A truck driver lost his life on Thursday in a crash caused by a load cover that came off another semi truck, according to Virginia State Police (VSP). Troopers responded to the scene of a crash on Route 460 in Sussex County, Virginia, shortly before 3 p.m. on July 10, ...more
International Q2 Sales Rise 10% From Soft 2024 Figures
Still, Traton warned that the “U.S. market faces ongoing uncertainty regarding the impact of import tariffs and the economic outlook.” ...more
Natso Names Ex-RaceTrac Chief Executive McBrayer CEO
Max McBrayer, a veteran of the fuel and convenience store industry, is the new leader of the truck stop and ...more
June Truck Orders Drop 36% From Last Year
A Mack truck in production at the company's Lehigh Valley, Pa., manufacturing plant. ACT's preliminary data showed orders in June ...more
DOT Chief Sean Duffy Named Interim Administrator of NASA
Sean Duffy. (Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press) President Donald Trump named Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy as what he calls an interim ...more
Trump Says 50% Levy on Copper Imports to Take Effect Aug. 1
Copper cathode sheets. (Oliver Bunic/Bloomberg) President Donald Trump said the U.S. would begin levying a 50% tariff on copper imports ...more
Musk Says Grok AI Is Coming to Tesla Vehicles by Next Week
The Grok chatbot logo on a smartphone. (Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg) Elon Musk said his artificial intelligence startup’s chatbot will be coming ...more
Trump’s 50% Copper Tariff Could Rattle US Supply Chains
As Trump prepares to slap a 50% levy on imported copper as of Aug. 1, ...more
Unilever Sells Venezuelan Ice Cream Unit to Mack de Venezuela
The financial details of the operation haven’t been disclosed, the firm added. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg) Unilever ...more
JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon Flags Complacency on Tariff Threat
“Unfortunately, I think there is complacency in the markets,” Dimon said. (Patrick Bolger/Bloomberg) Markets are ...more
Transportation Panel Embraces ‘Back to Basics’ Highway Plan
Spending from the Highway Trust Fund has exceeded revenues since 2001, according to Transportation and ...more
Geopolitical Chaos Continues to Roil Trucking Industry
In 2025, trucking was hoping for a rebound, but start-and-stop tariffs and an enduring weak ...more
Tesla to Start Robotaxi Service in California and Arizona
Tesla recently made its long-awaited autonomous ride-hailing service available to a small group of supporters ...more
New FedEx Hub in Detroit Moves 12,000 Packages an Hour
The majority of the floor is made up of caster decking so that workers can ...more
A recent commercial vehicle enforcement detail in Weld County, Colorado, uncovered dozens of safety violations, ...more
Carney Fights Trump Tariffs With Domestic Trade Push
Ontario Premier Doug Ford with Carney. (David Kawai/Bloomberg) Prime Minister Mark Carney is pushing to ...more
Ford EV Owners to Get Access to Tesla Supercharger Network
Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press DETROIT — All of Ford Motor Co.’s current and future electric ...more
Three people, including a truck driver, were arrested following a Louisiana State Police (LSP) investigation ...more
Officials find $38 million in meth in a semi’s load of kale
Over the weekend, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in California seized a massive amount ...more
US Trade Deficit Narrows by Most on Record as Imports Plunge
A worker at the Bayport Container Terminal at the port of Houston in Seabrook, Texas. ...more
April Used Class 8 Sales Down 20% Year-Over-Year
A House of Trucks dealership. (House of Trucks via Facebook) Used Class 8 truck sales ...more
Traffic cameras captured a two semi truck crash that occurred in the Memphis, Tennessee, area ...more
Port of Long Beach Terminal to Close Today
Nick Souza for Port of Long Beach At least one terminal at the Port of ...more