Layoffs From Trump Tariffs Ripple Across Auto Parts Industry
GM's Orion Assembly plant. (Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg) Elena Morales, the president of SMT Automation, had been preparing for a big year at the tiny Michigan maker of manufacturing machinery. Morales had purchased a new building and hired staff in anticipation of installing more equipment on automotive assembly lines. Her customers, who ...more
Albertsons Names New CEO Following Failed Deal With Kroger
An Albertsons store in Texas. (Shelby Tauber/Bloomberg News) Both top U.S. grocery operators are moving on from their respective CEOs ...more
Diesel Price Sheds 6.2¢ to $3.635 a Gallon
Semi trucks take on fuel at a truck stop in Texas. The Gulf Coast had the biggest price decrease among ...more
Chipmaker TSMC Increases US Investment, Trump Says
TSMC had already begun constructing three plants in Arizona after the Biden administration offered billions in subsidies. Wei said the ...more
Pennsylvania’s Red Light Camera Fines to Fund 31 Projects
A red light camera in Philadelphia. (Philadelphia Parking Authority via YouTube) The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will allocate $20.4 million ...more
Congressional Policymakers Push for More Truck Parking Aid
A Knight-Swift truck in a parking lot in Fairfax, Va. (Aaron Perryman/Transport Topics) A bill meant to improve transportation safety ...more
Trump Says Tariffs on Foreign Farm Goods Start April 2
The president did not provide more detail on which products would be affected, or if there would be any exceptions. ...more
West Coast Swapping Diesel for Biofuels
Harvesting a soybean crop. Biofuels (biodiesel and renewable diesel) have become alternatives to diesel and ...more
FMCSA Leasing Task Force Begins Work
The task force's goal is to make sure that truck leasing agreements are not trapping ...more
Hawaii Ahead of the Pack in Contracting for EV Fast Chargers
A Tritium DCFC and Hawaii Department of Transportation fast charger. (Tritium DCFC Limited) Hawaii says ...more
Massive fuel tanker fire closes I-10 in New Mexico
Authorities in New Mexico are investigating a fuel tanker fire that forced the closure of ...more
Sleeping driver helped pull passengers from burning Greyhound bus in fatal accident
One of the truck drivers struck by a Greyhound bus while parked outside of a ...more
Alert issued for ‘armed and dangerous’ truck driver who ‘won’t go back to prison’
The Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) out of Georgia has issued a public alert about ...more
VIDEO: This trucker wasted no time before leaping into action to save his rolling rig
A truck driver gave it all he had in order to save his truck from ...more
Man faces robbery charge after allegedly illegally towing big rig
A man was recently arrested and charged in Memphis after allegedly illegally towing and robbing ...more
WATCH: Open window vs. semi in puddle (spoiler alert: the window guy loses)
A truck driver captured a couple of his ‘car vs. semi in a puddle’ encounters ...more
Trucking Takes Steps Toward Hydrogen Technology
Cummins revealed a medium-duty concept truck powered by the B6.7H hydrogen internal combustion engine (H2-ICE) ...more
GSC Logistics Acquires Transloading Firm MacMillan-Piper
Scott Taylor, founder, chairman and CEO of GSC (left) Mark Miller, formerly owner and CEO ...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
Shell Earnings Top $5 Billion in Q2
(Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg News) LONDON — Shell reported July 27 that it earned nearly $5.1 billion ...more
19% of vehicles taken out of service during 2023’s biggest truck inspection blitz
On Monday, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) released the results from this year’s International ...more
VIDEO: Pickup trying to avoid stopped semi veers into dash cammer, sending him crashing into Porta Potty
A motorist in a white pickup causes a multi-vehicle collision when he crashes into the ...more
Weaker Truck Sector Tire Demand Induces Q2 Loss at Goodyear
A Goodyear plant in Thailand. (Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.) Weaker demand from the U.S. ...more