Burnaby RCMP’s Traffic Services and 10 partner agencies placed 58% of the commercial vehicles they inspected out of service (OOS) during enforcement operations across the Lower Mainland in British Columbia […]
Canadian border officials made what they say is likely the largest narcotics seizure in the history of Canada’s Western provinces, finding 896 pounds of alleged methamphetamine at the Boissevain port of entry in southern Manitoba. The suspected drugs seized add up to around 4 million doses of methamphetamine, with an estimated street value of more…
The Bureau of Labor Statistics said back in August that its annual employment model revision was likely to show a large drop in the estimated number of 2023 truck transportation jobs when it came out in February. On Friday, the agency delivered on that forecast. On top of that, it sharply revised downward the number…
A 25-year-old Georgia-based trucking company, which has 60 drivers and 33 power units, recently filed for bankruptcy protection. Newsome Trucking of Jasper, Georgia, filed its petition Monday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia. In its Chapter 11 petition, Newsome Trucking listed its assets and liabilities as between $1 million and…
If you thought last year’s veto of a Teamsters-backed ban on heavy-duty autonomous trucking in California put the issue to rest, think again. While 23 states allow at least testing of driverless trucking, emerging challenges resemble the arcade game Whac-A-Mole. Early-stage commercialized driverless trucking on Interstate 45 in Texas looks likely later this year. The…