The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is asking the trucking community to hit the CAT Scale to ensure weight compliance. In a July 1 social media post, troopers with CHP’s Grapevine Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facility, located off I-5 in Lebec, called on truckers to watch their weight on grouped axles.“Wanted to ...more
A truck driver is facing charges after witnesses say he stepped out of his rig to check out a pedestrian ...more
A trucker’s dash cam was key to locating a suspect who opened fire on his semi truck near Lake Wales, ...more
The Knoxville Police Department (KPD) arrested two juvenile males for allegedly targeting several semi trucks with rocks thrown off of ...more
A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) investigation into diesel truck emissions control tampering lead to a major fine for a ...more
The Georgia State Patrol is searching for a tractor trailer that drove straight through a 12 vehicle pile up crash ...more
Major changes are coming to the medical certification process for commercial vehicle drivers as a long-delayed Federal Motor Carrier Safety ...more
About Us: Transport Topics’ Top 100 Private Carriers for 2023
ImageThe Transport Topics Top 100 Private Carriers is a listing of the largest corporate-owned truck fleets ...more
Marathon to Shut Third-Largest US Oil Refinery After Fire
Smoke billows from a tank fire at the Marathon Petroleum facility in Garyville, La. (Chris ...more
July Cargo Volumes Decline at Most Ports
Houston Ship Channel will be 700 feet wide and about 46.5 feet deep after an ...more
Cruise, Waymo Cope With Robotaxi Backlash in San Francisco
A Cruise autonomous taxi in San Francisco on Aug. 10. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News) Just ...more
Iowa Grants to Help Community Colleges Expand CDL Training
(Iowa Department of Transportation) Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced a new funding pipeline to help ...more
Walmart, Alphabet to Test Wider Drone Deliveries
A Wing drone delivery to a home. (Wing via YouTube) Walmart Inc. is planning its ...more
Yellow’s Terminals: Analysts Expect More Bids
A truck leaves a Yellow terminal in Kansas City, Mo., in July. (Charlie Riedel/Associated Press) ...more
Uber Raises Minimum Age for Most California Drivers to 25
Previously drivers as young as 19 could sign up. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News) SAN FRANCISCO ...more
Oregon Expands Trucking Oversight With New Law
The bill is intended to expand enforcement to vehicles 10,001-26,000 pounds and will help align ...more
Motorist’s stop for deer with no lights end in triple fatality collision with semi truck
Three people are dead after a car stopped right in the path of a semi ...more
Tariff Truce Has Kept China-US Trade Flowing Across the Pacific
A tugboat assists a containership to its berth at the Port of Long Beach. (Tim ...more
$15.5k fine issued for grossly oversize load
A massive fine was issued to a trucking company for a very oversize load in ...more
A bridge that buckled and eventually collapsed after being hit by a semi truck has ...more
POLICE: Trucker arrested for striking two motorcyclists
A truck driver was arrested on Monday after hitting two motorcycle riders at an intersection ...more
Trump: China’s Xi Is ‘Extremely Hard to Make a Deal With’
Trump and Xi at the G20 Summit in 2019. (Susan Walsh/AP) President Donald Trump said ...more
Seattle Amazon Workers Protest Climate Goals, Layoffs
Amazon employees protest at the company's Seattle headquarters May 31. (Lindsey Wasson/Associated Press) SEATTLE — ...more