Transportation officials in New Mexico say that westbound I-10 near Lordsburg is closed until further notice after a truck hauling heavy equipment struck an overpass. The overpass strike occurred shortly before 9 a.m. on March 7 in the westbound lanes of I-10 at Exit 24.“CMV oversized load was traveling westbound with an excavator on a ...more

A trucking company and a truck driver were issued more than two dozen tickets and nearly $40,000 in fines after a bridge strike crash in Edmonton this week.  The accident happened on Sherwood Park Freeway at the 34th Street Overpass after midnight on Tuesday, March 4th, 2025 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. According to Edmonton Journal, a ...more

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced new leadership for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). On Friday, March 7, Adrienne Camire was tapped for role of Deputy Administrator and Acting Administrator of the FMCSA.“In this role, Ms. Camire will lead FMCSA’s efforts to advance commercial motor vehicle safety, improve the efficiency of the ...more

Canadian authorities say that tolls are on the way for American truckers traveling through B.C. in response to recent tariffs imposed by the White House. President Donald Trump imposed 25% tariffs on Canada this week in an effort to curb cross-border human and drug trafficking into the U.S. Since then, some tariff exemptions have been ...more

Several lanes of a bridge in Lake Charles will be closed this upcoming week for repairs to damage done in a 2020 hurricane.  Hurricane Laura hit Louisiana and surrounding areas in August of 2020, damaging lighting along the Interstate 210 bridge in Lake Charles. Now, nearly five years later, an $8 million project will shut ...more

DHL delivery wagons in the loading bay at a Deutsche Post sorting office in Berlin. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg) BERLIN — German postal company Deutsche Post announced on March 6 that it will cut 8,000 jobs by the end of the year, citing high costs, just two days after striking a deal with workers on a 5% ...more

Elon Musk (Jose Luis Magana/Associated Press) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (Facebook). WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats are pushing back on White House efforts to halt transportation initiatives launched during the Biden administration, stressing that efforts led by billionaire Elon Musk to drastically scale down federal agencies threaten to derail progress already made, chill future growth and ...more

(A. Duie Pyle Inc.) A Duie Pyle Inc. entered the North Carolina market for the first time in recent weeks, the latest in a series of expansions of the less-than-truckload-focused carrier’s footprint and operations. West Chester, Pa.-based Pyle opened a warehouse and distribution center west of the Charlotte metropolitan area to meet the needs of ...more

Inbound trucks from Mexico at the World Trade Crossing International Bridge in Laredo, Texas. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said March 6 that he has postponed 25% tariffs on most goods from Mexico for a month after a conversation with President Claudia Sheinbaum. Trump’s announcement comes after his Commerce Secretary, ...more

Inbound trucks from Mexico at the World Trade Crossing International Bridge in Laredo, Texas. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on March 6 postponed 25% tariffs on many imports from Mexico and some imports from Canada for a month amid widespread fears of the economic fallout from a broader trade war. ...more