“Today’s investment in SeaPort Manatee will grow Florida’s export potential and increase manufacturing in our great state,” DeSantis said. (SeaPort Manatee) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis awarded $2 million to a SeaPort Manatee project to increase heavy truck capacity amid booming cargo shipments passing through a gate along U.S. Route 41 that opened to commercial vehicles ...more
Colonial operates the largest U.S. fuel pipeline system with a network covering more than 5,500 miles from Houston to New Jersey. (Samuel Corum/Bloomberg News) Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. is emerging as the front-runner to acquire Colonial Pipeline Co., people familiar with the matter said. The investment firm is seen as the strongest contender after final ...more
Police are investigating the theft of a Peterbilt stolen from behind the Wagin Cajun Big D’s Truck Stop in Louisiana earlier this month. The theft occurred on March 8th at about 7:30 p.m. in Duson, Louisiana in the 400 block of Austria Road. According to KATC 3, the black and silver 2022 Peterbilt 589 was stolen ...more
Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) traffic cameras captured a collision involving multiple semi trucks that occurred on Tuesday in St. Francis County. The crash occurred shortly after 2 p.m. on March 18 near Forrest City.St. Francis Co: (UPDATE) I-40 EB all lanes remain blocked at Exit 242 (Forrest City) due to multi tractor-trailer accidents with ...more
The city of Charlotte has released a new platform to help truckers find safe and legal parking in the region as part of a new “Quality of Life” initiative. The Commercial Truck Parking Tool is a website and app designed to provide truck drivers with information on where to safely and legally park in the ...more
Two men were convicted for a human smuggling attempt that left dozens of people dead in San Antonio, Texas, in 2022. On March 18, Felipe Orduna-Torres, 30, and Armando Gonzalez-Ortega, 55, were each convicted by a federal jury on one count of conspiracy to transport illegal aliens resulting in death, resulting in serious bodily injury ...more
A retired railroad conductor is making headlines for his proposal to use trains to reduce commercial vehicle crashes and congestion along the I-70 mountain corridor in Colorado. The I-70 mountain corridor presents a number of risks for truckers — severe winter weather conditions, steep grades, brake failure risk, and hazards like rockfalls, fires, and floods. ...more
A former employee of the US Postal Service has pleaded guilty to fraud charges involving bribes from trucking companies in exchange for contracts. Tai Rho worked as a Network Specialist for USPS in Colorado with the ability to manipulate trucking contracts awarded by the USPS. Court documents show that Rho received bribes from at least ...more
A former truck driver and business partner to a former NFL linebacker allegedly drained their trucking company of resources by consistently transferring funds to himself. Shaquille Dixon has been accused of diverting funds from the accounts of Good Run Logistics to his personal accounts from February 2023 through June 2024. Dixon allegedly drained the company ...more
Louisiana officials have confirmed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) conducted enforcement at a truck stop last week and detained several individuals. An ICE raid took place on March 13 at the TA Express truck stop located in Hosston, Louisiana, State Representative Danny McCormick confirmed. During the enforcement action, agents detained and later deported ...more
