Hay truck catches fire in Texas
TYLER, Texas — An 18-wheeler being loaded with hay in an East Texas field caught fire Tuesday afternoon, destroying two flatbed trailers and a semi-truck.
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8 California traffic bottlenecks make list of country’s worst
ARLINGTON, Va. — The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released on Wednesday its annual list highlighting the most congested bottlenecks for trucks in America, and
New Jersey again tops nation as most congested bottleneck for freight
ARLINGTON, Va. – For the fourth year in a row, the intersection of I-95 and SR 4 in Fort Lee, New Jersey, is the top
Texas roads lead nation in number of freight bottlenecks
ARLINGTON, Va. — Fourteen locations in Texas made the American Transportation Research Institute’s (ATRI) annual list highlighting the most congested bottlenecks for trucks in America.
Ohio construction crew narrowly escapes being hit by big rig
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A FedEx tandem trailer rig crashed into a work zone on U.S. 35 in Ohio Tuesday, narrowly missing construction workers, according to
Truck driver killed in Utah rollover crash
UINTAH COUNTY, Utah — A semi-truck driver is dead after a Monday morning rollover crash on US 191 approximately 20 miles north of Vernal, Utah.
Several cows killed in San Antonio big rig rollover
SAN ANTONIO — Several cows were killed after the tractor-trailer carrying them rolled over in San Antonio late Monday night. The driver told police that
Arizona senator encourages truckers to ‘shut down’ Super Bowl
PHOENIX — An Arizona state senator is encouraging American truckers to gridlock this weekend’s Super Bowl in Los Angeles the same way their Canadian brothers
Embark and Knight-Swift to place AV technology in the hands of Knight-Swift drivers
SAN FRANCISCO and PHOENIX — Autonomous trucking technology developer Embark Trucks, Inc. and Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. announced Tuesday the launch of the Truck Transfer Program, which is
Trucker charged in accident that killed a Tennessee deputy
ROANE COUNTY, Tenn. — A truck driver who authorities say hit and killed a Tennessee sheriff’s deputy is being held on $1 million bond after
Driver killed in crash near Cheyenne, medical condition being looked into
CHEYENNE, Wyoming — A medical condition is being looked to in the death of a driver near Cheyenne on Sunday. The fatal crash happened near
West Side Transport announces new logistics hub in Chattanooga
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (PRNewswire) — West Side Transport has announced its expansion into the South with the opening of a new logistics hub in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Volvo Trucks announces first two Volvo Trucks certified EV dealers in Canada
MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada — Volvo Trucks North America has designated two dealerships in Québec, as the first two Volvo Trucks Certified Electric Vehicle (EV) Dealers
Miami men sentenced for stealing tractor-trailer carrying ventilators
MIAMI – Two Miami men were each sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for stealing 192 medical ventilators worth approximately $3 million from a
Team Penske becomes the first NASCAR Team to use a fully electric semi-truck
MOORESVILLE, N.C. and ORTLAND, Ore. — In a NASCAR first, Team Penske on Sunday used the fully-electric Freightliner eCascadia semi-truck to pull a full-sized Team
New entry-level CDL rules now in effect; most current CDL holders ‘will not be affected’
WASHINGTON — New federal regulations for entry-level driver training (ELDT) began Feb. 7. The ELDT regulations set the minimum federal requirements for training that entry-level
Trucker Tools adds Simple Truck to shipment tracking platform
RESTON, Va. — Trucker Tools and Simple Truck have reached an agreement that will enable access to real-time truck data for Simple Truck ELD units
Ottawa declares state of emergency as big rig owners, others continue COVID-19 protests
TORONTO — Participants in Freedom Convoy 2022 temporarily halted big rig and other horn-blowing Sunday as their campaign to end COVID-119 restrictions in Canada entered its
DOT reveals new program to help navigate road work
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Work Zone Data Working Group has released version 4.0 of its Work Zone Data Exchange (WZDx) Specification,
Union Pacific to utilize TuSimple’s AV technology for Tucson-Phoenix route
SAN DIEGO — TuSimple, a global autonomous driving technology company, announced Wednesday that Union Pacific Railroad will become the first customer to move freight on