FTR’s Starks: Trailer Production to Trend Lower Through 2024
The production line at a Stoughton facility. Starks said production of trailers in the U.S. is set to decline for five consecutive quarters before increasing in the final three months of 2024. (M O D Photography for Stoughton Trailers) Production of trailers in the United States is set to decline ...more
Volvo Offers Fleets a Leg Up on Charging Infrastructure
Volvo Trucks introduces its Turnkey Solutions program with two full-service partners — InCharge Energy and Gilbarco Veeder-Root. (Volvo Trucks North ...more
Truck Tonnage Dips 3% Year-Over-Year in July
Truck tonnage in July declined by 3% compared with the same month in 2022. (TT File Photo) Truck tonnage in ...more
Top Democrats, White House Celebrate CHIPS Act Anniversary
A silicon chip is attached to a printed circuit board. The CHIPS and Science Act, which aims to increase the ...more
Uber Freight Partners With Redkik on Cargo Insurance
Redkik will have its InsurTech software integrated into Uber Freight’s Shipper Platform. (Uber Freight) Uber Freight is partnering with the ...more
In-App Weather Alerts Prevent Accidents and Nuclear Verdicts
In 2014, a 7 and 12-year-old were killed when the driver of a pickup truck lost control on an icy ...more
Port of Baltimore Welcomes Biggest Containership Ever
The Evergreen Ever Max at Port of Baltimore on Aug. 19. (Port of Baltimore via Facebook) The recently expanded Port ...more
Diesel Price Up Another 13.9¢ to $4.378 a Gallon
A Pilot Flying J tanker carrying fuel along Interstate 25 in Loveland, Colo., Aug. 8. ...more
EV Maker VinFast Soars in Nasdaq Debut
VinFast Auto Ltd. soared in its debut as a public company, vaulting its market capitalization ...more
Medium-Duty Truck Sales Jump 10.9% in July
Isuzu sold 889 Class 4 units in July. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics) U.S. ...more
NTDC Spotlight: Roland Bolduc, Part 4
FedEx Express driver Roland Bolduc finds time to relax with his buddy Beans, a 15-year-old ...more
David Fountain Finds Connections, Camaraderie at NTDC
"I start the day off with a prayer in the truck, and I go on ...more
Amazon Dinged for Coming Up Short on Carbon-Emission Actions
An Amazon fulfillment center in Robbinsville, N.J. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg News) Four years into a plan ...more
Daimler Truck CEO Martin Daum to Be Interim CFO
Martin Daum is CEO and chairman of Daimler’s board of management. (Daimler AG) Daimler Truck ...more
Nikola to Halt Sales, Recall Trucks After Battery Fires
A Nikola Tre battery-electric heavy duty truck. (Andreas Gebert/Bloomberg News) All the Class 8 Tre ...more
POLICE: Minivan smashed into semi truck wheels, killing 16-year-old passenger
A 16-year-old girl is dead after the van she was in crashed into the wheels ...more
Truck driver receives citation for striking 13-year-old exiting bus
A truck driver has been cited after striking a 13-year-old exiting a school bus in ...more
Nebraska Soybean Farmers Extol Biodiesel Benefits
Nine delivery trucks were wrapped with the banner saying, “Biodiesel, cleaner fuel for Nebraska.” (Nebraska ...more
May Class 8 Orders Show Year-Over-Year Rebound
Mack trucks in production at the Lehigh Valley Operations in Macungie, Pa. (Mack Trucks) North ...more
Man accused of using $2.9 million in fraudulent COVID relief funds to start company that deleted emissions controls on big rigs
A Missouri man and his truck repair company were indicted on multiple counts related to ...more
Trucking Groups Urge Rejection of Rhode Island Tolling Appeal
In September of 2022 a judge ruled that RhodeWorks failed to fairly apportion its tolls ...more
$140 Million Ticketed for New Border Crossing at Otay Mesa
A parade of tractor-trailers line Enrico Fermi Place, a street minutes away from the Otay ...more
No brakes and booze are just the beginning of CMV violations found by Georgia officers
Police in Georgia uncovered multiple violations on a truck driven by an under-21 year old ...more