Saudi Aramco Might Bid for BP’s Castrol Lubricant Assets

By |2025-03-05T16:20:54-05:00March 5th, 2025 at 10:11 AM|Trucking News|

BP will look to divest its lubricants unit, which operates under the Castrol brand and could potentially be worth about $10 billion. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg) Saudi Aramco is considering a potential offer for lubricant assets being sold by BP Plc, as the Middle Eastern company pushes for acquisitions that deepen its reach in oil consuming countries, ...more

Trump to Decide on Canada, Mexico Relief Today, Lutnick Says

By |2025-03-05T16:21:00-05:00March 5th, 2025 at 9:44 AM|Trucking News|

President Donald Trump and Howard Lutnick in the Oval Office on Feb. 10. (Al Drago/Bloomberg) President Donald Trump is set to announce changes to the tariffs on Canada and Mexico he slapped on earlier this week, with potential relief for automobiles and other sectors, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said March 5. “What he is thinking ...more

Shipping Executives in Crisis Mode Over Tariff ‘Earthquake’

By |2025-03-05T09:06:00-05:00March 5th, 2025 at 9:06 AM|Trucking News|

The Port of Long Beach in California. (Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg) Global shipping executives gathered this week in Long Beach, Calif., for a major annual conference, expecting to discuss market trends and supply chain challenges. Instead, they found themselves in crisis mode. On March 4, President Donald Trump upended decades of mostly free trade with the two ...more

Bot Auto Plans Driver-Out Autonomous Trucking Pilot in 2025

By |2025-03-06T12:23:30-05:00March 5th, 2025 at 5:00 AM|Trucking News|

The company did not set a specific target date for its driverless launch but said the program will involve continuous autonomous truck runs between Houston and San Antonio while hauling cargo for shippers. (Bot Auto) Autonomous trucking startup Bot Auto announced that it intends to begin its first driver-out commercial freight operations this year with ...more

Iowa Shutters Biodiesel Output on Federal Policy Uncertainty

By |2025-03-06T08:19:31-05:00March 5th, 2025 at 3:52 AM|Trucking News|

A lab employee examines biodiesel samples at a soybean processing facility. (Rory Doyle/Bloomberg) Iowa biodiesel plants are operating at minimum or completely stopping production amid uncertainty over the future of renewable fuel and tax credit policies. “These are tough times for Iowa’s biodiesel producers, and it’s frustrating to watch plants sit idle when we know ...more

Trade Tensions Put American Crop Exports in Jeopardy

By |2025-03-06T08:19:35-05:00March 5th, 2025 at 3:31 AM|Trucking News|

There are 7.8 million tons of outstanding corn sales to Mexico for the current marketing year. (Abbie Parr/Associated Press) With China and Canada already hitting back against President Donald Trump’s tariffs and concerns over more retaliation in the works, agriculture traders are now watching for potential cancellations on crop contracts that would put nearly 8 ...more

Trump Grants One-Month Tariff Exemption for US Automakers

By |2025-03-06T08:19:39-05:00March 5th, 2025 at 2:17 AM|Trucking News|

(Alex Brandon/Associated Press) President Donald Trump is granting a one-month exemption on his new tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada for U.S. automakers, amid fears that the trade war could harm U.S. manufacturers. The announcement comes after Trump spoke with leaders of the “Big Three” automakers — Ford, General Motors and Stellantis — on ...more

Cummins Launches X10 Engine Platform

By |2025-03-06T08:19:44-05:00March 5th, 2025 at 1:44 AM|Trucking News|

The X10 offers power take-off capability of 590 pound-feet continuous and up to 664 pound-feet intermittent. (Cummins Inc.) Cummins Inc. continued to overhaul its engine options for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, unveiling the X10 engine platform and a B-Series engine update in recent days. Columbus, Ind.-based Cummins’ introduction of the X10 followed a revamp of ...more

By |2025-03-05T15:28:31-05:00March 5th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

A serious wreck left a car crushed beneath a semi truck near Phoenix on Wednesday morning.  The accident happened on March 5th just after 8 a.m. on the eastbound side of Loop 202 Red Mountain near McClintock Drive in Tempe, Arizona. According to AZ Family, a semi truck and three passenger vehicles were involved in the ...more

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