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

Truck maker Kenworth announced plans to sunset several popular models in 2026. On March 19, Kenworth announced its decision to discontinue production of legacy 1.9-meter cab Class 8 trucks in 2026, including Kenworth’s W900 (W900L and W900B models), T800W (wide-hood), and the C500.The company said that the decision to discontinue production on these models is due to ...more

(Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg) Siemens AG plans to reduce its global head count by about 6,000 workers, with the majority of cuts planned in its factory automation business that’s suffering from weak demand. The digital industries unit will slash about 5,600 jobs by the end of fiscal 2027, 2,600 of them in Germany, while the electric vehicle ...more

Traton said Applied Intuition would provide a scalable, extensible and modular vehicle operating system to develop vehicle software faster and AI-powered tooling for the development and validation of full vehicle software. (Traton Group via LinkedIn) International Motors parent company Traton Group will build vehicle software platforms with Mountain View, Calif.-headquartered software group Applied Intuition, the ...more

Cranes load a cargo ship at the Panama Canal's Balboa Port in Panama City. (Matias Delacroix/AP/File) HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s leader has waded into a controversy over a prominent conglomerate’s decision to sell its Panama Canal port assets to a consortium including American investment bank BlackRock Inc., a deal that has angered Beijing and ...more