Added features for truckers at four of the service areas include a separate entrance, lounge, showers, lockers, restrooms and washers/dryers. (Artist rendering via New York State Thruway Authority) Trying to make life on the road easier for truckers is part of the New York State Thruway Authority’s ongoing $450 million project to modernize its aging ...more
A Mission Petroleum Carriers tanker delivers fuel to a Chevron station. The national average diesel price has risen just once since Jan. 30. (Mission Petroleum Carriers Inc.) Diesel prices fell by a nationwide average of 5.8 cents to $3.797 a gallon, according to Energy Information Administration data released June 5. Highlights The current average diesel ...more
Nick Souza for Port of Long Beach At least one terminal at the Port of Los Angeles canceled some cargo operations June 5 as disruptions that hit several key U.S. West Coast ports last week appear to continue amid labor contracts negotiations. One port operator, Fenix Marine Services, said in a notice to truckers that ...more
UPS workers at a rally in Brooklyn in April. (Paul Frangipane/Bloomberg News) UPS Inc.’s union workers will hold a vote on whether to grant authorization to Teamsters leaders to call a strike after the current five-year contract lapses. The results of the vote, which is typical in labor discussions to give negotiators a stronger hand, ...more
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks to supporters in Owensboro, Ky., May 19. (Timothy D. Easley/Associated Press) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kentucky officials say they won’t start paying out $21 million in economic incentives for a proposed electric vehicle battery facility until the company further explains why the U.S. Department of Energy abruptly rejected a $200 million ...more
Trucking Cares Foundation executives (from left) John Lynch, Chris Spear and Phil Byrd present a donation to Virginia Task Force 1 to assists in its relief efforts. (American Trucking Associations) The Trucking Cares Foundation donated $25,000 to Virginia Task Force 1, a leading disaster response team, American Trucking Associations’ charitable arm said June 2. Federation ...more
General Motors' Flint Assembly Plant. (GM) FLINT, Mich. — General Motors Co. will invest more than $1 billion in two of its plants to prepare for production of next-generation heavy-duty trucks, the Detroit automaker announced June 5. Some $788 million will go to Flint Assembly, which assembles the Chevrolet Silverado HD, the GMC Sierra HD ...more
A semi truck wreck turned into a theft situation in California early on Saturday morning. The accident happened on June 3rd on the 210 Freeway in Monrovia, California at around 1:30 a.m. According to KTLA 5 News, the Amazon truck was heading west on the 210 Freeway at Myrtle Avenue when it crashed into a side ...more
Kenworth Truck Company is supporting one of country music’s biggest bands by providing a new big rig for their 2023 tour. On June 2, Kenworth announced that they will provide the music group Alabama with a Kenworth T680 76-inch mid-roof sleeper to help with transportation during the band’s “Roll On 2 North America Tour.”Kenworth is ...more
A person in a semi truck was seriously injured after the rig they were riding in lost its brakes in Utah late last week. The incident happened on Friday, June 2nd just after 5 p.m. in Garden City, Utah. The driver told investigators that his brakes failed on the descent from Logan Canyon into Garden City ...more
