Class 8 Truck Sales Drop 5% Year Over Year in May
A Mack Trucks dealership in Houston. Mack reported sales increased 1.5% to 1,637 units in May from 1,613 in May 2024. (Volvo Group) U.S. Class 8 retail sales experienced a sequential increase in May despite continuing to trend below the prior year, according to data from Wards Intelligence. Sales decreased ...more
Allison Q2 Profit Jumps on Strength of On-Highway Sales
A worker at Allison Transmission. The company posted record second-quarter sales of $783 million, an 18% increase from $664 million ...more
Yellow Puts Logistics Division Up for Sale
Yellow Logistics is a nonunion, independent subsidiary of Yellow that is formerly known as HNRY Logistics, which launched in 2018. ...more
US Targets 43.5 MPG for New Vehicles by 2032
Traffic on a Los Angeles freeway. (Damian Dovarganes/Associated Press) DETROIT — The U.S. government wants to raise the fuel economy ...more
Walmart’s First Class of Homegrown Truck Drivers Graduates
Ashley Milacek, 35, says her new job driving 18-wheelers will almost double her Walmart Supercenter salary. (Walmart) In the midst ...more
Spero, Colantuone, Hicks Take It to the Next Level
Connecticut grand champion Anthony Spero of ABF Freight (left) shares a smile with Motor Transport Association of Connecticut President John ...more
Multiple cars squashed beneath mobile home in semi truck crash
Multiple cars were crushed beneath a mobile home that fell off of a trailer in ...more
Results released from surprise nationwide semi truck brake blitz
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) released the results from an unannounced single day brake ...more
Citywide semi truck parking ban passes in St. Paul
Yesterday, city officials in St. Paul, Minnesota, voted unanimously in favor of a citywide truck ...more
Cat hitches ride in Amazon trailer
A cat hitched a ride in an Amazon semi truck in Minnesota on Tuesday morning. ...more
VIDEO: Truck driver makes a ‘rookie mistake’ in the Springfield Caves
In this video, a truck driver shares her struggle with maneuvering inside an underground distribution ...more
Trucking company vice president admits to using big rigs for cocaine trafficking
A trucking company executive is facing up to life in prison after pleading guilty to ...more
$15.5k fine issued for grossly oversize load
A massive fine was issued to a trucking company for a very oversize load in ...more
UPDATE: Motorist charged with intoxicated manslaughter for death of trucker
A woman has been charged with intoxicated manslaughter for a collision that decapitated a trucker ...more
FHWA Announces $2.1 Billion to Improve Four Large Bridges
President Joe Biden on Jan. 4 visited the worn-out Brent Spence Bridge in Kentucky as ...more
Mexico’s Sheinbaum Says There’s No Deal on Trump Tariffs
President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico. (Stephania Corpi/Bloomberg) Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said there’s no agreement ...more
The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) recently took a skid steer hauler off the road for ...more
China Says There Are No Negotiations With US Over Tariffs
A booth for Exotica Freshener Co., a U.S. company, at the 137th Canton Fair in ...more
Wisconsin Awards $468,255 in CDL Grants to Train 260 Drivers
Waukesha County Technical College in Pewaukee will use state funds to instruct 48 students to ...more