This week, Illinois State Police (ISP) weighed thousands of trucks during a 72 hour commercial vehicle enforcement effort. ISP troopers conducted a “Commercial Vehicle Safety Detail” June 23 through 25, 2025, at a fixed scale located in Montgomery County.“Officers successfully enforced state and federal motor carrier safety regulations by conducting ...more
Motive to Hire Hundreds as AI Firms Follow Big Tech to India
In-cab technology provider Motive is among upstarts that are following major tech corporations like Meta Platforms and Microsoft Corp. into ...more
House Republicans Pass Bill to Avoid Shutdown
House Speaker Mike Johnson says Democrats would be responsible for “every negative consequence that comes from shutting down the government.” ...more
From Baseball Bats to Caskets, Trump Tariffs Set to Hit Home
A boy prepares to bat in a Little League baseball game. (Al Bello/Getty Images) If and when President Donald Trump’s ...more
Washington Port Nabs $1.5 Million Grant for Fuel Project
SkyNRG is working with Washington state and local agencies on the project at the Port of Walla Walla’s Wallula Gap ...more
Platform Science CEO: Connectivity Could Transform Trucking
To unlock more efficiencies, the industry will need to move toward controlled sharing of data that currently sits in silos ...more
Kalmar Ottawa Begins Sales of OT2 Electric Terminal Tractor
Image Kalmar Ottawa's OT2 EV electric terminal tractor. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kalmar Ottawa has ...more
Jet Engine Wind Powers EVs in Dallas Airport Test
JetWind energy pods power turbines that are housed in a 6-foot-tall box. (Love Field) The ...more
Landstar Records Q2 Earnings Drop but Beats Expectations
Landstar second-quarter revenue declined to $1.37 billion from $1.98 billion year-over-year but beat Wall Street ...more
SpaceX superloads to travel across Kansas over the weekend
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is warning drivers of possible delays caused by SpaceX ...more
POLICE: Five cars collide with loose logs after trucker’s ‘reckless driving’
Multiple cars collided with logs in Virginia on Wednesday after a semi truck overturned. The accident ...more
One dead in nine-vehicle crash involving dump truck that smashed into line of cars
A teenager is dead after a dump truck slammed into a line of stopped cars ...more
Two arrested for booting trucks and physically removing drivers from cabs for not paying them fast enough
Two men have been charged after carjacking multiple truck drivers in Memphis using a booting ...more
Man run over by semi truck in busy grocery store parking lot
A man is dead after being run over by a semi truck outside of a ...more
Rig rolls over roadside diesel mechanic during service
A man was injured while working on a semi truck on the side of a ...more
Trump Holds Firm on Tariffs Before China Negotiations
Trump’s stance underlines the massive divide between the U.S. and China on trade and the ...more
Trucker pleads ‘stop pulling out in front of us big trucks’ after lumber plows through cab
A truck driver recently went viral on social media after a load of lumber went ...more
A Connecticut man is facing more than a dozen charges connected to a years-long trucking ...more
VIDEO: Semi slams into ‘Blocker’ protecting first responders while passing another truck
Authorities in Smith County, Texas, have released video of a crash that occurred on I-20 ...more
French Shipping Giant CMA CGM Hails US-China Deal
Vehicles are drive into a CMA CGM SA roll-on/roll-off cargo ship at a port in ...more
Trucker shot by co-driver during in-cab domestic dispute, Indiana sheriff says
The Tippecanoe County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) responded to an in-cab shooting involving a couple early ...more
State police are partnering for an enhanced traffic enforcement detail targeting drivers who fail to ...more
Fired worker accused of stealing semi, leading Indiana State Police on multi-county pursuit
Indiana State Police (ISP) arrested and charged a man who they say stole a semi ...more