A Texas truck driver was sentenced to years in federal prison after he was caught transporting more than two dozen people inside a tanker trailer. On July 1, 2025, San Antonio resident Richard Rindeikis, 44, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on one count of conspiracy to transport illegal ...more
US Hits Canada Lumber With 34% Duties Even Before Tariffs
(mntnvision/Getty Images) The U.S. is poised to more than double duties on Canadian softwood lumber to 34.45%, putting more pressure ...more
DOT Seeks Input on Cutting Transportation Regulations
Comments on the Federal Register announcement are due on or before May 5. (Willowpix/Getty Images) Keying off previous presidential executive ...more
Trump Threatens 50% Additional Tariffs on China
(simon2579/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump threatened additional tariffs on China on April 7, raising fresh concerns that his ...more
Trump Directs Security Panel to Review US Steel Deal
The U.S. Steel Corp. Clairton Coke Works facility in Clairton, Pa. (Justin Merriman/Bloomberg) President Donald Trump ordered another review of ...more
Ancora Says Its US Steel Turnaround Plan Worth $75 a Share
(Qilai Shen/Bloomberg News) Ancora Holdings Group has unveiled a turnaround plan for United States Steel Corp. it estimates would deliver ...more
Ocean Shipping Industry Optimistic Going Into IMO Meeting
A containership approaches the port of Santos in Brazil on April 1. (Andre Penner/AP) Governments from across the world are ...more
Congressional GOP Rallies Behind Trump’s Economic Vision
“Energy prices are crushing American families, but President Trump is reducing regulations and unleashing American ...more
US Trade Deficit Surges to a Record Ahead of Trump Tariffs
Trucks enter Canada from the U.S. at the Pacific Highway Border Crossing in Blaine, Wash., ...more
China’s Commerce Head: ‘There Are No Winners in a Trade War’
Commerce Minister Wang Wentao speaks during a press conference on the sideline of the National ...more
Walgreens Going Private in $10 Billion Sycamore Deal
Walgreen Co. ranks No. 43 on the Transport Topics Top 100 list of the largest ...more
Costco’s Profit Miss Reflects Broader Retail Concerns
U.S. consumer confidence declined in February by the most since August 2021 on concerns about ...more
CMA CGM Pledges $20 Billion for US Shipping Expansion
Saadé said his company was also examining investing in building container vessels and could make ...more
Congress Approaches March 14 Funding Deadline
Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole said, "Given the deadline before us, we are pursuing every ...more
Border States Fear Impact From Tariffs on Canada and Mexico
Trucks at the entrance to the Ambassador Bridge between Canada and the U.S. (The Bold ...more
Bessent Says Trump’s Trade Push Could Wrap by Labor Day
The Port of Keelung in Taiwan. (Billy H.C. Kwok/Bloomberg News) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said ...more
Coast Guard believes truck driver who crashed off CBBT is still in submerged truck
The U.S. Coast Guard believes that they have located a truck driver who crashed off ...more
Samsara Expands Connected Fleet Technology
Samsara co-founder and CEO Sanji Biswas announces new features for the company's Connected Operations Cloud. ...more
US Startup Lyten to Buy Northvolt Factory in Poland
Lyten will take full ownership of Northvolt Dwa ESS in Gdansk, Poland. (Lyten) California startup ...more
Kodiak to Equip 800 Loadsmith Trucks With Self-Driving Tech
Kodiak Robotics signed similar deals with other carriers over the past year, including Forward Air, ...more
Officials New York State arrested several people in connection with a scheme to provide driver’s ...more
Maryland Truckers Seek Solution to Truck Parking Shortage
Trucks idle during "The People's Convoy" event in 2022 in Hagerstown, Md. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg News) ...more
Diesel’s Supply Crunch Leaves Market Hungry for Barrels
(Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg) The world’s biggest oil product market is hungry for barrels as traders grapple ...more