A video circulating on trucker internet has one question to ask about this gorgeous back-in: luck or skill? In the video, a beautiful day cab pulling a flatbed appears to complete a gorgeous back-in in one try – all while combatting impatient motorists now stuck in traffic due to the maneuver.“Skill or luck?” the video ...more

Potholes in the Detroit area are causing headaches for the people who live there, including truck drivers.  Residents in Clinton Township, Michigan just outside of Detroit say that the potholes in the Detroit area are so bad, they’ve been damaging vehicles. The poor roads are also causing safety issues, because drivers are paying more attention ...more

Several truckers who bypassed an Oregon weigh station were ticketed and educated during an enforcement detail in Union County this week. According to the Union County Sheriff’s Office (UCSO), deputies partnered with the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the Oregon State Patrol this week to ticket truckers for bypassing Perry’s weigh station near La ...more

A truck driver is dead after a falling tree struck his tractor trailer on Interstate 64 in Virginia on Wednesday afternoon.  The accident happened on April 16th at around 3:30 p.m. on eastbound I-64 at the 172.5 mile marker. According to 12 On Your Side, the tractor trailer was traveling in the right lane when a ...more

The American Pyrotechnics Association (APA) has asked federal authorities to grant relief from certain regulations for fireworks haulers. In a notice to be published in the Federal Register on April 18, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) asked for pubic comment on a request from the APA for relief for pyrotechnics haulers from certain ...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

Semi-trucks enter an inspection area at the Otay Mesa port of entry on the US-Mexico border in San Diego. (Ariana Drehsler/Bloomberg) The Department of Transportation recently announced it will proceed with a $150 million grant to build a road and port of entry facility along the San Diego-Baja California border region. Secretary Sean Duffy on ...more

Gantry cranes and shipping containers at the Yantian International Container Terminals in Shenzhen, China, on April 7. (Qilai Shen/Bloomberg) The World Trade Organization slashed its forecast for merchandise trade this year as soaring U.S. tariffs and broader uncertainty hammer international commerce. The Geneva-based WTO expects the volume of world merchandise trade to decline by 0.2% ...more

The AI agents can perform numerous tasks like price quoting, processing orders, acquiring trucking capacity, setting delivery appointments and supply chain tracking. (Business Wire) C.H. Robinson has expanded its proprietary fleet of artificial intelligence agents to handle more tasks across the life cycle of a shipment, the company announced April 16. The company launched the ...more