U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy detailed a variety of plans and policies in the works to support the men and women of the trucking industry in a recent Op-Ed. DuffyIn an article shared on July 7, 2025, on the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) website, Duffy breaks down the flurry ...more
Multiple law enforcement agencies partnered to man a commercial vehicle checkpoint in Irvine, California, this week. The checkpoint was held ...more
A UPS trucker and his grandson both love trucking, but are still equally thrilled about his incoming retirement. In the ...more
TFI International Inc. says that it will “walk away” from all expansion and acquisition deals in 2025 due to concerns ...more
Legislation moving through the Oklahoma House tightens citizenship and language requirements for drivers of commercial vehicles. On April 24, Rep. ...more
Motive Targets Spreadsheet Pain With New Data Tool
Parsons and Weinberger speak at Vision 25. (Connor D. Wolf/Transport Topics) AUSTIN, Texas — The trucking technology company Motive took ...more
Trailer Orders in March Surge 63% From Previous Year
(Stoughton Trailers LLC via Facebook) U.S. trailer orders in March broke from the pattern of year-over-year declines to surge 63% ...more
Lawmakers have issued a proposal that seeks to strengthen the U.S. supply chain by offering ...more
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has plans to phase out Motor Carrier (MC) ...more
A truck driver was ejected and electrocuted after his oversize load made contact with a ...more
Inspectors at commercial vehicle enforcement facilities are increasingly taking to social media to call out ...more
A dash cam video from a truck driver who collided with a pickup truck in ...more
Baltimore Marks One Year After Tragic Bridge Collapse
A family member of one of the workers who died during the collapse of the ...more
Union Says Ancora Aims to Sell Mills for US Steel Revival
The U.S. Steel Corp. Clairton Coke Works facility in Clairton, Pa. (Justin Merriman/Bloomberg) The United ...more
Trump Weighs Imposing Copper Import Tariffs in Weeks
Building new copper production capacity could take years. (Oliver Bunic/Bloomberg) U.S. tariffs on copper imports ...more
Nippon Steel Boosts Investment for Proposed US Steel Deal
(Justin Merriman/Bloomberg News) Nippon Steel Corp. has bolstered its pledge to invest in United States ...more
VIDEO: Man ski-jumps right over moving semi truck
A man lands an amazing ski stunt that sent him catapulting over a moving semi ...more
A mechanic for a trucking company in West Texas was arrested for murder after shooting ...more
“Zigzagging” motorist caught with cocaine in fake pregnant belly after nearly slamming into semi
A couple was caught attempting to smuggle cocaine in a prosthetic pregnant belly after nearly ...more
The Iowa 80 Truckstop is gearing up to host the annual Walcott Truckers Jamboree celebration ...more
Federal Reserve Chair Powell Hints at Pause in Rate Hikes
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at the Thomas Laubach Research Conference on May 19. (Andrew ...more
Suitors Line Up for BP’s Castrol Unit
A Castrol logo sign at a BP service station in Pretoria, South Africa. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg) ...more
Iowa DOT calls out trucker for transporting busted trailer under cover of darkness
On Tuesday, Iowa DOT Motor Vehicle Enforcement (MVE) took to Facebook to highlight a recent ...more