By |2025-05-14T15:23:24-05:00May 14th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

A group of truckers in Nevada are threatening to add a $500 delivery surcharge for loads to a specific county where multiple truck parking yards have been shut down.  Multiple truck parking yards in Clark County, Nevada have been closed in the Las Vegas Valley due to zoning violations. These lots include one location on ...more

By |2025-05-15T11:23:43-05:00May 14th, 2025 at 12:00 AM|Trucking News|

Police in Norwalk, Connecticut, recently issued several citations to a driver in a commercial vehicle that was initially pulled over for a stop sign violation. On May 5, the Norwalk, CT Police Department shared a motorcycle officer’s body cam video from a recent traffic stop on a dump truck. From Norwalk Police:“As part of our ...more

Companies Ramp Up Production to Hit 90-Day Tariff Window

By |2025-05-14T08:20:56-05:00May 13th, 2025 at 12:04 PM|Trucking News|

The Port of Boston receives furniture, wine, spirits, toys, apparel and plastics. (Massport) It may only be a 90-day reprieve from the steepest of President Donald Trump’s China tariffs, but it’s enough time to entice companies to restart factory operations and start shipping. Therabody, a Los Angeles-based maker of wellness products such as Theragun massagers, ...more

Diesel Drops 2.1¢ to $3.476 in Fifth Straight Decline

By |2025-05-14T08:21:01-05:00May 13th, 2025 at 11:58 AM|Trucking News|

Diesel's national average price per gallon has fallen each week since April 7 for a total of 16.3 cents. (Minerva Studio/Getty Images) The national average diesel price dipped 2.1 cents a gallon to $3.476, the fifth straight decline, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data released May 13. Trucking’s main fuel has dropped each week ...more

April Class 8 Truck Sales Slip 8.7% as Market Slump Persists

By |2025-05-14T04:20:54-05:00May 13th, 2025 at 10:36 AM|Trucking News|

Freightliner claimed the largest market share for the month with 6,551 trucks sold, accounting for 36.2% of all sales. (Daimler Truck North America) U.S. Class 8 retail sales closed in on nearly two years of year-over-year declines in April, according to data from Wards Intelligence. Sales decreased 8.7% to 18,078 units from 19,798 during the ...more

Inflation Slows, but Economists Say Tariff Impacts to Come

By |2025-05-13T16:20:15-05:00May 13th, 2025 at 9:40 AM|Trucking News|

A customer checks his shopping receipts at a Costco Wholesale store in Glendale, Calif. Egg prices fell 12.7%. (Photo/Damian Dovarganes/AP/File) WASHINGTON — Inflation cooled for the third straight month in April even after some of President Donald Trump’s tariffs took effect, though economists and many business owners expect inflation will climb in the coming months. ...more

GOP Wants to Phase Out Biden EV Credits to Pay for Tax Cuts

By |2025-05-13T12:20:02-05:00May 13th, 2025 at 7:00 AM|Trucking News|

A driver unplugs an electric vehicle at a charging station in Hudson, N.Y. (Angus Mordant/Bloomberg News) House Republicans are proposing to eliminate a tax credit for electric vehicles and phase out incentives for the production of clean energy to help pay for President Donald Trump’s massive tax package. The incentives put in place by former ...more

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