The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) recently announced that a new Port of Entry will be constructed in the Otey Mesa, California, area. On April 15, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced that a $150 million federal grant would be executed in order to build a new road and Port of Entry facility for the ...more

Authorities in Kentucky are reminding drivers to pay attention to signage after a commercial vehicle driver recently entered flood waters in a box truck in the Crittenden County area. At 11 p.m. on April 17, first responders were called for a commercial vehicle that had driven into floodwaters on KY-365.“The driver had ignored and driven ...more

Tennessee authorities recently seized millions of dollars worth of cocaine from a tractor trailer initially pulled over for a traffic violation. The drug seizure took place late in the evening on April 15 on I-40 in Haywood County, Tennessee, according to the West Tennessee Drug Task Force.Agents with the Criminal Interdiction Unit stopped a semi ...more

A semi truck rollover shut down an eastbound I-80 rest stop in Nebraska on Monday morning.  The accident happened on Monday, April 21st at around 10 a.m. near Ashland, Nebraska. According to Nebraska 511, a semi truck overturned as it exited eastbound Interstate 80 and entered the rest stop at mile marker 425. The accident split ...more

A truck driver was reunited with his lost dog thanks to the help of a drone operator in Missouri this spring.  Earlier this year, the truck driver and his dog, Buddy, were making a stop in Strafford, Missouri on their way to Joplin when Buddy ran out to play in the snow. Buddy soon ran ...more

"About 80% of Canada-U.S. trade moves by Canadian trucks,” says Canadian Trucking Alliance CEO Stephen Laskowski. (Marc Bruxelle/Getty Images) Eight percent of Canadian carriers have already cut head count as a result of the introduction of tariffs by the Trump administration in recent weeks. However, as much as 70% of the Canadian trucking fleet could ...more

Peterbilt trucks on display at the OEM's Denton, Texas, facility. (Mike Senatore/Transport Topics) Truck maker Peterbilt Motors Co. is relying on its flexibility as it traverses a market facing increasingly uncertain conditions. The potential for tariffs on foreign trade continues to loom, threatening supply chains across North America. Peterbilt’s parent company, Paccar Inc., has manufacturing ...more

Daimler Truck North America has begun delivering self-driving configurations of its fifth-generation Freightliner Cascadia to Torc. (Daimler Truck) Torc Robotics began testing its autonomous trucks on what is expected to be the Daimler Truck subsidiary’s first driverless freight lane between Laredo and Dallas, the parent company said. One of the busiest freight lanes in the ...more

VW has had a large plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., since 2011. (Volkswagen) Volkswagen AG may build some Audi cars in the U.S. in a bid to avert President Donald Trump’s tariffs, its chief executive told Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in an interview published April 18. “We have a forward strategy with exciting projects, tailor-made and attractive ...more

The Mazda CX-50 sport utility vehicle. (Mazda) Mazda Motor Corp. will pause exporting one model type to Canada that it makes in the U.S. as a temporary countermeasure to President Donald Trump’s tariffs, a spokesperson said April 18. The Japanese automaker will halt production of CX-50 sport utility vehicles destined for Canada at its Alabama ...more