Geopolitical Chaos Continues to Roil Trucking Industry
In 2025, trucking was hoping for a rebound, but start-and-stop tariffs and an enduring weak freight market have made the prospects of a broad recovery difficult. (Mark Schiefelbein/Associated Press; WendellandCarolyn/Getty Images) The trucking industry is wrestling with an unclear market trajectory forged through a combination of chaotic geopolitical negotiations and ...more
States Offer Business Opportunities Amid Tariff Turbulence
Attendees discuss investment opportunities at the Mississippi exhibit at SelectUSA. (Noel Fletcher/Transport Topics) OXON HILL, Md. — American and foreign ...more
Two people have been charged in connection with an alleged cargo heist that recently took place on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. ...more
A truck driver hauling honeybees called on firefighters to help him with the insects as he tried to change a ...more
A trucker and his family were treated at a hospital after a rear end crash with an unlicensed truck driver ...more
Shortly after launching commercial self-driving trucking services in Texas, Aurora Innovation, Inc. announced it will be putting a human back ...more
The son of a trucker who burned alive in the cab of a heavy wrecker as his own rig was ...more
UPS Earnings Rise 3.3% Amid Cost Cuts, Network Revamp
Demand for U.S. inbound services surged as customers pulled inventory purchases forward ahead of expected ...more
Washington State Testing I-5, I-90 Cameras to Deter Speed
The speed camera located in Skagit County between Cook and Bow Hill roads. (Washington State ...more
House Eyes New Vehicle Fees to Boost Highway Trust Fund
Graves and Larsen. (Mark Schiefelbein/Associated Press) WASHINGTON — Ahead of the consideration of comprehensive surface ...more
Sysco Slashes Outlook as Wary Americans Tighten Budgets
Tractor-trailers at a Sysco Corp. distribution center in Halfmoon, N.Y. (Angus Mordant/Bloomberg News) Sysco Corp. ...more
Rumsey: Alternative Fuels Will Advance Despite Uncertainty
“We need to set clear and challenging but also achievable goals that drive innovation and ...more
Hyundai Unwraps Xcient Tractor Overhaul
The Xcient fuel cell truck, along with its hydrogen fuel cell system, on display at ...more
Record US Goods-Trade Deficit Shows Hit to Economy in Q1
Trucks at the Port of Long Beach in California. (Eric Thayer/Bloomberg) The U.S. merchandise-trade deficit ...more
Motive Technologies Cleared in Patent Infringement Case
A Motive booth at an industry show. The jury’s April 24 verdict came after a ...more
BYD Halts Plan to Build Mexico Car Plant Over Trump’s Trade War
A BYD Seagull in China. The company remains interested in expanding in the Americas but ...more
VIDEO: Pickup couldn’t possibly wait for a nice clear straightaway to pass this trucker
A pickup truck driver couldn’t bear to wait for an appropriate time to pass a ...more
RNG Gains New Momentum in Longhaul Trucking
A natural gas-powered tractor running on RNG reduces emissions of nitrogen oxides by 90% compared ...more
CSX and CPKC Will Connect to Increase Traffic in Southeast
CSX locomotives sit at the CSX North Framingham Yard in Framingham, Mass. (Steven Senne/Associated Press) ...more
Ford Battery Plant Clears Hurdle With Tax Credit Win
The automaker said in a statement July 8 that the battery facility in Marshall, Mich., ...more
Semi truck crashes down 20 foot drop off, ends up in reservoir
A truck driver survived but was forced to swim to safety after losing control and ...more
Daimler Targets Expansion in Heavy-Duty Vocational Market
Western Star vocational trucks on display at Daimler Truck North America's Cleveland, N.C., manufacturing plant. ...more
EV Auto Sales Growth Slows
A Nissan Ariya electric vehicle is parked on a car dealer lot in Manchester, N.H. ...more