Merchandise-Trade Deficit Widens on Exports Drop
(Nathan Howard/Bloomberg) The U.S. merchandise-trade deficit unexpectedly widened in May on the biggest drop in exports since the onset of the pandemic, while imports were little changed. The shortfall in goods trade grew 11.1% to $96.6 billion, Commerce Department data showed June 26. The figure was larger than the $86.1 ...more
Lawmakers in New Mexico are considering a bill that would establish a new lower speed limit for commercial trucks traveling ...more
The owner of a duty free shop at the US/Canada border says that the number of trucks heading into the ...more
Ontario Slaps 25% Tax Increase on Electricity Exports to US
Ontario Premier Doug Ford holds a news conference in Toronto on March 4. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP) TORONTO ...more
Lite-Check Introduces Stryker 1000 Trailer Tester
(Lite-Check) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Lite-Check has introduced the Stryker 1000, a diagnostic tool that the company touted as “the next-generation ...more
Trova Announces Launch of Battery-Electric Terminal Tractor
Trova CEO Patrick Collignon says, "The first product to market is what we are launching here at TMC.” (John Sommers ...more
Fed Economists ‘No Longer Forecasting a Recession’
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at a July 26 press conference. (Nathan Howard/Associated Press) WASHINGTON ...more
Ohio cop who released K-9 on surrendering truck driver has been fired
On Wednesday, the Circleville Police Department (CPD) announced that an officer was terminated after he ...more
Pedestrian fatally struck by semi truck in grocery store parking lot
Arizona police are investigating a fatality incident involving a semi truck that occurred on Wednesday ...more
Eleven state traffic blitz happening today
Law enforcement agencies in eleven states are coming together for a single day effort to ...more
VIDEO: This guy might not get his CDL after epic struggle on truck simulator
This video features a guy trying out a truck driving simulator who would without a ...more
CHP warns CMV drivers — if you bypass open scales, you risk a misdemeanor charge
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) issued a warning to commercial motor vehicle drivers who are ...more
VIDEO: Low flying plane buzzes big rig
An unsuspecting semi truck driver’s unnerving close call with a plane was caught on video.The ...more
VIDEO: Yellow worker speculates on embattled trucking company’s fate, says ‘no more pickups’
Amidst reports that the trucking company is planning to file for bankruptcy, a Yellow Corp. ...more
FMCSA orders truck driver off the road following DUI crash that killed four in Tennessee
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared a truck driver to be an imminent ...more
Hub Group Reports Steady Q1 Earnings Amid Revenue Slip
Hub Group's Intermodal and Transportation Solutions segment revenue decreased 4% to $530 million from $552 ...more
VIDEO: Please don’t follow this guy’s funny but chaotic trucking ‘tips’
If you need truck maintenance advice, ask anyone but the truck driver featured in these ...more
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) shared a video of a trooper performing a Level I ...more
TRM Equity Buys Some of National Railway Equipment’s Assets
NRE via YouTube TRM Equity has acquired some of the assets of National Railway Equipment ...more
Hapag-Lloyd CEO Sees ‘Huge Surge’ in Volume in Last Few Days
Rolf Habben Jansen by Maria Feck/Bloomberg Container carrier Hapag-Lloyd AG is seeing a jump in ...more
Volvo Road Tests Hydrogen-Powered Truck
The harsh conditions on public roads in northern Sweden, with ice, wind and lots of ...more
Court Approves Sale of Seven Additional Ex-Yellow Terminals
At the time Yellow shuttered operations on July 30, 2023, the LTL carrier was operating ...more