This week, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a notice in hopes of locating former employees of a national auto parts distributor and its delivery company who are owed millions of dollars. On July 11, 2023, the DOL issued a public statement aimed at helping them locate more than 1,300 drivers who worked for Parts ...more
More than 80 miles of the Pennsylvania Turnpike will be closed over the weekend for the cleanup of a tractor trailer crash. The 86 mile stretch of the westbound Pennsylvania Turnpike (Interstate 70/76) will be closed between the Breezewood (Exit 161) and the New Stanton interchange (Exit 75). The closure will begin at 11 p.m. ...more
A man is dead after being pinned between a wall and a semi truck at a business in Illinois on Wednesday morning. The incident happened at 5 a.m. on Wednesday, July 12th in Mackinaw, Illinois. According to the Journal-Star, 42-year-old Bradley Willis Jr. was pinned between a wall and a semi truck at Mackinaw Valley Powder ...more
A stretch of I-70 in Illinois has seen two major truck pileups in two days, according to the Teutopolis Fire Protection District. Shortly after 9 p.m. on Thursday, July 13, a multi-vehicle crash was reported on eastbound I-70 at mile marker 102 in an “ongoing construction zone” near Teutopolis.The crash involved three semi trucks, but ...more
A sheriff’s deputy in Wisconsin nabbed a commercial vehicle driver for excessive speed and a variety of commercial vehicle violations this week. The driver was spotted around 5:20 p.m. on Tuesday, July 11, near Liberty Township, Wisconsin.A Grant County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) deputy spotted a commercial vehicle hauling a skid steer on a tandem axle ...more
Video recently shared by a Tesla blogger appears to show an electric-powered Tesla Semi passing diesel-fueled trucks on the Donner Pass ascent. The video was shared on July 14 by Twitter account Zanegler, which often shares video, photos, and information on the Tesla Semi.The video shows the driver of a Tesla Semi rapidly overtaking a ...more
Workers fulfill orders at an Amazon fulfillment center on Prime Day in Melville, N.Y. (Johnny Milano/Bloomberg News) U.S. shoppers spent $12.7 billion online during Amazon.com Inc.’s 48-hour Prime Day, up 6.1% from a year ago but short of estimates for 9.5% growth, according to Adobe Inc. An increasing share of customers used “buy now, pay ...more
Jochen Goetz stressed that the company will assess where it needs to invest, or where partnership with another supplier may make sense. (Joe Howard/Transport Topics) BOSTON — Daimler Truck CEO Martin Daum said flexibility is the key to his company’s preparation for the zero-emission future that is broadly envisioned for trucking, and stressed that customer ...more
UPS workers go through a rehearsal for a pending strike at a UPS Customer Center in Longwood, Fla., on July 13. The contract between UPS and the Teamsters union expires July 31. (John Raoux/Associated Press) UPS Inc. on July 11 pushed to Aug. 8 the release date for its second-quarter financial report, a week after ...more
Workers hold signs supporting labor organizers in their legal battle over container loading jobs at a rally in Columbia, S.C. on July 12. (James Pollard/Associated Press) COLUMBIA, S.C. — Dockworkers and the governor in the state with the lowest percentage of unionized workers are digging in their heels over a labor dispute that has left ...more
