A truck driver allegedly fired due to his disability will be paid tens of thousands of dollars as a result of a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). On April 24, the EEOC announced that Mail Hauler Trucking, LLC. would pay a driver $45,000 and provide other relief to settle ...more

Multiple law enforcement agencies partnered for a commercial vehicle inspection operation along the Baltimore-Washington Parkway last week. The commercial vehicle inspection detail took place on April 22 and 23 along the Baltimore-Washington Parkway connecting Baltimore, Maryland, to the Washington, D.C. Metro area.According to the Prince George’s County Police Department (PGCPD), 148 commercial vehicles were inspected ...more

The San Francisco-based company unveiled equipment and platform enhancements during its annual summit. (Connor D. Wolf/Transport Topics) AUSTIN, Texas — Technology developer Motive focused on helping the transportation sector better understand how to use artificial intelligence through product launches and panel discussions during an industry event it hosted here. The San Francisco-based company unveiled equipment ...more

Waukesha County Technical College in Pewaukee will use state funds to instruct 48 students to obtain a Class A license. (WCTC — Waukesha County Technical College via Facebook) The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development has awarded $468,255 in grants for commercial driver license training to get 260 drivers on the road. Wisconsin is facing a ...more

Roland Welzbacher by Continental. Continental AG appointed company veteran Roland Welzbacher to succeed Olaf Schick as chief financial officer as the German manufacturer sheds units to focus on its more profitable tires business. Welzbacher, 55, will take over as finance chief on Oct. 1 after a joint transition period with Schick, who’ll join Mercedes-Benz Group ...more

Signage at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring meetings at the IMF headquarters in Washington. (Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg) The world economy is at a “pivotal juncture” as trade tensions flare, members of the International Monetary Fund said in a draft statement after a week of discussions that have been overshadowed by President Donald Trump’s ...more

Chris Wright by Al Drago/Bloomberg Energy Secretary Chris Wright sought to reassure U.S. oil companies during a visit to Oklahoma, saying turmoil from President Donald Trump’s trade war is apt to be fleeting and the administration fully supports more crude output. “The uncertainty you are seeing around tariffs — that’s a short-term issue,” Wright said ...more

New vehicles are prepared for export at the Port of Seattle. (David Ryder/Bloomberg) Hoegh Autoliners ASA, an Oslo, Norway-based car carrier, said that a plan to impose fees on foreign ships calling at U.S. ports could cost the company as much as $70 million. The Trump administration last week pressed ahead with plans to impose ...more

Economists have warned that costs from tariff increases would ultimately be passed on to U.S. consumers. (Scott McIntyre/Bloomberg) President Donald Trump’s tariffs would effectively cause a tax increase for low-income families that is more than three times higher than what wealthier Americans would pay, according to an analysis from the Institute on Taxation and Economic ...more

Asked about the possibility of granting another 90-day pause, Trump cast that scenario as “unlikely." (Al Drago/Bloomberg News) President Donald Trump suggested another delay to his higher so-called “reciprocal” tariffs was unlikely, raising pressure on nations to negotiate trade deals with his administration. Asked about the possibility of granting another 90-day pause, Trump cast that ...more