Yellow's situation has disrupted the LTL market. (Yellow Corp.) Less-than-truckload carrier Yellow Corp. ceased operations on July 30 after nearly 100 years in business, causing an upheaval for both its customers and the broader LTL market. News of the shutdown emerged organically, as word of layoffs and service cancellations began to swirl. The company issued ...more
CEO Mark Rourke said in a news release. “Our dedicated new business pipeline remains solid." (Schneider National Inc.) Schneider National on Aug. 3 announced that both income and revenue fell during the second quarter. The Green Bay, Wis.-based company said Q2 net income fell 40% to $77.5 million, or 43 cents per diluted share, from $129.8 ...more
An entrance to the Ohio Turnpike. (Marvin Fong/Tribune Content Agency) COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Turnpike is preparing to overhaul the way it calculates tolls starting this fall, which will help the turnpike’s finances but have varying effects on motorists’ wallets. Other changes are coming to the turnpike, too, including allowing E-ZPass users to drive ...more
A Goodyear plant in Thailand. (Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.) Weaker demand from the U.S. and European commercial truck sectors resulted in a second-quarter 2023 loss at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., it said, while also citing a tornado shuttering production at a Mississippi plant as a factor. Akron, Ohio-based Goodyear reported a loss of ...more
A motorist involved in a road rage shooting against a truck driver has been identified, but the incident has Nashville truckers “shocked.”The incident happened last Thursday, July 27th, in Nashville Tennessee after a pickup truck driver had trouble merging in front of a semi truck getting onto Interstate 24 in traffic. A passenger in the ...more
Tesla is seeking almost $100 million in government funding for an electric semi truck charging route from southern Texas to its original California factory. California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District filed the application on Tesla’s behalf, reported Green Car Reports. The application i seeking $97 in funding, and Tesla plans on spending $24 for the ...more
A well-known trucking content creator has gone viral on TikTok for a hypnotic video series that uses AI to tell the stories of a trucker history that never happened — but might have in a stranger alternate universe.Texomatic Motor Media has for years created interesting and high quality content for and about the trucking industry. ...more
A class action lawsuit filed this week accuses trucking giant Yellow Corp. of failing to provide the legally required amount of notice prior to laying off tens of thousands of workers.According to the suit filed in the US District Court for the District of Delaware on August 1, Nashville-headquartered Yellow Corp. performed mass worker layoffs ...more
This week, a semi truck driver was issued multiple citations after becoming stuck on the Smugglers Notch segment of Vermont Route 108 in Cambridge, Vermont.Th incident began around 5 p.m. on Tuesday, August 1 when Vermont State Police (VSP) were notified of a tractor trailer in Smugglers Notch.When troopers arrived on scene, they found the ...more
A Canadian truck driver was taken into custody after he was caught with marijuana and ketamine hidden in his trailer last week. Truck driver Ajaypal Dhillon was found with over 2,092 pounds of marijuana and over 112 pounds of ketamine hidden in boxes inside of his trailer, reported The Buffalo News. The contraband was found during ...more
