The reopened section of Interstate 40 in the Pigeon River Gorge in western North Carolina. The state has instituted a 35 mph speed limit for its stretch. The limit is 40 mph on the 5-mile segment in Tennessee. (NCDOT via LinkedIn) A stretch of Interstate 40 that serves as a freight route between North Carolina ...more
The U.S. imported a record $11.7 billion in beef and derived products last year. (Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg News) President Donald Trump’s tariffs are coming for American food, hurting consumers already contending with sky-high grocery costs after years of supply-chain disruptions. Plans to impose duties on American agriculture imports will boost the price of fruit and vegetables, ...more
The Par Montana refinery, located outside Billings, Mont., processes crude oil from western Canada. (Matthew Brown/Associated Press) The world’s supply lines for cargoes of oil and fuel, which typically crisscross the globe, are about to get redrawn thanks to U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs. Crude from Mexico, which supplies U.S. Gulf refiners, will be ...more
ATD President Jacqueline Gelb presents Truckworx Kenworth CEO Will Bruser with the 2025 ATD Truck Dealer of the Year award. (American Truck Dealers) American Truck Dealers honored Truckworx Kenworth CEO Will Bruser with its 2025 Truck Dealer of the Year award at its ATD Show 2025 in New Orleans. The award recognizes commercial-truck dealers for ...more
Shares in Phillips 66 have fallen more than 15% in New York trading over the last 12 months. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News) Elliott Investment Management is heading toward a proxy battle with Phillips 66 after failing to reach an agreement with the energy group’s leadership on a path to improving performance. The activist investor has nominated ...more
Trucks cross the Peace Bridge at the Canada-U.S. border in Fort Erie, Ontario, on Feb. 3. (Cole Burston/Bloomberg) President Donald Trump on March 4 implemented his long-threatened 25% tariffs on goods being imported from Canada and Mexico, a move that trucking experts said could have major implications for the industry and across supply chains. “Supply ...more
The law mandates that all vehicles traveling on the Interstate 70 mountain corridor carry tire chains from Sept. 1 to May 31. (Colorado State Patrol via X) The Colorado State Patrol has launched an enforcement effort over 149 miles on the Interstate 70 mountain corridor to ensure truckers comply with a new law requiring drivers ...more
On Tuesday, the overall winners for the annual CarriersEdge ‘Best Fleets to Drive For’ awards were announced. CarriersEdge named the winners of the 2025 Best Fleets to Drive For honors at an event held at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in North Carolina on March 4.The 2025 award for Best Overall Fleet in the small ...more
A motorcyclist is dead after falling off his bike on the Palmetto Expressway early on Tuesday morning. The accident happened at about 5:40 a.m. on the Palmette Expressway at Northwest 67th Avenue on March 4th near Miami Lakes, Florida.The Florida Highway Patrol says that the man on the motorcycle “lost control and fell off… coming ...more
A Texas resident is facing years in federal prison for two separate human smuggling incidents involving semi trucks. Joe Adam Escobedo, 31, was sentenced to 69 months in federal prison to be immediately followed by three years of supervised release, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of ...more
