on April 10 opened the order book for the fifth-generation Cascadia tractor. (Daimler Truck North America) Freightliner on April 10 opened the order book for the fifth-generation Cascadia tractor, the Daimler Truck North America unit unveiled in October. Prospects for orders in the months since a glitzy launch at American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference ...more
Keystone Pipeline Operators Aim to Restore Service April 15
In this photo provided by South Bow, a vacuum truck transfers oil into a storage tank at the scene of a spill of the Keystone oil pipeline. (South Bow via AP) BISMARCK, N.D. — Federal regulators have ordered the operator of the Keystone Pipeline to take several corrective actions after a rupture caused 147,000 gallons ...more
Tariff Exemptions on Electronics Could Be Temporary
Apple's Fifth Avenue store in New York displays iPhones. (Yuki Iwamura/File/AP) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tariff exemptions announced April 11 on electronics like smartphones and laptops are only a temporary reprieve until the Trump administration develops a new tariff approach specific to the semiconductor industry, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said April 13. White House officials, ...more
NYC Rolls Out Pilot to Add 45 Metered Truck Parking Spaces
A truck navigates along 34th Street in New York City. (Alexander Shapovalov/Getty Images) New York City has launched a one-year experiment offering 45 metered truck parking spaces in three outer borough industrial business zones (IBZs) to curb illegal parking and give truckers a safe area to rest. “We understand the importance of truck deliveries in ...more