Package delivery giant UPS is offering drivers a financial compensation package if they voluntarily resign as the company undergoes a massive restructure. On Friday, July 18, UPS announced the “US Driver Voluntary Severance Plan (DVSP),” which provides the company’s full-time drivers with “an opportunity to receive a generous financial package ...more
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently seized more than 1,700 pounds of methamphetamine from a commercial shipment of produce. ...more
US Again Closes Border With Mexico to Livestock Imports
An adult New World screwworm fly. (Denise Bonilla/U.S. Department of Agriculture via AP) The U.S. has closed its southern border ...more
CVSA, States Eye Crackdown on New ELD Tampering Trend
Oregon has been catching truckers with falsified ELDs during inspections after the truckers drove past weigh stations and were turned ...more
Brazil Vows Retaliatory Tariffs If US Sets 50% Rate
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends an event at the Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on July ...more
Performance Food Draws Takeover Interest From US Foods
US Foods has deployed battery-electric trucks and refrigerated trailers with electric transport refrigeration units in its delivery fleet. (US Foods) ...more
Trump Plans to Hike Tariffs on Canadian Goods to 35%
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney walks with President Donald Trump after a group photo at the G7 Summit on June ...more
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently seized more than a ton of illegal drugs ...more
Tariff Foes Urge Appeals Court to Curb ‘Blank Check’
(greenleaf123/Getty Images) A group of small businesses that won an order finding President Donald Trump’s ...more
Nvidia Becomes Most Valuable Company in World at $4 Trillion
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang attends a roundtable discussion at the VivaTech fair dedicated to innovation ...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
Trucking Industry Praises Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
Tractor-trailers and other vehicles on a highway near Atlanta. ATA President Chris Spear said, "Motor ...more
NMFTA Readies Density-Based Freight Class Update for July 19
The update moves away from a commodity-based rating system to simplify the process, better utilize ...more
Cruise Cuts 101 Employees as GM Winds Down Robotaxi Program
A Cruise vehicle in San Francisco in 2023. (Cruise) Cruise, the embattled self-driving car subsidiary ...more
Trump’s Trade Blitz Yields Few Deals but Lots of Uncertainty
President Donald Trump announces tariffs on auto imports in the Oval Office on March 26. ...more
Pop star files restraining order against trucker who believes she’s messaging him
A truck driver seems to be the victim of a ‘catfish’ scam and now has ...more
Thune Doubts Future of Tariff Oversight Bill
“The president’s indicated he would veto it," Thune said. "And I don’t see how they’d ...more
November Classes 4-7 Sales Dip 2.5%, Second-Least in 2022
November U.S. retail sales of Classes 4-7 trucks overall fell 2.5%. It was the second-smallest ...more
Could Trump’s Tariffs Trigger a US Recession?
Trump walks from the Oval Office to announce new tariffs in the White House's Rose ...more
North Dakota troopers share dash cam of big rig crashing through road closure gate
The North Dakota Highway Patrol (NDHP) recently shared dash cam video of a semi truck ...more
A truck driver could have saved himself some soreness and humiliation if he had just ...more
The Story Behind the Ruan Truck at ATA Headquarters
A shiny red truck nestled by the lobby entrance greets visitors to American Trucking Associations’ ...more