Saadé said his company was also examining investing in building container vessels and could make an additional announcement in the coming weeks. (Claude Paris/Associated Press) President Donald Trump said shipping giant CMA CGM SA would invest $20 billion into the United States to build out shipping logistics, infrastructure and terminals. An estimated 10,000 new jobs ...more
Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole said, "Given the deadline before us, we are pursuing every pathway to ensure a lapse in funding never occurs." (Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press) Congressional Republican leaders in early March were focused on pursuing a short-term funding extension designed to avert a partial government shutdown this month. Ahead of a March 14 ...more
Trucks at the entrance to the Ambassador Bridge between Canada and the U.S. (The Bold Bureau/Getty Images) Political leaders representing states that border Canada and Mexico are sounding the alarm about how cross-border tariffs between those countries and the United States will impact their local economies, and their states’ residents. While President Donald Trump delayed ...more
Chevrolet vehicles on the assembly line at the General Motors assembly plant in Fort Wayne, Ind. (Emily Elconin/Bloomberg) DETROIT — President Donald Trump’s short reprieve for U.S. automakers from stiff tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada isn’t likely to allow enough time for those companies to make the changes necessary to minimize the damage ...more
A couple of tow truck drivers claim that this semi truck actually got stuck on a rock like this, but we’re not so sure. In the video, a semi truck can be seen with its back end sticking up in the air as one of the axles balances on top of a very large rock. ...more
Bipartisan legislation promises to compensate truckers more fairly for the hours that they work by guaranteeing overtime time pay. On March 6, the Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers Act (GOT Act) was reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Reps. Mark Takano and Jeff Van Drew. Companion legislation will be introduced in the Senate by Sens. ...more
A sheriff in Vienna, Illinois, promised to take action against semi drivers parking illegally and leaving behind piles of trash. On March 5, 2025, the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department Vienna, IL (JCSD) took to social media with a “Strong Public Service Announcement” to vent frustrations over the way that truckers are leaving behind trash on ...more
Watch this police officer pull a motorist from a flaming crash with a tanker truck through the lens of his body cam. The crash happened on Wednesday, March 5th on Route 22 in Bridgewater, New Jersey at about 2 a.m. According to 6 ABC, Peter Della-Ventura was driving his Hyundai Elantra on Route 22 when he ...more
A truck stop manager says stranded truckers are a much easier crowd to manage during bad weather than buses of tourists on a good day. Fat Dogs Truck Stop on Interstate 80 outside of Grand Island, Nebraska became a port in a storm for as many as 300 truck drivers this past week after a ...more
An extra long flatbed semi truck was placed out of service after a California Highway Patrol officer discovered a very serious brake issue. The issue was discovered on Wednesday, March 5th along State Route 44 near Shingletown, California. According to ABC 7, a CHP officer initially stopped the semi truck for an overlength violation, but discovered ...more
