Trump: US Gets Rare Earth Minerals From China in ‘Done’ Deal
A woman demonstrates remote mining equipment at a supply chain expo in Beijing. (Ng Han Guan/AP) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced June 11 that the United States will get magnets and rare earth minerals from China under a new trade deal and that tariffs on Chinese goods will go ...more
May Class 8 Sales Up 16.4% Year-Over-Year
Freightliner claimed the largest market share with 9,368 trucks sold, accounting for 38.9% of all sales for the month. (Freightliner) ...more
Trump Hints He Would Pull Plug on EV Tax Credits, Incentives
Donald Trump speaking at the Georgia Republican Convention in Columbus, Ga., on June 10. (Natrice Miller/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via Tribune News ...more
House Lawmakers Introduce Bathroom Access Bill
(tomap49/Getty Images) Legislation to ensure access to restrooms for commercial drivers on the job recently was introduced in the House ...more
N.J. Governor Wants Feds to Revisit NYC Toll Plan
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is urging the federal government to re-examine New York City’s plan to start charging motorists ...more
EVs Lose Range When Carrying Added Weight, AAA Test Shows
AAA used a Ford F-150 Lightning for its tests. This is Ford's 2022 Platinum model. (Ford) Electric vehicles lose a ...more
Buttigieg: I-95 Collapse Will Raise Shipping Costs
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg holds a press conference near the site of the I-95 span collapse in Philadelphia on June ...more
Customs and Border Protection to Test New Supply Chain Identifiers for Imports
The Office of Trade at U.S. Customs and Border Protection is launching a testing project ...more
November Classes 4-7 Sales Dip 2.5%, Second-Least in 2022
November U.S. retail sales of Classes 4-7 trucks overall fell 2.5%. It was the second-smallest ...more
Expansion Plan Announced for Port of New Orleans
U.S. port capacity is going to get significantly bigger in Louisiana. Gov. John Bel Edwards, ...more
Fed Hikes Rate by Half-Point, Signals More to Come
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve reinforced its inflation fight Dec. 14 by raising its key ...more
NACFE Study Shows Flat Fuel Economy for Class 8 Vehicles Surveyed
The North American Council for Freight Efficiency said fuel efficiency in Class 8 trucks participating ...more
Volvo Autonomous Solutions, Uber Freight Announce Partnership
Volvo Autonomous Solutions and freight broker Uber Freight announced a long-term strategic partnership to deploy ...more
Southern California Ports to Expand Electrification Efforts
California’s move toward its 2035 goal of requiring all drayage trucks to be zero-emission is ...more
OOIDA dares workers in other industries to “try to get any work done if you didn’t have a safe place to rest at night”
The OOIDA and other pro-trucking organizations held a hearing to discuss challenges facing the trucking ...more
GM Stops Small Number of Car Exports to China Due to Tariffs
Chevrolet Tahoe vehicles wait for final inspection before being driven off the production line at ...more
Trucker & child unhurt after terrifying hang from bridge
A truck driver and his child are safe after an accident that left their truck ...more
Officials say that a brake issue is the likely cause of a fatal semi truck ...more
XPO’s Robert Dean Wins Washington Title, Qualifies for NTDC
XPO driver Robert Dean clinched his fifth trip to the National Truck Driving Championships. (XPO) ...more
From Crickets to Click-Throughs
“For trucking brands, video provides a powerful way to connect with potential drivers — and ...more
Seven dead in wreck that “sandwiched” van between semi trucks
Seven people are dead after a serious wreck in Oregon involving two tractor trailers and ...more
A trucker was caught red-handed buying an armful of truck stop snacks for him and ...more