US Tariff-Driven Customs Receipts Top $100 Billion
Through the avenue of tariffs, Trump is seeking to rejuvenate domestic production and correct trade imbalances. (Eric Thayer/Bloomberg) U.S. revenue from customs duties this fiscal year surpassed $100 billion for the first time, reflecting higher tariffs imposed by the Trump administration. The Treasury Department recorded $27 billion in customs-duties revenue ...more
DOT Nominees Await Senate Consideration for FRA, FTA Posts
Juan Sorto/Transport Topics Nominees for top posts at two Department of Transportation agencies await consideration before the Senate. Republican leaders, ...more
Suitors Line Up for BP’s Castrol Unit
A Castrol logo sign at a BP service station in Pretoria, South Africa. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg) BP Plc’s Castrol lubricant business ...more
Canada Confirms No Duty Circumvention in Vietnam Chassis Case
Meanwhile, the U.S. said in April that U.S.-based manufacturers of intermodal chassis were materially injured by imports of chassis and ...more
A day cab semi truck came to a stop balancing between highway bridges in Virginia on Wednesday morning. The accident ...more
A popular YouTube content creator recently shared video of an “unstoppable semi truck” plowing through a series of wild obstacles. ...more
Police are searching for a truck driver that fled after being involved in a pile up crash near the Bay ...more
A man was arrested after calling 911 on himself for a road rage incident involving ...more
Used Class 8 Truck Sales Rise in March as Prices Slip
(vitpho/Getty Images) Used Class 8 truck sales for March increased on a year-over-year basis, but ...more
Class 8 Truck Orders Fall 52% During April
“April was the lowest industry order intake for a single month we have seen since ...more
Volvo Autonomous TaaS Product to Be Known as Autona/freight
A lane between Dallas and Houston is the starting point for the on-highway Autona/freight program ...more
Toyota Suffers $1.3 Billion Profit Hit in Two Months on Tariffs
A new Toyota Tundra truck for sale at a Toyota dealership in Yuma, Ariz., on ...more
Maersk Cuts Global Container Market Outlook on Tariff War
Maersk shipping containers. (Jeppe Boje Nielsen/Bloomberg) A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, the Danish container giant, lowered its ...more
US and UK are Set to Announce Trade Deal
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (left) and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands at a ...more
Trump Agrees to Cut Tariffs on UK Autos, Steel
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (left) and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands at a ...more
CBP Seeks Input for Green Trade Forum
(U.S. Customs and Border Protection) Public comments about how to decarbonize trade and create federal ...more
A truck driver won a lottery in North Carolina this month after using random numbers ...more
Iowa Governor signs bill capping liability for trucking companies at $5 million
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill designed to help protect trucking companies ...more
Musk Expects ‘Hundreds of Thousands’ of Self-Driving Teslas
Tesla unveiled its Cybercab in October 2024. (Tesla) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Elon Musk ...more
Semi truck accident turns fatal when Good Samaritans make unsafe stop to help
A series of wrecks involving a semi truck turned fatal when some Good Samaritans made ...more
A former Jack Cooper driver has dealt with his recent job loss by starting a ...more
NTSB Report Says 10,000 Bridges at Risk for Corrosion
A Pittsburgh Transit Authority bus is seen on the collapsed Fern Hollow Bridge from Jan. ...more
Uncertainty Clouds Truck Retail Sales Outlook for Rest of 2025
Model year 2023 sleeper tractors averaged $96,735 at auction in April, 20.5% higher than in ...more