The truck driver involved in a deadly 2024 crash in Colorado has been deported for the 17th time, according to ICE tweets.  47-year-old Ignacio Cruz-Mendoza was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in late March, immediately after completing seven months of a one year jail sentence for the US 285 crash in Colorado in ...more

Dupré provides energy distribution services, on-site and private fleet services and strategic capacity brokerage services across the U.S. (duprelogistics.com) New York-based investment firm Stonepeak on April 16 acquired a majority controlling stake in Dupré Logistics for an undisclosed sum. Dupré provides energy distribution services, on-site and private fleet services and strategic capacity brokerage services across ...more

Trucks parked at a shipping terminal in Yokohama, Japan. Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg President Donald Trump said negotiators made “big progress” in trade talks with Japanese representatives seeking exemptions from the levies slapped on U.S. trading partners. “A Great Honor to have just met with the Japanese Delegation on Trade. Big Progress!” Trump posted April 16 ...more

Marten’s Q1 revenue totaled $223.2 million, down 10.6% from $249.7 million in the first three months of 2024. (drive4marten.com) Marten Transport profit in the first quarter of 2025 more than halved on a year-on-year basis for the sixth straight quarter. Mondovi, Wis.-based Marten’s results took a hammering from both the freight recession and uncertainty precipitated ...more

The electric Mustang Mach-E is made in Mexico. (Ford Motor Co.) Ford Motor Co. is preparing to raise prices on cars rolling off assembly lines starting next month if President Donald Trump doesn’t deliver on the tariff relief he has hinted at for automakers. Without a major change in Trump’s tariff policies, “we anticipate the ...more

Customers shop for televisions at a retail store in Glenview, Ill., on April 3. (Nam Y. Huh/Associated Press) NEW YORK — U.S. shoppers stepped up their shopping last month, fueled by a spending spree on big-ticket items, particularly cars, before President Donald Trump’s expansive new tariffs started kicking in. But analysts were quick to point ...more

President Donald Trump greets Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the White House on April 17. (Alex Brandon/AP) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said April 17 that he is in “no rush” to reach any trade deals because of the revenue his tariffs are generating, but suggested while meeting with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni that ...more

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized hundreds of pounds of illegal drugs from a commercial vehicle at a Michigan port of entry this week. The drug seizure took place on Tuesday, April 15, at the Ambassador Bridge port of entry in Detroit, Michigan.Officials say that a commercial vehicle headed from the U.S. to Canada ...more

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) is gearing up for a driver-focused enforcement operation taking place in July. Operation Safe Driver Week 2025 will take place July 13-19 in Canada, Mexico and the U.S.During Operation Safe Driver Week, law enforcement agencies will patrol both commercial vehicle and passenger vehicle drivers looking for unsafe behaviors, including speeding, distracted ...more

Truck driver wages rose 16% in the first quarter of 2025, according to one study conducted by several job sites.  The study was conducted for the first quarter of 2025 – January 1st, 2025 through March 31st, 2025 – by resume-building platform ‘Resume Now’ and talent-matching platform ‘Talroo,’ and has apparently discovered that truck drivers ...more