"Thanks to President Trump, we’re getting Washington out of your trucks and your business," Duffy said. (Rod Lamkey Jr./Associated Press) Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on June 27 announced a $275 million grant program to expand truck parking and prune regulations, billing the moves as the first wave of President Donald Trump’s trucking-reform order. “Truckers keep ...more
Daimler Truck North America, maker of the Freightliner eCascadia and other electric models, is pushing forward with its product development plans. “All previously communicated plans remain unchanged," a company spokesperson said. (DTNA) The ongoing rollback of commercial vehicle emission regulations under the second Trump administration has created uncertainty in the emerging battery-electric truck market. Manufacturers ...more
(E4C/Getty Images) The European Union and the U.S. believe they can clinch some form of a trade agreement before a July 9 deadline, when Washington is set to impose a 50% tariff on nearly all EU products and the bloc plans to unleash its own series of countermeasures. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen ...more
Officials in the town of Old Fort, North Carolina, shared a touching tribute to a dump truck driver who lost his life when his brakes failed earlier this month. The crash took place on the morning of June 17, 2025, as 65 year old Georgia resident Ralph Hibbert was making the six-mile decent on eastbound ...more
A police department in Georgia were able to spot a thief climbing into the back of a tractor trailer to hide thanks to the use of an overhead drone. The incident happened in Forest Park, Georgia on June 17th when police received reports of a man attempting to use stolen credit cards at an Army ...more
This week, Illinois State Police (ISP) weighed thousands of trucks during a 72 hour commercial vehicle enforcement effort. ISP troopers conducted a “Commercial Vehicle Safety Detail” June 23 through 25, 2025, at a fixed scale located in Montgomery County.“Officers successfully enforced state and federal motor carrier safety regulations by conducting North American Standard Inspections, checking ...more
The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) announced that a major interstate shuttered by a rockslide earlier this month has partially reopened. On June 27, TDOT announced that I-40 has reopened to traffic near the North Carolina and Tennessee state line. Officials opened one lane in each direction, and a lower speed limit is in place.“Crews ...more
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy rolled out a wide-ranging plan designed to support the trucking industry by cutting regulations, cracking down on bad actors, and increasing truck parking. On Friday, June 27, Duffy publicly debuted a “Pro-Trucker Package” consisting of regulatory changes and initiatives “designed to improve the lives of America’s truck drivers.”Duffy’s package ...more
Firefighters battled a trucking company fire for about six hours in Illinois earlier this week. The incident occurred just after noon on June 25th in the 2200 block of 5th Street in Lincoln, Illinois. According to WCIA, a fire at Lincoln Transload and Processing started in the basement level and traveled through the duct work to ...more
A man was arrested on a charge of terroristic threats after pointing a handgun at a trucker as they drove. The incident happened on Wednesday, June 25th in Lincoln, Nebraska at about 1:30 p.m. According to 1011Now News, police were called to the area of Highway 2 and Highway 77 on reports of a road rage ...more
