Congressmen Ask FMCSA for Proactive HOS Disaster Response
Though FMCSA issues federal emergency declarations, most hours-of-service exemptions are granted after a disaster has occurred. (USDOT via Facebook) Thirty-three members of Congress from 22 states are asking the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to issue hours-of-service exemptions when emergency warnings are issued instead of waiting until after disaster strikes. ...more
Class 8 Truck Orders Fall 52% During April
“April was the lowest industry order intake for a single month we have seen since May of 2020,” Koeck said. ...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 from Volvo Autonomous Solutions. (Volvo ...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 March 31. (Eric Thayer/Bloomberg News) ...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 forecast for the global transport ...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 joint press conference in the ...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 joint press conference in the ...more
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) is gearing up for a driver-focused enforcement operation taking place ...more
Truck driver wages rose 16% in the first quarter of 2025, according to one study ...more
On the CDLLife App, real drivers share their real experiences—the good, the funny, and the ...more
The owner of a trucking company in northern Idaho says he is closing the business ...more
A video circulating on trucker internet has one question to ask about this gorgeous back-in: ...more
Potholes in the Detroit area are causing headaches for the people who live there, including ...more
DOT Advances $150 Million Grant for Port of Entry
Semi-trucks enter an inspection area at the Otay Mesa port of entry on the US-Mexico ...more
WTO Slashes Global Trade Outlook on Trump Tariff Disruptions
Gantry cranes and shipping containers at the Yantian International Container Terminals in Shenzhen, China, on ...more
Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) will be concealing themselves inside construction vehicles while taking part in ...more
USDA Releases $537M for Biofuel Infrastructure Projects
A biodiesel pump at an Iowa Kum & Go fuel station. The HBIIP grant program ...more
Inflation Slowed Sharply to 7.1% Over Past 12 Months
Inflation in the United States slowed again in November in the latest sign that price ...more
Officers Nebraska are warning drivers to “get off your cell phones” after a crash between ...more
Students at an elementary school in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, recently got a chance to learn ...more
POLICE: Miles of red dye left on Oregon interstates because trucker’s company told him to keep driving
A semi truck left miles of red dye along Oregon interstates on Saturday due to ...more
EU Pauses Tariff Retaliation for 90 Days to Match Trump Move
The NYK Meteor containership is moored at the Port of Los Angeles on April 9. ...more