A man has been charged for reselling diesel fuel to trucking companies at below-market rates in a fraudulent credit card scheme. 56-year-old Orlando Pardo Ortega was taken into custody on June 25th for a series of alleged diesel fuel thefts in Miami-Dade County, Florida. According to CBS News, Ortega was first ...more
FAA Clears UPS Drones for Longer Flights
UPS used drones to deliver coronavirus vaccines in 2021. (Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist) Two more companies have been granted ...more
ELeapPower Brings Integrated Inverter to Medium-Duty BEVs
Jonathan Dooley of eLeapPower outlines the company’s integrated power electronics systems for electric vehicles. (Seth Clevenger/Transport Topics) MUNICH — Canadian ...more
Carmakers Are Failing the Privacy Test
Drivers are given little or no control over the personal data their vehicles collect. (dusanpetkovic/Getty Images) BOSTON — Cars are ...more
Daimler, Cummins and Paccar Partner on EV Battery Plant
(Daimler/PR Newswire) Daimler Truck Holding, Accelera by Cummins and Paccar are forming a joint venture to advance battery cell production ...more
Jaxport to Buy Two Ship-to-Shore Cargo Cranes
Jaxport’s Blount Island Marine Terminal. (Mark Bias for Jaxport) Florida state legislators have given Jacksonville Port Authority officials a $30 ...more
NDAA on Congressional Leaders’ Fall Radar
A commercial truck driver closes his trailer after being inspected at Vandenberg Space Force Base. (Calif. Airman 1st Class Rocio ...more
Electric ‘truck stop of the future’ coming to I-96 in Michigan
Officials announced plans to develop a federally funded truck stop for electric commercial vehicles along ...more
POLICE: Trucker found dead in cab with smashed windows after argument with another driver
Police say that another truck driver is to blame for the death of a trucker ...more
Starting this weekend, truckers are banned from the left lane in New Mexico
A new law restricting left lane travel for trucks goes into effect over the weekend ...more
CSX and CPKC Will Connect to Increase Traffic in Southeast
CSX locomotives sit at the CSX North Framingham Yard in Framingham, Mass. (Steven Senne/Associated Press) ...more
Carmaker Lobbying Group Pushes Back on EPA Pollution Plan
Motorists in traffic drive south on Highway 101 in Los Angeles. (Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg News) The ...more
Teamsters Break Off UPS Talks, Warn Strike ‘Inevitable’
The last strike was in 1997, which led to UPS losing considerable market share, according ...more
Supply Chain Legislation Awaits Votes in House, Senate
Trucks parked at a truck stop. Among the bills approved in committee was the Truck ...more
Spot Market Struggles With Prolonged Bottom
Arrive Logistics said there have been some upticks in spot rates since May, but it ...more
Minnesota trucking company facility burns to the ground
A major structure fire destroyed the Schak Trucking facility in Tyler, Minnesota, over the weekend. ...more
Tariff Truce Boosts Global Shippers
The Port of Keelung in Taiwan. (Billy H.C. Kwok/Bloomberg News) Importers rushing to ship Chinese ...more
WATCH: Helicopter rescues tanker driver from intense floodwaters
A truck driver in Kenya was saved from a disastrous situation by a helicopter in ...more
New York State Thruway Invests $12.3M to Revamp I-90 Bridge
Bridge over NYS Route 5S in Montgomery County. (New York State Thruway Authority) The New ...more
U.S. Xpress Cuts Corporate Staff Ahead of Knight-Swift Deal
Three U.S. Xpress trucks with designs celebrating Military Appreciation Month. (U.S. Xpress) After losses widened ...more
Toyota Could Make Small Pickup Trucks as US Demand Booms
A new Toyota Tundra truck for sale at a Toyota dealership in Yuma, Ariz. (Eric ...more
Online CDL Renewal Coming to Idaho in July
idaho.gov Truckers in Idaho will be able to renew their commercial driver licenses online starting ...more
Economic Factors Bombard Truck Makers From All Angles
A fifth-generation Freightliner Cascadia. DTNA is forecast to sell 155,000 to 175,000 trucks in 2025 ...more