A pickup truck driver has been arrested in connection with a road rage incident targeting a semi truck driver that took place in Fremont County, Iowa, late last month. On July 10, the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) announced the arrest of Cory Gene Behrens, 42, on charges of Intimidate with Dangerous Weapon, Going Armed ...more

Authorities have presumed that at least one person was killed when a semi truck crashed off of a bridge into the Delaware River early Friday morning. The crash took place around 3:40 a.m. on Friday, July 11 on the Delaware Memorial Bridge carrying southbound I-295 in New Castle, Delaware.According to a news release from the Delaware River ...more

Canadian police are already cracking down on commercial vehicle drivers ahead of a major driver-focused blitz that starts this weekend. The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) Operation Safe Driver Week enforcement detail is taking place Sunday, July 13, through Saturday, July 19, 2025, throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. During Operation Safe Driver Week, law enforcement agencies will monitor ...more

An Arkansas Congressman introduced legislation that would allow positive drug screenings obtained through hair testing to be entered into the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) online drug and alcohol database. On July 10, Rep. Eric A. Crawford introduced H.R.4320, a bill that would “amend title 49, United States Code, to allow for the submission ...more

Class 8 used truck sales increased for two straight months in March and April both year over year and sequentially before declining in May. (Aziz Shamuratov/Getty Images) Used Class 8 truck sales, prices and mileage faced downward pressure from uncertain market conditions during May, ACT Research reported. Sales volume slipped 0.9% to 22,600 units from ...more

Kellogg has struggled since the company was split in two, with the snacking business rebranded Kellanova and the cereal brands under WK Kellogg. (Gene J. Puskar/AP/File) Ferrero International SA agreed to acquire WK Kellogg Co. for an enterprise value of $3.1 billion, pushing the Italian family-owned candy business further into the lucrative U.S. market. Ferrero ...more

Shipping containers at the Port of Vancouver. (James MacDonald/Bloomberg) The Port of Vancouver, Canada’s main trade gateway to Asia, kicked off the search for a company to build a new wharf to handle 70% more cargo, as the country looks for ways reduce economic reliance on the U.S. The work is expected to cost at ...more

Still, Traton warned that the “U.S. market faces ongoing uncertainty regarding the impact of import tariffs and the economic outlook.” (International Motors) International Motors’ truck and bus sales rose 10% year on year in the second quarter of 2025 to 17,600 vehicles from 16,000, parent company Traton Group said July 9. International’s sales jumped in ...more

Max McBrayer, a veteran of the fuel and convenience store industry, is the new leader of the truck stop and fuel retailers trade group. (vitpho/Getty Images; McBrayer inset from Natso via X) Max McBrayer became CEO of Natso on July 1, the trade association for truck stop and fuel retailers said. “Max brings a deep ...more

A Mack truck in production at the company's Lehigh Valley, Pa., manufacturing plant. ACT's preliminary data showed orders in June decreased 36% year over year and 28.8% from May's level. (Ryan Collerd/Bloomberg News) North American Class 8 truck orders remained below the previous year’s results and also lost ground sequentially during June, according to ACT ...more