The Nevada State Patrol (NSP) conducted hundreds of commercial vehicle inspections during a targeted initiative in April. On May 8, Nevada troopers released results from an commercial vehicle operation dubbed the “Rural Blitz” that took place throughout USA Parkway, Douglas County, Lyon County, Churchill County, and Mineral County that took place in April 2025.The operation ...more

A woman left “hanging upside down” in her vehicle is the first to file a lawsuit in the deadly crash on Highway 43 involving a truck driver on a work visa.  The accident happened on Tuesday, May 6th, when 45-year-old Andrii Dmyterko crashed into four vehicles sitting at a red light in Thomasville, Alabama. The ...more

Thousands of baby chicks were left abandoned inside of a tractor trailer parked at a Delaware distribution center for days earlier this week.  The approximately 10,000 hatchlings were found inside of a parked tractor trailer at a US Postal Service distribution center in New Castle, Delaware. According to WGAL, the birds were left inside of the ...more

A man was arrested after calling 911 on himself for a road rage incident involving a truck driver.  The incident happened on Wednesday afternoon, May 7th in Kanawah County, West Virginia. According to Eyewitness News, 22-year-old Scott Walker shot at 33-year-old truck driver Singh Gurpreet on southbound Interstate 77 during a road rage incident. Walker reportedly ...more

(vitpho/Getty Images) Used Class 8 truck sales for March increased on a year-over-year basis, but prices declined amid shifting market conditions, ACT Research reported. Sales volume increased 4.2% to 22,600 units from 21,700 reported in the prior-year period, and rose 5.1% sequentially from the 21,500 units reported in February. The average retail sale price declined ...more

“April was the lowest industry order intake for a single month we have seen since May of 2020,” Koeck said. (Justin Ide/Bloomberg) North American Class 8 truck orders came in below prior-year comparisons again amid increased market uncertainty, according to ACT Research. Preliminary data showed orders decreased 52.1% year over year to 7,600 units from ...more

A lane between Dallas and Houston is the starting point for the on-highway Autona/freight program from Volvo Autonomous Solutions. (Volvo Autonomous Solutions) Volvo Autonomous Solutions’ rollout of its transport-as-a-service offering ramped up a couple of notches in recent days. The Volvo Group division’s president first put a name to the product seeking U.S. fleets as ...more

A new Toyota Tundra truck for sale at a Toyota dealership in Yuma, Ariz., on March 31. (Eric Thayer/Bloomberg News) Toyota Motor Corp. said President Donald Trump’s tariffs will result in a 180 billion-yen ($1.3 billion) hit to operating income in just two months, with the Japanese carmaker joining a growing list of companies grappling ...more

Maersk shipping containers. (Jeppe Boje Nielsen/Bloomberg) A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, the Danish container giant, lowered its forecast for the global transport market rattled by President Donald Trump’s trade war. Maersk set a new outlook for 2025 market development, ranging from a 1% contraction to a growth rate of 4%, according to a statement on May 8, ...more

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (left) and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands at a joint press conference in the East Room at the White House on Feb. 27. (Carl Court/Pool Photo via AP/File) WASHINGTON — The United States and Britain are expected to announce a trade deal May 8 that will lower the burden ...more