US Vows to Shield Panama Canal From China Threat

By |2025-04-09T08:22:17-05:00April 8th, 2025 at 2:40 AM|Trucking News|

Hegseth speaks with U.S. troops after a military drill with Panamanian forces on April 8. (Matias Delacroix/Associated Press) PANAMA CITY — U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said April 8 the Panama Canal faces ongoing threats from China, but together the U.S. and Panama will keep it secure. Speaking at a ribbon-cutting for a new ...more

Patton Logistics Group Makes $10M Expansion in Virginia

By |2025-04-09T08:22:21-05:00April 8th, 2025 at 1:58 AM|Trucking News|

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (left) and Patton Logistics Group President Steve Patton celebrate the expansion announcement April 3. (Governor of Virginia via Facebook) The Patton Logistics Group announced a $10 million expansion in Virginia, which will add a 100,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility to the company’s footprint in the state. “This $10 million investment not ...more

Trump Schedules Tariff Talks but Plans 104% Hit on China

By |2025-04-09T08:22:26-05:00April 8th, 2025 at 1:50 AM|Trucking News|

Shipping containers at the Port of Pyeongtaek in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. (Jean Chung/Bloomberg) President Donald Trump spent the final hours before his sweeping tariffs were set for full implementation lining up negotiations with key U.S. allies, but hopes for striking a last-minute deal with China appeared distant. Trump on April 8 heralded planned trade talks ...more

Keystone Oil Pipeline Is Shut After a Spill in North Dakota

By |2025-04-09T08:22:29-05:00April 8th, 2025 at 1:18 AM|Trucking News|

Pipes for the Keystone XL pipeline stacked in a yard near Oyen, Alberta. (Jason Franson/Bloomberg) South Bow Corp.’s Keystone oil pipeline has been shut after a spill in southeast North Dakota, according to an official with the state Department of Environmental Quality. The pipeline, which carries crude from Canada as far south as the U.S. ...more

Daimler Truck North America Sales in Q1 Slide 16%

By |2025-04-09T04:20:04-05:00April 8th, 2025 at 1:00 AM|Trucking News|

A fifth-generation Freightliner Cascadia on the road. Daimler Truck North America sold 38,992 trucks and buses in the first quarter of 2025. (Daimler Truck) Daimler Truck North America sold 38,992 trucks and buses in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease of 16% compared with 46,229 vehicles in the same period in 2024, parent company ...more

By |2025-04-08T15:24:29-05:00April 8th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

The truck driver accused of being under the influence of central nervous system depressants when he crashed into a line of traffic on Interstate 35 was sober at the time of the wreck and is now seeking release from jail, his lawyer says. The 11 p.m. wreck on March 13th along Interstate 35 in a ...more

By |2025-04-08T11:23:53-05:00April 8th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

The Iowa State Patrol Commercial Motor Vehicle Unit (ISPCMVU) sidelined a “dangerous vehicle” spotted last night on I-380. Iowa troopers encountered the ill-maintained commercial vehicle on Monday night on I-380 “trying to make it from Iowa to Tennessee.”“In addition to the violations shown here, as well as many others, the driver did not have a ...more

By |2025-04-08T11:23:57-05:00April 8th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

New legislation introduced on Tuesday aims to crack down on staged accidents that target trucking companies. The Staged Accident Fraud Prevention Act was introduced on April 8 by Representatives Mike Collins and Brandon Gill in response to an uptick in “con artists in passenger vehicles [who] are intentionally colliding with commercial motor vehicles to file frivolous ...more

By |2025-04-08T11:24:06-05:00April 8th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

Canadian police found a large number of safety violations during a traffic stop on a pickup truck hauling a loaded trailer. On April 4, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) – West Region took to social media to call out a commercial vehicle driver after discovering 18 violations during a traffic stop in Wellington, Ontario. Violations include ...more

By |2025-04-09T11:27:08-05:00April 8th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

The Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) shared body cam video from a trooper’s recent run-in with a runaway truck tire. The body cam video was shared by AZDPS on April 8.“Last month, one of our Highway Patrol troopers was standing next to his patrol vehicle as he investigated a non-injury crash when he spotted ...more

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