Trump speaks to the media after arriving at Joint Base Andrews on July 15 as Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum (left), Lutnick and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt look on. (Evan Vucci/AP) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump told reporters July 15 that he plans to place tariffs of over 10% on smaller countries, ...more
Orders have come primarily from customers in Europe and Southeast Asia, according to the company. (Cenntro Europe via LinkedIn) Cenntro secured 260 orders for its new Logistar 210 electric commercial vehicle in the first half of 2025, as the company begins deliveries in Europe. The LS210 was introduced earlier this year as the successor to ...more
Bottles of Coca-Cola move through a sorting machine on the production line at the Coca-Cola HBC bottling plant in Dunaharaszti, Hungary, in 2023. (Akos Stiller/Bloomberg) President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post that Coca-Cola Co. has agreed to use cane sugar in Coke beverages sold in the U.S. “I have been speaking to ...more
An autonomous self-driving taxi in Los Angeles. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the nation’s top car safety regulator pledged to prioritize safety while at the same time making it easier for automakers to deploy-self driving cars. Jonathan Morrison, who was nominated by Trump on Feb. 11 to be administrator of the ...more
Duffy during a July 8 cabinet meeting. (Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg) WASHINGTON — Investments in traditional infrastructure projects and a focus on streamlining the environmental permitting process are atop the priorities for the nation’s transportation leader who appeared before Congress July 16. During a wide-ranging hearing of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ...more
An Amazon Web Services data center in Manassas, Va., on July 9. (Nathan Howard/Bloomberg) Amazon.com Inc.’s carbon emissions rose for the first time in three years in 2024, driven by data center construction and fuel consumption by its delivery providers. The world’s largest online retailer emitted 68.25 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent last ...more
Spools of steel at an ArcelorMittal Dofasco facility in Hamilton, Ontario. (Christopher Katsarov Luna/Bloomberg) Canada will reduce the amount of foreign steel importers can bring into the country tariff-free, a move to help domestic producers suffering from President Donald Trump’s levies on the sector. The government will tighten “tariff rate quota” levels for steel products ...more
(MacMillan-Piper via Vimeo) Three Washington state logistics operators tied to parent company GSC Logistics Inc. recently announced layoffs of workers in Seattle and Tacoma after the loss of “operational funding.” MacMillan-Piper, a transloading company that operates six facilities near the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, on July 10 filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification ...more
The Michigan State Patrol (MSP) seized more than $1.8 million worth of illegal drugs from a semi truck that was pulled over for bypassing a weigh station on Tuesday. At approximately 9:15 on July 15, troopers with MSP’s Monroe Post Commercial Vehicle Enforcement (CVED) were manning the northbound I-75 weigh station in Frenchtown Township.MSPA 2018 ...more
Multiple law enforcement agencies partnered for a two-day commercial vehicle inspection detail that uncovered over 500 safety violations, according to the B.C. Highway Patrol. The blitz took place on July 8 and 9, 2025, in Coquitlam and Chilliwack, B.C.BC Highway PatrolSee results of the operation below: 109 total vehicle inspections543 total defects identified79 Violation Tickets ...more
