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
Officials in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, recently passed an ordinance prohibiting drivers from parking commercial trucks in neighborhoods. In late ...more
The Cape Coral Police Department (CCPD) is asking for public help in locating a truck and driver responsible for downing ...more
The La Porte County Sheriff’s Office (LPCSO) shared security video of a passing commercial vehicle losing wheels and causing damage ...more
A tornado in Kansas tossed tractor trailers and other vehicles off of Interstate 70 on Sunday. The tornado crossed I-70 ...more
Two people have been charged in connection with an alleged cargo heist that recently took place on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. ...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
Canadian police arrested a man in Alberta over the weekend for a bizarre rampage at ...more
ADM Profit Shrinks to Lowest Since 2020
(Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News) Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.’s earnings shrunk to the lowest level since the pandemic as ...more
Is Biodiesel More Effective Than Electric at Reducing Carbon?
With the transportation sector being the largest source of GHG emissions in the U.S.1, fleets ...more
A Montana Senator has introduced legislation that would prevent the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ...more
Oklahoma troopers ticket trucker for going 64 in a 35 m.p.h. work zone
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) is asking commercial vehicle drivers to slow it down in construction ...more
Trump Floats Cutting China Tariffs to 80% to Cool Trade War
Top U.S. officials are set to meet with a high-level Chinese delegation in Switzerland. (cbarnesphotography/Getty ...more
Man dies after his box truck was dragged under tractor trailer, South Carolina officials say
Authorities say that a box truck driver was killed in a crash involving a semi ...more