By |2025-06-18T07:24:42-05:00June 17th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

Multiple trucking companies and truck drivers say that they were never paid for their months of overtime cleanup efforts following the Palisades Fire.  The Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles, California burned for most of January 2025. After the destruction, nearly 37 square miles of destruction were left behind – And ...more

By |2025-06-18T07:24:46-05:00June 17th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

A traffic stop on a speeding commercial vehicle resulted in the discovery of more than a dozen safety violations, according to the Iowa State Patrol (ISP) On June 16, 2025, the ISP’s Commercial Motor Vehicle Unit stopped a vehicle hauling a trailer in Wapello County, Iowa, after clocking it traveling at speeds of 100 m.p.h. ...more

By |2025-06-18T11:24:18-05:00June 17th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

Nearly one and a half million dollars worth of brand new Nintendo Switch 2 consoles were stolen from the back of a semi truck heading to the Dallas area.  The truck driver discovered that the cargo had been stolen at around 8 a.m. on June 8th while conducting a pre-trip at the Love’s Truck Stop ...more

By |2025-06-18T11:24:22-05:00June 17th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

A police officer was sentenced to 45 days in jail and two years probation for tasing a trucker during a rainy traffic stop in Michigan nearly two years ago.  The incident happened on July 20th, 2023 in Center Line, Michigan. 51-year-old former Warren police officer, Dammeon Player, was sentenced on Monday, June 16th, 2025. According to ...more

By |2025-06-18T11:24:27-05:00June 17th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

Hundreds of workers are facing layoffs starting in August when food distributor United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) closes a Pennsylvania facility. According to a WARN document filed with Pennsylvania labor authorities in June 2025, Rhode Island-headquartered UNFI plans to shutter a distribution center located at 4255 East Independence Drive in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.The facility closure will result ...more

By |2025-06-17T15:23:52-05:00June 17th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

A tire blowout crash killed a truck driver but left the passenger unhurt in Texas on Monday afternoon.  The accident happened at about 3:45 p.m. on June 16th in Newton County, Texas. According to 6 KFDM, 41-year-old truck driver, Josette Blasdel of Leesville, Louisiana was driving east on Highway 63 near Burkeville when a rear driver’s ...more

Perspective: Mission Impossible for New CSA Changes?

By |2025-06-17T08:19:39-05:00June 16th, 2025 at 12:37 PM|Trucking News|

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is readying changes to the Compliance Safety Accountability Safety Measurement System after a long, fierce debate over its ability to accurately identify unsafe carriers. Along the way, even the Government Accountability Office and Congress got involved. The changes include simplification of the severity weights assigned to violations, reorganization of ...more

Air Taxi Firm Archer Sees More Defense Demand in Short Term

By |2025-06-17T08:19:44-05:00June 16th, 2025 at 12:35 PM|Trucking News|

Adam Goldstein at the Paris Air Show in Paris on June 16. (Nathan Laine/Bloomberg) Electric aircraft maker Archer Aviation Inc. expects its defense-related sales to outstrip commercial air taxis in the short term. “In the near term the defense side could certainly become the biggest part of our business” as passenger services take time to ...more

Keep Your Fleet Rolling with Greater Uptime

By |2025-06-11T08:21:18-05:00June 16th, 2025 at 12:00 PM|Trucking News|

Keep Your Fleet Rolling No Matter the Season In today’s high-demand logistics landscape, trucking fleets are under more pressure than ever to deliver with precision, speed, and efficiency. Whether you operate Over-the-Road (OTR), Middle Mile, Last Mile, or all three, every delay, breakdown, or missed delivery impacts your business. At Amerit Fleet Solutions, we partner ...more

G7 Summit Opens in Canada With a Focus on Trade

By |2025-06-17T08:19:48-05:00June 16th, 2025 at 11:30 AM|Trucking News|

President Donald Trump arrives at Calgary International Airport on June 15 ahead of the G7 Summit. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP) KANANASKIS, Alberta — When U.S. President Donald Trump last came to Canada for a Group of Seven summit, the enduring image was of him seated with his arms folded defiantly as then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel stared daggers ...more

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