Trucks wait in line to enter the U.S. at the World Trade Bridge port of entry on the U.S.-Mexico border in Laredo, Texas. (Cheney Orr/Bloomberg News) Amid the Trump administration’s back-and-forth on implementing and then pausing tariffs on U.S. trade partners, Customs and Border Protection announced it has collected $8.66 billion from a handful of ...more
Gantry cranes at the Yangshan Deepwater Port in Shanghai. (Qilai Shen/Bloomberg) President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports are now at least 145%, far above the level many economists said could decimate U.S.-China trade. Trump is imposing a 125% charge designed to both counter America’s trade deficit with China and punish Beijing for retaliating against ...more
Volvo Trucks North America North American Class 8 truck orders in March continued to trend below year-ago levels as they faced additional pressures from tariffs and an uncertain economy, according to ACT Research. Preliminary data showed orders decreased 8.3% year over year to 16,000 units and fell 12.6% sequentially compared with February. This is consistent ...more
“That was a big step,” Johnson said April 10, reacting to the chamber’s approval of the budget blueprint. (Al Drago/Bloomberg News) President Donald Trump’s tax and budget agenda is one step closer toward realization after the House of Representatives agreed on a partisan legislative blueprint. In a 216-214 vote on April 10, the Republican-led House ...more
"Made in China" labels on packages at a fulfillment center in New Jersey. (Bing Guan/Bloomberg) President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with China once again increased tariffs applied to small parcels that were previously exempt from duties. The U.S. will tax imports of shipments priced up to $800 at the rate of 120% of their ...more
The police officer who shot into a semi truck on an interstate in Florida last month has been reassigned to the telephone team. Lieutenant Marc Crawford was placed on administrative leave after the March 10th incident on Interstate 95 in Jacksonville, Florida. Crawford returned to work on Wednesday, April 9th, and has been reassigned to ...more
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) recently conducted a single day traffic enforcement operation that netted hundreds of citations. On April 9, 2025, CHP troopers from the Bakersfield, Buttonwillow, Fort Tejon, Central Division Commercial/SAFE, and Newhall divisions partnered for a special enforcement operation on I-5 through the Grapevine. Between from approximately 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., CHP ...more
On Thursday, Love’s Travel Stops announced the opening of a new store in Charleston, Missouri. The new Love’s store is located at 2461 E Marshall Street in Charleston, off I-57 at US 62, Exit 12.Amenities at the Charleston Love’s include: Over 11,500 square feet 76 truck parking spacesArby’s (opening April 14)Seven diesel baysFour showersLaundry facilitiesCAT ScaleDog parkSelf-checkout ...more
A truck driver could have saved himself some soreness and humiliation if he had just followed the 3 Points of Contact rule. In the video, a truck driver was caught on camera exiting his rig in a questionable way, which ended with a less than ideal landing. Instead of exiting the cab the way all ...more
A truck driver is dead after a young driver pinned him against a loading dock as he attempted to guide his semi truck. The accident happened on Thursday, April 10th at about 12:34 p.m. at Priority Cooling Mann Pack in Yuma, Arizona. According to KYMA, a 21-year-old trucker was being guided by a 61-year-old trucker as ...more
