Trucking Still Squeezed by High Costs and Low Rates
“The trucking industry is facing the most challenging freight market in years, with loads down and costs increasing,” Groendyke's Hodgen said. (THEPALMER/Getty Images) The average cost of operating a truck dipped slightly last year, but marginal costs jumped when the effects of lower fuel costs were excluded, the American Transportation ...more
US Exits Talks on Carbon Cutting Goal for Ships
Talks at the IMO in London. (Bloomberg) The U.S. abandoned global talks aimed at cutting shipping’s carbon emissions and threatened ...more
China Raises Its Retaliatory Tariff on US to 84%
Trucks line up to depart from a container terminal in Nanjing in east China's Jiangsu province on April 8. (Chinatopix ...more
EPA to Reduce HQ Footprint, Save $18 Million
The federal Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center is a prime downtown D.C. real estate location blocks away from ...more
No New Tariffs for Canada, Mexico Under Trump Update
Spools of steel at an ArcelorMittal Dofasco facility in Hamilton, Ontario. (Christopher Katsarov Luna/Bloomberg News) President Donald Trump’s sudden change ...more
US-China Trade War Intensifies With No End in Sight
China’s stance on the America First president has gone from optimism around the time of his inauguration, to frustration, to ...more
Vertical Cold Storage Buys Michigan Facility
The facility is 140,000 square feet, has 19 dock doors and includes more than 20,000 pallet positions. (Vertical Cold Storage) ...more
Canada’s New Leader: Tariffs Remain Until US Shows ‘Respect’
Mark Carney, Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, speaks after being announced the winner ...more
Tesla Semi, Smart Trailers and More Showcased at TMC
Tesla's zero-emission Class 8 Semi offers a range of up to 500 miles on a ...more
Fullbay Report: Heavy-Duty Repair Shops Cautiously Optimistic
Fullbay CEO Patrick McKittrick (right) discusses his company's report as Jack Poster, TMC's VMRS services ...more
VTNA Introduces Software Updates
VTNA introduced Volvo Connect at American Trucking Associations' Management Conference & Exhibition in October 2023. ...more
VTNA Launches D13 Variable Geometry Turbo Engine
The D13 Variable Geometry Turbo engine will be the standard installation on the second generation ...more
New TMC Chairman Radu Mihai Brings Global Perspective
Mihai differs from his predecessors in two distinct ways: He was born and lived in ...more
Surge in Canadian Crude Signals Tariff Worry Is Waning
An oil pumpjack near Longview, Alberta. (James MacDonald/Bloomberg News) Concern about U.S. President Donald Trump’s ...more
Diesel Price Drops 5.3¢ to $3.582 a Gallon
Diesel now costs 42.2 cents less a gallon on average compared with this time in ...more
One dead in pickup vs. semi truck crash
One person is dead after a pickup truck crashes head on into a semi truck ...more
NYC Rolls Out Pilot to Add 45 Metered Truck Parking Spaces
A truck navigates along 34th Street in New York City. (Alexander Shapovalov/Getty Images) New York ...more
WATCH: Garbage truck bursts into flames while picking up trash
A garbage truck burst into flames after a hydraulic failure in this short clip. In ...more
A new Pilot Travel Center is now serving customers in Winfield, Alabama. Pilot recently announced ...more
DOE Boosts Hydrogen Efforts With $750 Million in Funding
The U.S. Department of Energy announced it intends to issue $750 million in funds to ...more
Trump Says He’s in ‘No Rush’ to End Tariffs
President Donald Trump greets Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the White House on April ...more
China’s CATL Extends Lead as World’s Top EV Battery Maker
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd.’s share of the electric vehicle battery market continues to grow, ...more
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) recently announced that a new Port of Entry will ...more