News: Page 158

3 arrested in connection with deaths of 51 people in Texas tractor-trailer

The rig was "cloned" to look like one of a south Texas company.

June 29, 2022

FedEx Freight driver wins Minnesota Truck Driving Championship

Reggie Copeland won the grand champion award, the award for the pre-trip inspection and straight truck category.

June 28, 2022

Man with plaques

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50 migrants found dead in tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas

The trailer appears to have had a refrigeration unit, but it was not working.

June 28, 2022

Briefly: Florida carrier donates shoes to homeless in U.S. and Ukrainian refugees

June 28, 2022

ArdentX tractor-trailer

Day & Ross driver wins championship in Pennsylvania driving competition

Troy Wolf also won the flatbed category of the competition.

June 27, 2022

Two men with trophy

Connecticut carrier shut down by FMCSA for numerous violations

Alvarez Transport LLC was found to be an “imminent hazard” to public safety and ordered to immediately cease all interstate and intrastate operations.

June 27, 2022

Tyson Foods driver wins Arkansas driving grand championship

Dennis Hall also won the sleeper category of the competition.

June 27, 2022

Man with trophies

Germany's DB Schenker pays $435 million to acquire USA Truck

The German company Friday announced it will acquire all outstanding shares of USA Truck common stock for $31.72 per share in cash.

June 24, 2022

Big rig on highway

Prepare to see changing speed limit on part of I-95 northbound in Virginia

Variable speed limit signs, paired with changeable message signs, have replaced static speed limit signs over a 15-mile section of I-95 northbound.

June 24, 2022

Illinois-based LTL carrier Roadrunner adds five new lanes

“This improvement arrives just in time for summer to benefit our many customers."

June 24, 2022

Truck on highway

Briefly: Watch for driverless Pod on some west Tennessee highways

In other news, a NY trucker died in a crash with a roadside tavern.

June 23, 2022

Driverless truck

Senate committee approves Hutcheson to head FMCSA

No date has been set for a vote on her nomination by the full Senate.

June 23, 2022

Robin Hutcheson at Senate committee hearing

Brake problems put almost 1,300 commercial vehicles out of service in one-day of inspections

Here's a quick reminder: This year’s Brake Safety Week is scheduled for Aug. 21-27.

June 22, 2022

Inspector under truck

Three professional men in business attire standing together in front of commemorative bronze plaques on a wall.

ATHS adds 3 trucking pioneers to its Industry Leader Hall of Fame

"Chester R. England, Harold C. Groendyke and Al Peterman each helped shape the trucking industry through their vision and determination."

Composite infographic showing critical trucking industry issues: driver operating vehicle, commercial trucks at facility, and legal scales with gavel

Drivers rate fuel prices, parking, compensation as top issues of concern

Aerial view of organized truck parking lot with multiple commercial vehicles in rows

Feds award $200 million for 14 truck parking projects in 12 states

Green fuel pump nozzle inserted into vehicle's fuel tank during refueling

Trump claims deal with Russia for diesel; calls it 'my Greatest Priority'

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