Challenger Motor Freight A Canadian motor carrier plans to file an appeal of an $82 million jury verdict in a 2018 fatal crash in Michigan for which it has admitted fault, on grounds primarily related to the amount awarded. “Our legal team has carefully assessed our position and believes the amount awarded to be excessive ...more
Trucks line up at the Port of Los Angeles. (Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg News) Proposals to ensure efficiency along the nation’s supply chains will be considered by a committee in the U.S. House of Representatives as congressional budget negotiations continue. The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is set to debate legislation specific to the freight workforce as well ...more
Two people are dead after a semi truck attempted a u-turn and ended up blocking the roadway. The accident happened just after 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 17th in Mont Belvieu, Texas. According to Click 2 Houston News, the lowboy tractor trailer was heading northbound on Eagle Drive when the driver decided to attempt a u-turn ...more
A woman is dead after a forgotten tool flew off of a flatbed trailer and through the windshield of a car in Georgia on Tuesday. The accident happened on May 16th in Whitfield County, Georgia. According to ABC 7, the tool, identified as a winch bar, fell off the semi truck along Interstate 75. A portion ...more
An alleged “trucker Florida boycott” is not as widespread as mainstream media reports would lead you to believe, a poll of truck drivers has revealed. Last week, Florida Governor Ron Desantis signed a bill enforcing new penalties and restrictions for undocumented immigrants in the state. These new rules include requiring employers to make sure their ...more
A construction worker is dead after being thrown from a boom lift in Arizona on Thursday morning. The accident occurred on May 18th at around 1:30 a.m. in Guadalupe, Arizona on westbound I-10 at Guadalupe Road. According to a statement from the Arizona Department of Public Safety “in the area of the collision the #1 and ...more
A Target store in Chicago. Adjusted earnings totaled $2.05 a share during Q1. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News) Target Corp. stood by its annual outlook after posting higher-than-expected profit in the first quarter, even as “softening sales trends” threaten to crimp short-term results. Robust sales in food, beauty products and household essentials are offsetting flagging demand for ...more
Elon Musk (Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images) Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk said the electric carmaker will dabble in advertisements, a major shift for the company that has largely avoided traditional marketing. “We’ll try a little advertising and see how it goes,” Musk said May 16 at Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting, in response to an investor’s question. ...more
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration analysis did not show an increase in overall crash trends the year after the HOS rule was amended. (traveler1116/Getty Images) Amendments to the hours-of-service rule that went into effect in late 2020 may have increased flexibility for truck drivers, but the percentage of HOS violations rose “significantly higher” the ...more
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey cuts a ribbon to signal the start of a renewable diesel production facility in Mobile. (Business Wire) Alabama has taken steps toward building the state’s first renewable diesel production facility in Mobile using soybean oil from state farmers to make low-carbon fuel. The renewable diesel fuel produced there can be seamlessly ...more
