A trucking school has been charged after one of their rigs was found to have multiple safety issues, including inoperative brakes. The incident occurred on May 23rd in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. According to Insauga News, The truck was pulled over by an officer for a safety inspection. During the inspection, the officer discovered that the rig ...more
The popular A&E television series “Road Wars” recently took a deeper dive into a crash and drag incident that occurred in California. The Road Wars clip takes a look at a crash that occurred on the northbound I-15 freeway near Cajon Pass in 2017.A motorist traveling on the freeway spotted a red sedan wedged under ...more
Texas police have arrested eight people and are seeking several others connected to a large-scale diesel fuel theft operation. According to a May 24 news release from the Texas Financial Crimes Intelligence Center, sixteen suspects have been charged with first degree felony charges of Engaging in Organized Crime and Evading Motor Fuel Tax.Eight of the ...more
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) arrested a Florida resident who allegedly entered the cab of a semi truck and assaulted a truck driver who was asleep inside. Twenty-three year old Taylor Copeland was charged with sexual battery and burglary with battery, according to OCSO.Police say that early on the morning of May 21, a ...more
A semi truck ended up in a creekbed in Connecticut on Wednesday. The accident happened on May 24th in New Hartford at around noon. According to Daily Sentinel, the tractor trailer was heading eastbound on Red Hill Road when the driver lost control at the intersection with Oneida Street. The truck then went off of the ...more
John Sommers II for Transport Topics Truck tonnage in April fell on both an annual and month-to-month basis as freight activity remains slow, American Trucking Associations said May 23. Tonnage slumped 3.4% last month to 112.7 when measured against the same period a year ago, and dipped 1.7% compared with March results, according to ATA’s ...more
Activity at the Port of Long Beach. The facility reported a 19.6% year-over-year decline in container volume in April. (Lauren Justine/Bloomberg News) The slump in container volumes at ports on the East and West coasts continued in April as some of the largest facilities saw year-over-year double-digit drops. The Port of Los Angeles reported a ...more
UPS customer Jessica Ray with her aging pooch Adu, who requires specialty dog food. (Bebeto Matthews/Associated Press) WASHINGTON — Living in New York City, working full time and without a car, Jessica Ray and her husband have come to rely on deliveries of food and just about everything else for their home. It has meant ...more
Vattenfall/Volvo Group Volvo Group signed an agreement to purchase wind power from renewables producer Vattenfall AB in a rare bilateral energy deal in the transport sector. The Swedish truck and bus maker will buy 50% of the renewable electricity produced at the Bruzaholm wind park in the south of the country over a decade starting ...more
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego arrives in a Waymo self-driving vehicle at the Sky Harbor International Airport Sky Train facility in Phoenix. (Matt York/Associated Press) Self-driving car pioneer Waymo is teaming up with ride-hailing leader Uber in the Phoenix area to transport passengers and deliver food in robotic cars that triggered a bitter technological dispute between ...more
