A worker loads rolls of steel plate at a steel market in Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang province on March 31. (Chinatopix Via AP) BANGKOK — China announced April 4 that it will impose a 34% tariff on imports of all U.S. products beginning April 10, part of a flurry of retaliatory measures following U.S. ...more
Vehicles bound for export in Ulsan, South Korea. (SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg News) Just hours after taking effect, President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on imported cars were already reverberating around the globe. Jeep maker Stellantis NV plans to temporarily halt some production in Canada and Mexico. Ford Motor Co. began offering steep discounts to keep customers coming ...more
Hyundai pledged to hold prices steady until June 2. (Hyundai) Jeep maker Stellantis NV is offering fresh discounts across its brands while Hyundai Motor Co. pledged to hold prices steady until June 2 in a bid to ease fears that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will make cars much more expensive. Hyundai’s commitment also applies to ...more
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued a final report on the probable cause of a fiery single commercial vehicle crash that caused the catastrophic collapse of a portion of I-95 in Philadelphia in 2023. The crash occurred at 6:17 a.m. on June 11, 2023, as tanker truck driver Nathaniel Moody, 53, was hauling 8,500 gallons of ...more
A crash involving three semi trucks, two loaded with steel, sent one motorist to the hospital on Thursday afternoon. The accident happened on April 3rd in Madisonville, Texas on Interstate 45 near FM 2989 at around noon.According to KHOU 11, a semi truck lost control while traveling south on I-45 and hit an exit sign, ...more
The Arcadia Police Department (APD) shared dramatic video of a train vs. semi truck crash that occurred on Thursday. The crash took place on the morning of April 3, 2025, at Hazel and Railroad Ave. in Arcadia, Louisiana.APD said that the railroad company was notified of a stuck truck at the railroad crossing, but the ...more
A trucking company is promising to make its 250 drivers a priority despite an abrupt decision to cease operations. LTI Trucking Services is based out of Madison, Illinois just outside of St. Louis, Missouri and employed approximately 250 truck drivers. The company notified its drivers on Thursday, April 3rd through a fleet-wide message that it ...more
A semi’s trailer was catastrophically damaged by a strike with a low clearance bridge in Pennsylvania on Thursday afternoon, according to local police. The bridge strike occurred on April 3 on South Flowers Mill Road in Middletown Township, Pennsylvania.According to the Middletown Township Police Department (MTPD), a truck hauling a load of candy struck a ...more
A truck driver just walked away and abandoned his bobtail semi truck on Interstate 35 outside of Dallas on Friday morning. The accident happened on April 4th on southbound Interstate 35 E at Belt Line Road in Carrollton, Texas north of Dallas. According to WFAA News, the bobtail semi truck appears to have spun out on ...more
Love’s Travel Stops announced the opening of a new truck stop in southeastern Ohio. On April 3, 2025, Love’s announced the opening of a new store located off I-70 at Exit 208, at 66320 Belmont-Morristown Road in St. Clairsville, Ohio. Amenities at the St. Clairsville store include: 17,600 square feet121 truck parking spacesGodfather’s Pizza and Hardee’s restaurantsSpeedcoNine diesel ...more
