The Fall River County Sheriff’s Office (FRSO) out of Hot Springs, South Dakota, is asking drivers towing vehicles to do it safely and legally after spotting an illegal combination out on the road. In a June 16, 2023, social media post FRSO called out an unsafe and illegal auto transport effort.From FCSO: In case you ...more

An EMT sustained life-threatening injuries on Monday after a crash with a semi truck at an intersection in Kentucky.  The accident happened at around 3:30 a.m. in Louisville on Monday, June 19th in the 200 block of East Chestnut Street. According to WHAS 11 News, An ambulance was traveling east on East chestnut street while transporting ...more

Police have released more information on a mass-casualty crash that occurred in Manitoba last week. The crash occurred shortly before noon on June 15 at the intersection of Highway 1 and Highway 5 near Carberry in Manitoba. According to RCMP, a semi truck was eastbound on Highway 1 at the same time that a bus transporting senior citizens ...more

Digital payment technologies such as Relay's give fleets enhanced anti-fraud protection, according to one Pilot executive. (Pilot Co.) Relay Payments’ digitized diesel payment platform is set to be available at Pilot Co.’s more than 800 truck stops, the companies said June 14. Fraud and card skimming caused major headaches for Holland, Mich.-based carrier TransWay until ...more

RXO and Michigan officials celebrate the logistics company's arrival in Ann Arbor, Mich. RXO will be adding about 140 jobs. (RXO via Twitter) Michigan state officials are enthusiastic about 140 new jobs and a $2.35 million expansion in Ann Arbor by RXO Corporate Solutions to increase its brokerage presence. “RXO’s expansion in Ann Arbor will ...more

UPS workers and Teamsters members during a rally in April. (Paul Frangipane/Bloomberg News) UPS Inc.’s unionized workers voted in favor of giving Teamsters leaders the option to call a strike as the two sides continue talks to renew a five-year labor contract. Of the union members that voted, 97% supported the strike authorization, the Teamsters ...more

Employees on the Schneider brokerage floor. The review of the definitions of "broker" and "bona fide agents" was mandated in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. (Schneider) The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued final regulatory guidance on its definitions of ‘‘broker’’ and ‘‘bona fide agents,” including guidance on the role and activities of ...more

Employees on the Schneider brokerage floor. The review of the definitions of "broker" and "bona fide agents" was mandated in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. (Schneider) The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued final regulatory guidance on its definitions of ‘‘broker’’ and ‘‘bona fide agents,” including guidance on the role and activities of ...more

A Stoughton employee works on a front corner panel (Stoughton Trailers) U.S. trailer orders more than halved in May compared with a year ago to an estimated 9,100 units, according to data released by ACT Research. Preliminary data show orders decreased 54% year-over-year from 19,783, ACT reported. Orders also fell about 10% sequentially compared with ...more

A BNSF locomotive heads south out of Oklahoma City. (Sue Ogrocki/Associated Press) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The railroad industry on June 16 sued to block new environmental rules in California, arguing they would force the premature retirement of about 25,000 diesel-powered locomotives across the country long before their zero-emission counterparts are ready to take their place. ...more