Fleet Operators Cite Safety, Efficiency Gains With In-Cab Tech
The Home Depot’s Kathleen Eaton and Samsara CEO Sanjit Biswas at Samsara's user conference in San Diego. Eaton said dashcams have yielded measurable safety benefits for Home Depot's delivery drivers. (Seth Clevenger/Transport Topics) SAN DIEGO — Transportation and safety executives outlined how they’ve improved safety, efficiency and driver satisfaction in ...more
BP CEO Looney Quits Over Past Relationships With Colleagues
Looney has been the strongest advocate among the CEOs of the oil supermajors for a faster shift into low-carbon energy. ...more
Panama Canal Says Shipping Congestion Will Last Into 2024
Cargo ships wait in the anchor zone to cross the Panama Canal from the Pacific entrance near Panama City, Panama, ...more
Wabtec Denies Charges of Anticompetitive Behavior
Wabtec's fully electric FLXdrive locomotive. (Wabtec) Progress Rail, a division of Caterpillar Inc., has accused Wabtec Corp. of violating antitrust ...more
Walmart Now Offers Late-Evening Delivery, Pickup
The late-evening service will be available at more than 4,000 stores nationwide. (Walmart) Walmart is making a late-night change to ...more
Cashless Tolling Is Coming to Kansas Turnpike in 2024
A truck passes under a tolling gantry on the Kansas Turnpike. (Kansas Turnpike Authority) Making driving safer between the Oklahoma ...more
Illinois Welcomes Expansion of Soybean Plant for Biodiesel
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (second from right) joins other dignitaries at the groundbreaking ceremony Sept. 6. (Illinois Dept. of Commerce ...more
One hospitalized after attempting to pass trucker on right
A motorhome driver was hospitalized after attempting to pass a semi truck on the right ...more
Beer truck driver charged in double fatality crash in Virginia
Virginia State Police say that a truck driver was charged following a three vehicle collision ...more
Hospital hoping for help in identifying man struck by tractor trailer
A hospital in Atlanta is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who ...more
Two CMV drivers headed for Mexico taken out of service in Georgia
The Georgia Department of Public Safety (DPS) recently sidelined two drivers for unsafe commercial motor ...more
TireHub Appoints John Cavanaugh as Newest CFO
John Cavanaugh by TireHub. TireHub has appointed John Cavanaugh to the role of chief financial ...more
EV Startups Confronting Setbacks
Two Nikola Tre battery-electric trucks at the 2021 unveiling of the Iveco-Nikola electric truck plant ...more
Nikola and Arrival Add to Pileup of Setbacks for EV Startups
Two Nikola Tre battery-electric trucks at the 2021 unveiling of the Iveco-Nikola electric truck plant ...more
Rivian Ships First Amazon Electric Delivery Vans to Europe
Amazon's electric delivery vans, built by Rivian Automotive, parked outside the Amazon Logistics warehouse in ...more
Global Oil Demand Growth to Slow For Rest of 2025, IEA Says
(Douglas Rissing/Getty Images) Global oil demand growth will slow during the remainder of 2025 after ...more
Michigan troopers say car cut off truck hauling steel coils, causing trailer to detach and hit bridge
Michigan State Police (MSP) are investigating a two-vehicle collision that occurred on Wednesday morning in ...more
JBS Vote Spurs SEC Probe Request From Rand Paul
The JBS meatpacking facility in Greeley, Colo. (Chet Strange/Bloomberg) Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul has asked ...more
April Class 8 Sales Up 19.4% Year-Over-Year
A VTNA VNL 300. (Volvo Trucks) U.S. Class 8 retail sales in April increased 19.4% ...more
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) announced that a pair of rest areas will soon be ...more
White House Envoy Optimistic Port Talks to Produce Deal Soon
The LBCT container terminal at the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, Calif. (Lauren ...more
Samsara Partners With Rivian to Aid Fleet Management
Fleet owners with Rivian vehicles, including the Rivian Commercial Van, will now be able to ...more
C.H. Robinson Is Laying Off 300 More Employees
In a previous announcement, the company in November said 650 employees would lose their jobs. ...more