A bobtail semi truck was destroyed and a trucker was burned in an explosion caused by a portable stove inside of the truck cab over the weekend.  The accident happened on Saturday, March 29th at around 5:10 p.m. at the Traveler’s Oasis off Interstate 84 near Eden, Idaho. According to KMVT, the truck driver was using ...more

As part of the agency’s new registration system, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is implementing an identity verification process to curb fraud in the trucking industry. The FMCSA recently announced that all new applicants registering for a USDOT Numberin the current Unified Registration System (URS) will be required to pass identity proofing and ...more

This month, U.S. Border Patrol partnered with local law enforcement agencies for an I-20 “highway enforcement operation.” The enforcement effort, dubbed “Operation Magnolia,” took place along I-20 in the Pearl, Mississippi, area “around the clock” from March 17 through 21, according to a news release from United States Border Patrol New Orleans Sector.Border Patrol New ...more

A truck driver is dead after a storm brought high winds that flipped his semi truck on Sunday.  The storms rolled through Valparaiso, Indiana on the afternoon of March 30th. According to WGN 9, the Porter County Sheriff’s Office was called to Pratt Industries in the 3000 block of Anthony Pratt Drive on reports of a ...more

A Texas man was sentenced to federal prison for using a commercial vehicle in a human smuggling attempt in the summer of 2023. Oland Maurice McKenzie, 43, of Euless, Texas, was sentenced to 72 months in prison, according to a March 31 statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas.McKenzie was found ...more

A fake trucking company was able to drive away with two loads of beef after a subcontracting incident. The incident report for the theft was filed on Tuesday, March 25th. The theft occurred at a meatpacking plant on Helton Road in Bean Station, Tennessee. According to 10 News, Southeastern Provisions meatpacking plant realized something had gone ...more

A truck driver was found dead in his truck cab at a Nebraska truck stop two days after his company last heard from him. Deputies were dispatched to the Love’s Travel Stop in Syracuse, Nebraska on March 28th at about 9:25 a.m. after receiving a call from a trucking company. The company stated that they ...more

(Daimler Truck) BERLIN — German vehicle manufacturer Daimler Truck Holding on March 28 announced that it would be integrating artificial intelligence and robotics into its military vehicle platforms, in partnership with defense tech firm ARX Robotics. The focus will be on the Unimog and Zetros series produced by the Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks division. The initial ...more

The Port of Balboa at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal. (Walter Hurtado/Bloomberg) Billionaire Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong’s most famous tycoon, won’t go ahead with the expected signing next week of a controversial deal to sell his Panama Canal ports to a consortium including BlackRock Inc., according to media reports. While Li’s flagship CK ...more

Vehicles at a Mini dealership on March 23 in Highlands Ranch, Colo. (David Zalubowski/AP) WASHINGTON — An inflation gauge closely watched by the Federal Reserve remained high last month even before the impact of most tariffs has been felt. Americans’ spending rebounded in February after a steep fall last month and incomes increased. The March ...more