Mountain bongo antelopes are on the verge of extinction, with fewer than 100 left in the wild due to poaching and habitat loss. (Peter Ndung’u for Lewa Wildlife Conservancy) DHL Express transported 17 endangered mountain bongo antelopes from Florida to a conservation site in Kenya, the company announced in the spring. The mountain bongo antelopes ...more
Juan Sorto/Transport Topics Nominees for top posts at two Department of Transportation agencies await consideration before the Senate. Republican leaders, managing the chamber’s summer agenda, are expected to schedule votes on the nominees to lead the Federal Railroad Administration and Federal Transit Administration. The nominations of David Fink to become FRA administrator and Marc Molinaro ...more
A Castrol logo sign at a BP service station in Pretoria, South Africa. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg) BP Plc’s Castrol lubricant business is attracting interest from energy companies including Reliance Industries Ltd. and buyout firms such as Apollo Global Management and Lone Star Funds, according to people with knowledge of the matter. BP has sent out initial ...more
Meanwhile, the U.S. said in April that U.S.-based manufacturers of intermodal chassis were materially injured by imports of chassis and subassemblies from Mexico, Thailand and Vietnam. (shaunl/Getty Images) A Canada Border Services Agency investigation into container chassis imports from Vietnam found no circumvention of a 2022 Canadian International Trade Tribunal ruling, according to a final ...more
A popular YouTube content creator recently shared video of an “unstoppable semi truck” plowing through a series of wild obstacles. This week, YouTuber Westen Champlin shared viral video of a 1988 Freightliner semi truck nicknamed “Buttercup” outfitted with a custom-built 6,000 pound plow on the front for maximum destruction. View this post on InstagramA post ...more
Police are searching for a truck driver that fled after being involved in a pile up crash near the Bay Bridge in Maryland. The accident happened on Tuesday, May 27th on the westbound side of US Highway 50 near the Bay Bridge. According to the MDTA Police, a tractor trailer, a Scion, a Jeep Wrangler, and ...more
The Idaho State Police (ISP) are asking for public help in locating a pickup involving in a hit-and-run crash with a semi truck on I-90 earlier this month. The hit-and-run crash occurred at approximately 12:26 p.m on Friday, May 16, 2025, on westbound I-90 before the Fourth of July Pass Exit (Exit 28).ISP says that ...more
Illinois State Police (ISP) released preliminary results from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) International Roadcheck inspection effort earlier this month. Troopers recently released results captured in Illinois during Roadcheck 2025, which took place May 13 — 16.During the three-day effort, ISP troopers conducted commercial vehicle inspections at at fixed and portable scale locations in ...more
An estimated $150,000 worth of beef was stolen from a parked tractor trailer in Philadelphia over Memorial Day weekend as both co-drivers slept. The theft happened on Monday, May 26th at the 1400 block of Warfield at 4:30 p.m. in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to NBC Philadelphia, two co-drivers were asleep in the truck between midnight ...more
A trucker was caught red-handed buying an armful of truck stop snacks for him and his dog by a man looking to interview him about hauling Ferraris. In the video, the truck driver is holding an armful of chip bags and several hot dogs when the filming man approaches him and starts to asks about ...more
