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

Canadian police recently stopped a pickup driver hauling a large load of pallets for numerous safety violations. According to a May 8 statement from Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) – West Region, a traffic stop was conducted on the pickup in Alma by the OPP’s Wellington division.Charges issued during the traffic stop include: Overweight vehicle – ...more

A heavy wrecker towing a big rig crashed into a line of cars, causing a ‘mass casualty’ event in El Paso on Thursday morning.  The accident happened just before 6:21 a.m. on North Desert Boulevard and Spur 16 at Talbot in El Paso, Texas. According to KFOX14, a heavy wrecker was towing a semi truck when ...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