Inbound trucks from Mexico at the World Trade Crossing International Bridge in Laredo, Texas. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection) Trucking companies along the southern border faced increased freight and heightened uncertainty as the threat of tariffs loomed over the first quarter, according to industry experts. President Donald Trump has made tariffs a cornerstone of his ...more
Even before steel and aluminum tariffs were imposed, demand in 2025 was weaker than expected, with ACT Research analysts cutting their Class 8 demand forecast by about 8%. (Aziz Shamuratov/Getty Images) Truck manufacturers are set to raise the prices of new Class 8 tractors as early as May as a result of tariffs on U.S. ...more
Amazon vans tend to be closer to emergency calls than first responders. (Ted S. Warren/Associated Press) Amazon.com Inc. equipped some delivery vans in Europe with defibrillators to see if drivers crisscrossing residential areas could speed up aid to heart attack victims. The world’s largest online retailer tested a program, called Project Pulse, as a pilot ...more
Gas prices fell in March. (Tom Merton/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — U.S. inflation declined last month as the cost of gas fell, a sign that price growth was cooling even as President Donald Trump ramped up his tariff threats. Consumer prices rose just 2.4% in March from a year earlier, the Labor Department said April 10, ...more
The NYK Meteor containership is moored at the Port of Los Angeles on April 9. (Damian Dovarganes/AP) BRUSSELS — The European Union’s executive commission said April 10 it will put trade retaliation measures on hold for 90 days to match President Donald Trump’s pause on his sweeping new tariffs and leave room for a negotiated ...more
An electric truck picks up shipping containers at the Hight Logistics facility in Port of Long Beach, Calif. (Alex Welsh/Bloomberg News) Congressional Republicans have ramped up their opposition to Biden-era guidance designed to promote electric vehicles. After the introduction of comprehensive legislation meant to discourage marketplace disruptions to the sale of vehicles powered by fossil ...more
The Philly Shipyard in Philadelphia. (Heather Khalifa/Bloomberg News) President Donald Trump signed an executive order April 9 that seeks to revive U.S. shipbuilding and will dispatch Elon Musk’s efficiency squad to investigate how the U.S. Navy fell so far behind in turning out vessels. The order is intended to blunt China’s maritime dominance by offering ...more
“I mean, if you go back to U.S. Steel from 90 years ago, it was incredible, it was the No. 1 company in the world for a long time,” Trump said April 9. (Justin Merriman/Bloomberg News) United States Steel Corp. shares dropped after U.S. President Donald Trump on consecutive days reiterated his long-held position that ...more
In the letter, Spear told Duffy that ATA believes “enhanced enforcement and resource prioritization can make a big difference, forgoing the need for additional regulatory change.” (John Sommers II for Transport Topics) American Trucking Associations is urging Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to focus on three specific areas that it believes are vital to the safety ...more
GSA started canceling its federal EV charging projects after Trump issued an executive order on Jan. 20 called “Unleashing American Energy.” (Douglas Rissing/Getty Images) The General Services Administration canceled 32 of its electric vehicle charging projects worth $23 million while informing federal agencies under its purview that only mission-critical charging stations will remain. “GSA is ...more
