Semi trucks were seen lined up in Texas on Monday while waiting for inspections by Texas state troopers. The line started at the Santa Teresa Port of Entry and was backed up off Artcraft and Upper Valley Road in El Paso, Texas. Semis are waiting bumper to bumper in #ElPaso’s Upper Valley for @TxDPS inspections after ...more
The Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) is asking drivers to be mindful of their vehicle maintenance after catching a semi missing some wheels on I-10. In a December 20 Facebook post, Arizona DPS said:“Anything missing here? The driver of this tractor-trailer was stopped by an AZDPS trooper on westbound Interstate 10 in Goodyear for operating ...more
A passerby captured stunning video of a Norfolk Southern train striking a truck hauling an oversized load in Tennessee on Tuesday afternoon. The incident occurred around noon on December 20 at University Drive and Apison Pike in Collegedale, Tennessee.Chattanooga Fire is assisting with a train derailment in Collegedale. It happened Tues afternoon (12/20/22) at Apison ...more
A shiny red truck nestled by the lobby entrance greets visitors to American Trucking Associations’ new Washington, D.C., headquarters at 80 M Street SE, a glass-lined space that sits across from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The truck — donated by Ruan Transportation Management Systems, whose history with ATA stretches back as far as the ...more
U.S. homebuilder sentiment fell every month in 2022, sinking in December to a level not seen in more than a decade outside of the pandemic amid elevated mortgage rates and high construction costs. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo gauge dropped 2 points this month to 31, the lowest level since June 2012 excluding ...more
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific says it will stop imposing temporary limits on certain businesses’ shipments while it reviews the policy that federal regulators and shippers criticized at a hearing in mid-December. Union Pacific has put more than 1,000 of these embargoes in place this year — significantly more than all the other major freight ...more
The national average price for diesel fuel continued to tumble, falling 15.8 cents to settle at $4.596 a gallon, according to Energy Information Administration data released Dec. 19. Highlights The price of a gallon of diesel has fallen six consecutive weeks for a total of 73.7 cents. The last time the cost was below $4.60 ...more
Longtime Great Dane CEO Bill Crown announced he will step down effective Jan. 1. Dean Engelage, Great Dane’s president, will succeed Crown. Engelage’s appointment is part of a managed executive transition, the trailer maker reported. “It has been a privilege to serve Great Dane as CEO over the past 25 years, where both our internal ...more
