Trucking Fleets Navigate Tire Costs and Performance
In over-the-road trucking, retreading is common. (Michelin) As one of the top expenses for trucking companies of all types and sizes, tires go a long way toward determining a motor carrier’s profitability and success. Selecting the best tire options for a specific fleet involves weighing trade-offs and evaluating multiple variables, ...more
Demand Jumps for Renewable Natural Gas, RNG-Powered Trucks
A Freightliner fifth-generation Cascadia equipped with a Cummins X15N engine on display at ACT Expo. (Keiron Greenhalgh/Transport Topics) Freightliner has ...more
One driver is dead after an unexplained chain reaction crash on Interstate 70 in Maryland on Wednesday morning. The accident ...more
We found an inspiring montage of trucker after trucker blasting their horns for a group of arm pumping kids to ...more
A truck driver was trapped inside of his cab due to an “active electrical hazard” after crashing through a Starbucks ...more
The Beaverton Police Department (BPD) has shared dash cam video in hopes of locating a motorist who struck a motorcyclist ...more
A truck driver was indicted this week after getting into multiple altercations during her reckless driving while intoxicated last summer. ...more
Mexico Halts Fuel Imports at Texas Border as Inspections Rise
Tanker trucks wait at a storage and dispatch terminal of Petroleos Mexicanos. (Felix Marquez/Associated Press) ...more
Mississippi to Hike Motor Fuel Taxes for First Time in 38 Years
A tanker truck driver delivers fuel in Jackson, Miss. The state's motor fuel taxes have ...more
DHL to Invest $1.1B in North American Health Care Logistics
The strategy is one leg of a more wide-ranging plan to raise the logistics giant’s ...more
EU Expects US Tariffs to Stay as Talks Make Little Progress
European Union flags at the European Commission in Brussels. (Mlenny/Getty Images) The European Union and ...more
Trucking Leaders Warn of Lax Oversight in CDL Training
160 Driving Academy operates 152 schools in 44 states and will graduate about 30,000 students ...more
A former Massachusetts State Police (MSP) trooper has become the third person to admit to ...more
California Highway Patrol (CHP) troopers recently caught an unusual semi truck fueling mishap at a ...more
A truck driver has been charged with negligent homicide after running over a construction worker ...more
Traffic Deaths Fall 3% in First Half of 2023, Report Finds
Miles traveled by American motorists in the first half of 2023 increased 2.3% from the ...more
AI Fused With Trade Data Could Smooth Clunky Supply Chains
Containers sitting stacked at the Yangshan Deepwater Port, operated by Shanghai International Port Group Co. ...more
Amazon Bringing Its Delivery Efficiency to Disaster Relief
A warehouse being used as a disaster relief hub. (Amazon) When Abe Diaz woke up ...more
Transportation Stakeholders See Slow Growth in 2024
Moderator Evan Armstrong and LIANA panelists (from left) Lawrence Gross, Tim Denoyer and Alan Murphy ...more
A small trucking company says they will be forced to fire one of their drivers ...more
Idaho Launches I-90 Roadside Patrol to Assist Motorists
The IDT response truck will patrol Interstate 90, which is heavily traveled and experiences traffic ...more
The Washington State Patrol (WSP) shared a trucker’s dash cam video as a reminder to ...more
A trucking company and a truck driver were issued more than two dozen tickets and ...more