A fully loaded Cosco containership enters the Port of Long Beach in California. (Tim Rue/Bloomberg News) Containerships, the workhorses of global trade transporting almost 90% of the world’s manufactured goods, have become a target in Donald Trump’s conflict with China — and none of the major carriers stand to escape the extra costs. Trump wants ...more
A Lowe's store in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg News) Lowe’s Cos. has agreed to buy an interior services provider for around $1.3 billion, the retailer’s latest effort to expand its footprint with professional contractors amid a soft housing market. Artisan Design Group serves homebuilders and property managers, offering design, distribution and ...more
Tanker trucks wait at a storage and dispatch terminal of Petroleos Mexicanos. (Felix Marquez/Associated Press) Fuel shipments from Texas headed to Mexico have ground to a halt as the Mexican government cracks down on imports over tax payments. The Texas-Mexico land crossing has been effectively closed for two weeks for trucks carrying fuels like gasoline ...more
A tanker truck driver delivers fuel in Jackson, Miss. The state's motor fuel taxes have not increased since 1987. (Rogelio V. Solis/Associated Press) Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves enacted legislation to implement rolling 3-cent annual hikes in gas and diesel excise taxes starting July 1 in a package of tax laws, including one eliminating state income ...more
The strategy is one leg of a more wide-ranging plan to raise the logistics giant’s revenue by 50% by 2030. (DHL Group) DHL Group plans to spend more than $1.1 billion over the next five years boosting its North America health care logistics operations as part of a nearly $2.3 billion expansion of sector capabilities ...more
European Union flags at the European Commission in Brussels. (Mlenny/Getty Images) The European Union and U.S. made scant progress bridging trade differences this week as officials from President Donald Trump’s administration indicated that the bulk of the U.S. tariffs imposed on the bloc will not be removed. The EU’s trade chief, Maros Sefcovic, left the ...more
160 Driving Academy operates 152 schools in 44 states and will graduate about 30,000 students this year. (160 Driving Academy) Top leaders at the Commercial Vehicle Training Association and the National Association of Publicly Funded Truck Driving Schools are expressing “serious concerns” to federal trucking regulators that entry-level driver training enforcement has not kept pace ...more
California Highway Patrol (CHP) troopers recently caught an unusual semi truck fueling mishap at a scale house in Lebec. On April 15, CHP took to social media to call out a truck driver for a major “oops” moment at the Grapevine scale house located off of I-5.“Oops! Well, considering this diesel pump hose traveled the ...more
A truck driver has been charged with negligent homicide after running over a construction worker in West Virginia on Monday. The accident happened on April 14th at about 11 a.m. at an Interstate 77/West Virginia Turnpike work zone south of Charleston, West Virginia. According to West Virginia Metro News, truck driver Anvar Sabirov failed to move ...more
A New Jersey woman has admitted to stealing millions from her trucking company employer while working as a bookkeeper, officials say. Jeanette Avellan, 62, pleaded guilty to second-degree theft of movable property, third-degree failure to pay income taxes, and third-degree filing a fraudulent tax return, according to an April 14 statement from New Jersey Attorney ...more
