Fred Smith, FedEx Chairman and Founder, Dies at 80
“Fred Smith was a titan of the trucking industry," Spear said. (Anna Moneymaker/Bloomberg) Fred Smith, who transformed the parcel shipping industry by risking his family’s fortune to found FedEx Corp. in 1971, has died. He was 80. “It is with profound sadness and a heavy heart that I share that ...more
Amazon Dinged for Coming Up Short on Carbon-Emission Actions
An Amazon fulfillment center in Robbinsville, N.J. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg News) Four years into a plan to eliminate its carbon emissions, ...more
Daimler Truck CEO Martin Daum to Be Interim CFO
Martin Daum is CEO and chairman of Daimler’s board of management. (Daimler AG) Daimler Truck AG CEO Martin Daum will ...more
Nikola to Halt Sales, Recall Trucks After Battery Fires
A Nikola Tre battery-electric heavy duty truck. (Andreas Gebert/Bloomberg News) All the Class 8 Tre battery-electric trucks Nikola Motor sold ...more
TuSimple Faces Report Deadline as Tucson Site Is Up for Sale
TuSimple it plans to meet a Sept. 30 deadline to catch up on filing delinquent financial reports to avoid delisting ...more
UPS’ Christensens Step Up in the Step Van
Connor Christensen (left) and his father Ceth. (Gavin Blisset for Illinois Trucking Association) There is more to precision-driving competitions than ...more
Biden Urges Detroit Automakers, UAW to Reach Labor Deal
President Biden disembarks from Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House Aug. 14. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca via Bloomberg ...more
Port of Savannah Expansion Plans Moving Full Speed Ahead
Containers are in position on a ship for unloading at the Port of Savannah. (Dan ...more
Medium-Duty Truck Sales Rise 28.6% in May
An eMV Series electric medium-duty truck comes off the assembly line at Navistar's San Antonio ...more
$140 Million Ticketed for New Border Crossing at Otay Mesa
A parade of tractor-trailers line Enrico Fermi Place, a street minutes away from the Otay ...more
Florida Faces Blitz of New Civil Cases
Florida's new tort reform law was enacted March 24. (imaginima/Getty Images) Florida’s court system is ...more
Fed Keeps Key Interest Rate Unchanged
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a June 14 press conference. (Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press) ...more
UPS, Teamsters Agree to Install Air Conditioning in Trucks
If the deal is ratified, UPS drivers won't have to rely on an open door ...more
How Collapsed Section of I-95 Will Be Fixed
A person looks at the damaged section of I-95 in Philadelphia. (Matt Slocum/Associated Press) Pennsylvania ...more
WATCH: Police officer tells the story of how he leapt onto a moving truck to save the driver and those around him
A police officer tells the story of how he helped a truck driver, and his ...more
Pershing Square Buys Amazon Stake After 31% Stock Price Drop
(Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Associated Press) Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management built a new stake in ...more
Trucking Q1 Results Show Substantial Slowdown
Consumer weakness and inventory overhangs hampered trucking activity in the first quarter, according to one ...more
Illinois State Police (ISP) released preliminary results from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) International ...more
Ford Strikes Lithium Deals to Support EV Output
Ford F-150 Lightning all-electric trucks. (Emily Elconin/Bloomberg News) Ford Motor Co. reached a series of ...more
House to Debate Transportation Funding Request for Fiscal 26
“We do not take additional funds from hardworking taxpayers for granted," Transportation Secretary Sean Dufy ...more
Trucking school charged after rig caught with inoperative brakes
A trucking school has been charged after one of their rigs was found to have ...more
Volkswagen to Offer Investments to US to Ward off Tariffs
(Hauke-Christian Dittrich/dpa/TNS) WOLFSBURG, Germany — Volkswagen is offering to make large-scale investments in the United ...more
Economic Growth for Last Quarter Is Revised Up to 1.3%
New Corvettes are delivered to a Chevrolet dealer in Wheeling, Ill. (Nam Y. Huh/AP) WASHINGTON ...more