A truck driver and passenger were arrested on Thursday in North Carolina after a train vs. truck strike led police to discover drugs and alcohol inside the cab of the semi. The train collision occurred shortly after 5 p.m. on June 8 in Wingate, North Carolina.According to QC News, a semi truck hauling pallets of ...more
A trailer full of piggies roamed a highway in Minnesota after the trailer they were in overturned on Friday morning. Traffic cameras captured the event on eastbound I-694 at I35E under the overpass in Little Canada, Minnesota. State Patrol was managing the scene and rerouted traffic at exit 113. No human injuries were reported in the ...more
A Missouri man and his truck repair company were indicted on multiple counts related to a scheme that involved using COVID-19 relief funding to commit conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act. Chris Carroll has been indicted by a federal grand jury on three counts of bank fraud, six counts of money laundering, and three ...more
Nikola Tre by Nikola Corp. Nikola’s bid to issue more shares and obtain enough funding needed for its Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell truck ambitions is on hold for another month, it said June 7. Phoenix-based Nikola adjourned its 2023 annual stockholder meeting until July 6 after failing to win enough support from beleaguered existing ...more
The proposed contract would cover 8,600 members that work for the carrier, including truck drivers and dock workers. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics) The ArcBest Corp. subsidiary ABF Freight System has reached a tentative agreement with the Teamsters National Freight Industry Negotiating Committee, the company announced June 7. ABF Freight said the proposed five-year ...more
With the snipping of a ribbon, 84 truck parking spaces were formally added on Interstate 40 in West Memphis, Ark. (Arkansas Department of Transportation via Facebook) Amid the constant roar of Interstate 40 traffic, Arkansas state leaders celebrated opening a long-awaited commercial truck parking lot in West Memphis, adding 84 much-needed spaces. “Let’s cut a ...more
Mack trucks in production at the Lehigh Valley Operations in Macungie, Pa. (Mack Trucks) North American Class 8 orders in May reversed the trend of year-over-year declines by increasing to 15,500 units, ACT Research reported. ACT preliminary data showed orders increased 10% compared with 2022, when they hit 14,000 units. The only other month so ...more
Overhaul via Twitter The increasing interest in nearshoring poses unique security considerations, including a higher likelihood of cargo thefts. Nearshoring involves companies moving offshore operations to neighboring countries. The U.S. has seen increased interest in the process since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, and Mexico has been a main focus of those efforts. “Big ...more
Jae C. Hong/Associated Press BloombergNEF has published its annual Electric Vehicle Outlook, which looks at how the different segments of road transport could evolve over the coming decades and maps the impact on oil markets, electricity demand, batteries, metals and materials, charging infrastructure and greenhouse gas emissions. Some highlights: EV Sales Will Surge in the ...more
Toyota Mirai by Anindito Mukherjee/Bloomberg News Toyota Motor Corp. and Hyundai Motor Co. have put their weight behind hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles in the push to reach net-zero emissions, but dismal sales in 2022 suggest customers remain extremely wary. FCVs accounted for only 0.02% of global passenger vehicle sales last year, according to a report published ...more
