Lane change claims rig hauling doubles 

By |2023-06-01T15:30:43-05:00May 15th, 2023 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

A semi truck hauling doubles overturned during a lane change on Monday morning.  The accident happened in Cokeville, Tennessee at around 4 a.m. on Interstate 40 near Highway 111. According to WSMV4 News, the rig lost control during a lane change and overturned. The rig then came to a rest with the tractor and first trailer ...more

Saddle up for Shell Rotella SuperRigs® 2023

By |2023-06-01T15:30:56-05:00May 15th, 2023 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

Content Sponsored by Shell Rotella®Think you got what it takes? The 41st Annual annual Shell Rotella SuperRigs® is set to be the best one yet,with trucks from all over the country coming to Gillette, WY to compete for over$25,000 in cash and prizes from June 8-10. Not to mention, twelve drivers will beselected to have ...more

Consumer Long-Term Inflation Expectations Hit 12-Year High

By |2023-05-15T16:20:04-05:00May 12th, 2023 at 12:02 PM|Trucking News|

Clearance sale signs are displayed at a retail store in Downers Grove, Ill. (Nam Y. Huh/Associated Press) U.S. long-term inflation expectations unexpectedly accelerated in early May to a 12-year high and consumer sentiment soured, reflecting growing concerns about the economic outlook. Consumers see prices climbing at an annual rate of 3.2% over the next five ...more

Study Urges Excise Tax Repeal for Electric Trucking Takeoff

By |2023-05-15T16:19:44-05:00May 12th, 2023 at 3:55 AM|Trucking News|

Volvo Trucks North America Repeal of the federal excise tax (FET) on heavy-duty commercial vehicles should be a key tool in the United States’ push to reduce trucking’s greenhouse gas emissions through electrification, according to a study by a nonprofit that searches for solutions to environmental and energy problems. The report by Resources for the ...more

U.S. Xpress Cuts Corporate Staff Ahead of Knight-Swift Deal

By |2023-05-15T16:19:49-05:00May 12th, 2023 at 3:10 AM|Trucking News|

Three U.S. Xpress trucks with designs celebrating Military Appreciation Month. (U.S. Xpress) After losses widened in the first quarter of the year, U.S. Xpress has cut its corporate staff for the third time in the past year as the Chattanooga-based trucking giant prepares to merge with the larger Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. U.S. Xpress declined ...more

Chicago Suburbs Appeal Federal Approval of CPKC Rail Merger

By |2023-05-15T16:19:54-05:00May 12th, 2023 at 2:00 AM|Trucking News|

Inbound and outbound Metra trains pass on the Metra Milwaukee District West Line at the Canadian Pacific Bensenville intermodal in Franklin Park, Illinois. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/TNS) A group of suburban Chicago communities is appealing the recent federal approval of a major rail merger that is expected to bring more freight trains to parts of ...more

Truck driver ordered to federal prison for smuggling 20 in locked FedEx trailer

By |2023-05-31T15:30:30-05:00May 12th, 2023 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

A Texas-based truck driver has been sentenced for attempting to smuggle humans in a locked trailer in 2021. On May 10, 33 year old Vince Ruiz III was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison to be immediately followed by two years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas.Ruiz ...more

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