The 2023 Ram ProMaster is a popular commercial vehicle but is third in U.S. sales behind offerings from GM and Ford. (Stellantis via Tribune Content Agency) The maker of Ram, Jeep, Dodge and Chrysler vehicles has set its sights on becoming the world’s top light-commercial vehicle company, but it’s going to face some major obstacles ...more
Saddle Creek Logistics Services Saddle Creek Logistics Services plans to expand its warehousing and fulfillment operations in four markets, the Lakeland, Fla.-based third-party logistics provider said. The company expects to open distribution centers in Walton, Ky., Joliet, Ill., Myerstown, Pa., and North Las Vegas, Nev., it said June 1, and as a result add in ...more
Nine delivery trucks were wrapped with the banner saying, “Biodiesel, cleaner fuel for Nebraska.” (Nebraska Soybean Board) A trucking campaign promoting biodiesel fuel to easily lower carbon emissions by the state soybean farmers has been such a success in raising awareness it may be repeated. For four months ending in April, nine delivery trucks wrapped ...more
Carlson via transportation.gov; Los Angeles highway traffic by Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was recently withdrawn from consideration, the White House announced. Ann Carlson, nominated to lead the agency, is no longer in the running for the agency’s top job, per notification from the ...more
Downtown Windsor, Ontario, at the holiday season. Windsor is the site of a proposed electric vehicle battery plant. (Steven_Kriemadis/Getty Images) Stellantis NV and LG Energy Solution Ltd. are reviewing an offer from the Canadian and Ontario governments to salvage an electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, across the border from Detroit. The carmaker and its ...more
The Indiana State Police (ISP) released information on a Monday multi-vehicle crash that claimed the life of a truck driver. The crash occurred shortly after noon on June 5 in Tipton County, Indiana.Troopers say that Travis Kramer, 40, and Shaun McCord, 42, were both driving pickup trucks hauling anhydrous tanks westbound on SR 28. ISP ...more
Stunning video shows the moment that a semi truck experiencing brake failure collided with storage sheds in Garden City, Utah, last week. The Utah Department of Public Safety describes the crash caught on video:“On June 2, 2023, at 5:13 PM, a semi-tractor loaded with milk products was traveling eastbound into Garden City. At some point, ...more
A truck driver was seriously injured in a wreck that destroyed a historic house in Pennsylvania on Monday. The accident happened in Juniata County, Pennsylvania along route 74 and Mountain Road in Turbett Township. According to Fox 43, the semi truck crashed into the house, which sits at the bottom of a mountain and was constructed ...more
Los Angeles police are looking for the driver of a semi truck involved in a fatal wreck with a car over the weekend. The accident happened on the early morning of June 3rd near Los Angeles, California on Lankershim Boulevard near Cayuga Avenue in Sun Valley. According to CBS News, a 26-year-old woman was driving a ...more
Pennsylvania police charged a truck driver who allegedly drove around road closure signs and into a construction area, causing tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage last month. Truck driver Douglas B. Harlan, 67, of Ohio, was recently charged with felony criminal mischief, according to the Observer-Reporter.The charges stem from an incident that occurred ...more
