A truck driver fled the scene after a man stepped in front of his semi truck during a confrontation with police in Texas on Monday evening. The incident happened on June 30th at about 9:30 p.m. in the 4000 block of TX-36 in Gatesville, Texas. According to KCENTV News, officers responded ...more
This month, U.S. Border Patrol partnered with local law enforcement agencies for an I-20 “highway enforcement operation.” The enforcement effort, ...more
A truck driver is dead after a storm brought high winds that flipped his semi truck on Sunday. The storms ...more
Daimler Truck Plans AI-Powered Military Vehicle
(Daimler Truck) BERLIN — German vehicle manufacturer Daimler Truck Holding on March 28 announced that it would be integrating artificial ...more
CK Hutchison May Delay Signing Panama Ports Deal
The Port of Balboa at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal. (Walter Hurtado/Bloomberg) Billionaire Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong’s most ...more
US Inflation Remained Elevated in February
Vehicles at a Mini dealership on March 23 in Highlands Ranch, Colo. (David Zalubowski/AP) WASHINGTON — An inflation gauge closely ...more
BRW Earns Full DOD Approval for Military Freight Services
(BRW) BRW took a major step further into government and defense contracting by securing approval to handle more military freight, ...more
Former Ford, VW Executives Start Stack AV
An autonomous truck in Stack AV’s test fleet. (Stack via Bloomberg) The founders of the ...more
Biden Will Nominate Michael Whitaker as Next FAA Chief
Former FAA Deputy Administrator Michael Whitaker on Capitol Hill in 2015. (Andrew Harnik/Associated Press) President ...more
California Charging Infrastructure Lags Behind Targets
A heavy-duty electric vehicle charging station in California. (Penske Truck Leasing) The California Air Resources ...more
Kroger, Albertsons In Talks to Sell Stores to C&S, SoftBank
The SoftBank Corp. logo displayed near a store in Tokyo. (Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg News) Kroger Co. ...more
GM Makes Initial Offer to UAW, Union President ‘Insulted’
United Auto Workers member John Weyer walks in the Labor Day parade in Detroit. (Paul ...more
Senate Could Consider FY24 Transportation Bill Next Week
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) outlined a legislative schedule prioritizing the transportation funding measure ...more
Trucking Experts Prepare for Lackluster Peak Season
“The macro economy is not in a recession, but the freight market has been in ...more
Class 8 Truck Orders Fall 12% in August
A truck chassis on the assembly line at Kenworth's Chillicothe, Ohio, plant. (Kenworth via YouTube) ...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 ...more
Dump truck driver stops what he’s doing to escort blind man crossing street
A dump truck driver went out of his way to help a blind man cross ...more
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will begin offering drivers the option to subscribe to ...more
Three Missouri men sentenced for multi-million dollar scheme to transport stolen catalytic converters across state lines
Three men who were “ringleaders” in a large-scale catalytic converter theft scheme have been sentenced ...more
Tariff Exemptions on Electronics Could Be Temporary
Apple's Fifth Avenue store in New York displays iPhones. (Yuki Iwamura/File/AP) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tariff ...more
Driver, Demand Trends Continue Correction in 2023
The trucking industry likely will see a continued slowdown in driver recruitment efforts as freight ...more
A Wyoming lawmaker is calling on the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to take action ...more
Texas Schools Awarded Grants for Trucking Vocations
Educational grants for careers as truck drivers and diesel mechanics are among $54 million in ...more