(Descartes and 3GTMS) Descartes Systems Group bought transportation management solutions specialist 3GTMS for $115 million, the logistics software provider said March 25. The deal is the 32nd acquisition by Waterloo, Ontario-headquartered Descartes since 2016. Shippers, third-party logistics providers and freight brokers can use Columbus, Ohio-based 3GTMS’ products for automating planning, rating, consolidation and routing of ...more
(Brian Powell/Wabash) A St. Louis court has drastically reduced a $462 million jury verdict issued against trailer manufacturer Wabash in connection with a 2019 fatal accident in which a motor vehicle struck the back of a nearly stopped 2004 Wabash trailer. The Circuit Court of St. Louis on March 20 cut to $108 million from ...more
A worker on the assembly line at the Detroit Diesel Corp. plant in Redford, Mich. (Detroit Diesel) A Mexican component supplier must continue to supply Detroit Diesel Corp. with housings for Detroit-branded transmissions installed on the production lines of Freightliner and Western Star trucks, a Michigan court ruled March 21. DDC, a unit of Daimler ...more
Shoppers make their ways down an aisle lined with clothing and shoes in a Costco warehouse in Sheridan, Colo. (David Zalubowski/AP/File) WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer confidence continued its sharp 2025 decline as Americans’ views about their financial futures slumped to a 12-year low, driven by rising anxiety over tariffs and inflation. The Conference Board reported ...more
(Ed Pevos/Ann Arbor News via AP, File) Kroger Co. is fighting back against a lawsuit brought by Albertsons Cos. over its failed $24.6 billion takeover of the rival grocery chain, escalating a dispute that began after U.S. antitrust enforcers succeeded in blocking the deal last year. Albertsons is trying to extract billions of dollars, including ...more
A Boston man pleaded guilty in connection with a wide-ranging scheme to exchange bribes for passing scores for Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) applicants. On March 21, 2025, Eric Mathison, 48, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit extortion, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts.Mathison ...more
A truck driver is dead after a crash on Interstate 94 that sent him veering across three lanes of traffic and ended in an ejection. The accident happened on March 24th in Berrien County, Michigan on I-94 near the Indiana state line at 4:26 p.m.According to 13 ABC, 45-year-old truck driver Jeffrey Oneal was heading ...more
The Trump Administration has tapped a veteran law enforcement officer to be the new permanent leader of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). Florida resident and retired Florida Highway Patrol Chief Derek Barrs has been nominated for the role of Administrator of the FMCSA, pending approval by Congress.Barrs has extensive experience in law enforcement. ...more
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) made two major methamphetamine seizures on back-to-back days in Calexico, California. The first of the two drug seizures took place shortly after 6 a.m. on March 12 at the Calexico Cargo Facility located in Calexico, California.In two separate incidents, Calexico, CA CBP officers kept more than 1K lbs of dangerous ...more
Officials and trucking school instructors in central Texas say that modern trucking school standards are contributing to the recent string of deadly wrecks on Interstate 35. In the last two weeks, two multi vehicle wrecks have claimed the lives of six people on Interstate 35 in central Texas, and those in trucking and law enforcement ...more
