A semi truck hauling an unpermitted oversize piece of farm equipment got stuck in a construction zone in Oklahoma on Wednesday morning. The incident happened on Wednesday morning, March 5th near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. According to Fox 25, the semi truck was hauling a large piece of farm equipment on westbound Interstate 240 when it tried ...more
A semi truck tipped over while trying to drive around a crew of power line work trucks in Mississippi this week. The incident happened on Tuesday, March 3rd in Jones County, Mississippi in the area of Poole Creek Road near the intersection of Jeff Byrd Road. According to WDAM7, the semi truck approached the work trucks, ...more
A truck driver barely avoids sliding right off a snowy interstate and off an overpass in Minnesota on Wednesday morning. The incident happened on Interstate 694 at White Bear Avenue on Wednesday morning, March 5th. According to Fox 9, the semi truck was traveling on an overpass when it started to slide. The truck came to ...more
A major trucking trade group recently testified in favor of legislation that would protect truckers from predatory towing practices in the state of Missouri. A pair of bills aimed at regulating the nonconsensual towing of commercial vehicles, HB745 and SB516, were recently introduced in the Missouri Senate and House by Sen. Justin Brown and Rep. ...more
A semi truck crash was caught on surveillance video early Tuesday morning in Houston, Texas. The crash occurred around 4:30 a.m. on March 4 on the Hardy Toll Road at Aldine Mail Route in Houston, Texas. In the video captured by surveillance video at local business Houston Powder Coaters, you can see a truck hauling ...more
A flatbed trailer broke apart under the weight of steel coils while making a delivery on Tuesday evening. The incident happened in the 3800 block of W. 150th St. around 10:30 p.m. in Cleveland, Ohio. According to Cleveland 19, the flatbed trailer was turning into a parking lot in the West Park neighborhood when the trailer ...more
A truck driver is facing charges after a commercial vehicle inspection and search by Canadian cops revealed a pair of stolen vehicles. On Tuesday, March 4, a truck was inspected at the Curry Hill truck inspection station located in South Glengarry Township, near the Ontario/Quebec boundary, according to Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) – East Region.The ...more
A truck driver was sentenced to more than 48 years in prison on Tuesday for a crash with a packed van that killed seven people after a night “partying” with hitchhikers. The accident happened on May 18th, 2023 near Albany, Oregon. 54-year-old truck driver Lincoln Smith was sentenced on March 4th, 2025. According to 2 ABC, ...more
BlackRock Buys Panama Canal Ports
A containership passes through the Miraflores Locks as it transits the Panama Canal. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) The Hong Kong-based conglomerate that operates ports near the Panama Canal has agreed to sell shares of its units that operate the ports to a consortium including BlackRock Inc., after President Donald Trump alleged Chinese interference with the operations ...more
Continental to Pass Along Tariff Costs to Customers
(Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg News) Continental AG will try to pass on the cost of tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump to its customers, according to the German parts maker’s finance chief. “For us it’s clear: We cannot bear additional duties, and we are informing our customers about that,” Continental Chief Financial Officer Olaf Schick told Bloomberg ...more