Dole bananas at an H Mart grocery store in Fairfax, Va. (Al Drago/Bloomberg News) A proposal to curb China’s dominance of the global maritime industry would have an outsize impact on bananas — and aggravate consumers already sensitive to higher prices at the grocery store, according to the largest U.S. supplier of the fruit. “The ...more
The Champ Clarke Bridge over the Mississippi River between Missouri and Illinois. (Missouri Department of Transportation) President Donald Trump has nominated Brent Sadler to become the next administrator of the Maritime Administration, the agency responsible for U.S. waterborne transportation. Sadler is a 26-year U.S. Navy veteran and former submariner. He is a senior research fellow ...more
(andy0man/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — A comprehensive evaluation of the nation’s infrastructure networks determined the conditions of the country’s highways are at a near-failing grade. In its quadrennial infrastructure report card, the American Society of Civil Engineers issued a D+ grade for the country’s intricate network of roadways, the principal arena for the trucking industry’s operations. ...more
ADM's North American headquarters in Decatur, Ill. (Neeta Satam/Bloomberg News) Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. plans to slash CEO Juan Luciano’s annual cash bonus and laid out a new policy to claw back long-term awards in a bid to “ensure accountability” more than a year after an accounting scandal sent the commodity-trading giant’s shares tumbling. Luciano is due ...more
The Port of Long Beach said container volume for the month increased 13.4% year over year to 765,385 units from 674,723. (Port of Long Beach) U.S. ports continued to experience overall increases in container volume year over year in February. The Port of Los Angeles processed 801,398 20-foot equivalent units, a 2.5% increase from the ...more
Kaleb Groce, director of operations for Royal Logistics, says his company uses data from its TMS to review lanes and improve profitability. (Mindy Long for Transport Topics) PHOENIX — Fleets and industry vendors attending the Truckload Carrier Association’s Truckload 2025 conference said technology is helping increase efficiency and improve decision-making. The challenge can be knowing ...more
Newly manufactured automobiles wrapped in protective film sit on the dockside during loading operations at the port of Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain. (Angel Garcia/Bloomberg) President Donald Trump is readying an announcement on auto levies as soon as March 26, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that would escalate his fight with global ...more
Newly manufactured automobiles wrapped in protective film sit on the dockside during loading operations at the port of Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain. (Angel Garcia/Bloomberg News) President Donald Trump signed an order to implement a 25% tariff on auto imports, expanding a trade war designed to bring more manufacturing jobs to the U.S. and setting the ...more
The Georgia State Patrol is searching for a tractor trailer that drove straight through a 12 vehicle pile up crash on Tuesday. The crash happened on March 25th on Highway 19 in Schley County, Georgia at around 7:50 a.m. According to 10 WALB, the pile up started when a green 2013 Ford Fusion collided with a ...more
Major changes are coming to the medical certification process for commercial vehicle drivers as a long-delayed Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) rule goes into effect in June. The compliance date for the FMCSA’s Medical Examiner’s Certification Integration rule will go into effect nationwide on June 23, 2025, resulting in significant changes for Commercial Driver’s ...more
