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News · Jun 18, 2021

Charges to be dropped against trucker who drove through a crowd in Minneapolis

Charges to be dropped against the tanker truck driver, Bogdan Verichenko who drove through a crowd in Minneapolis protesting after the death of George Floyd last year. https://twitter.com/iTrucker_/status/1267242601117294595 "More than 1,000 people were on the bridge when Vechirko drove into the crowd. Videos showed protesters running to get out of the way. Amazingly, no one was hit by the semi or seriously injured. Vechirko told investigators he was in a hurry, hoped the crowd would let him pas

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News · May 31, 2021

Memorial Day: What it means to Vietnam vet to haul "The Wall that Heals"

Story by: Clarissa Hawes, Senior Editor, Investigations and Enterprise at FreightWaves ‘I was so proud to see that kind of patriotism lined up on the road,’ says Vietnam vet and truck driver Alvin Garrard While some view Memorial Day as a day off from work or a long weekend full of barbecues and pool parties, it means something entirely different for military veterans and their families. It’s about honoring soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice for this country, said Vietnam veteran and truck

News · May 30, 2021

Tractor-trailer flees checkpoint; over 100 undocumented immigrants found locked inside the trailer

Story by: Mario Pawlowski / iTrucker.com MAY 30, 2021- US Border Patrol (USBP) agents assigned to the Laredo North Station encountered the tractor-trailer at the primary inspection lanes of the Interstate 35 #checkpoint. A #K9 team alerted to the conveyance and referred it to secondary for further inspection. The driver was advised to go to the secondary inspection area but ignored the agent’s directions and fled the checkpoint. Agents quickly pursued the tractor-trailer, which came to a stop on

News · May 28, 2021

FMCSA priorities outlined in Biden’s 2022 budget, autonomous and electric trucks highlighted

Story by John Gallagher, Washington Correspondent at FreightWaves.com Automation, electric trucks, remote inspections highlighted in the agency’s proposal Regulations and standards related to automated driving and electric trucks are among the top priorities at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) based on details outlined within President Joe Biden’s $6 trillion budget unveiled on Friday. The approximately $88 billion requested for the Department of Transportation in 2022 is

News · May 24, 2021

Police opened fire on fleeing semi-truck in Nogales, killing the suspect

"The driver of a semi-truck led police on pursuit south on Interstate 19 and into the busy Nogales Walmart parking lot, where officers opened fire on the fleeing vehicle, fatally injuring the driver before he came to a stop on Grand Avenue on Monday afternoon." - According to the article in nogalesinternational.com Link to the Video from the incident- Nogales Police opening fire on fleeing suspect in the semi-truck The Nogales Police Department issued a statement via its social media accounts sh

News · May 20, 2021

Truck drivers needed to transport nuclear weapons across the US

Story by: Noi Mahoney Government agency seeks long-haul truckers for nuclear materials A recent U.S. government job posting is a reminder that trucks carry some pretty interesting cargo across the country. The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is seeking truck drivers based in Amarillo, Texas, and Albuquerque, New Mexico, to transport cargo of nuclear weapons and other materials across the country. The job posting for “nuclear materials couriers” closed on Tuesday and is currently

News · May 17, 2021

During the pandemic Mexican drug traffickers used trucks more than ever

Story by: Noi Mahoney at FreightWaves U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in Laredo, Texas, saw drug traffickers switch to fewer but larger shipments during the COVID-19 pandemic. Commercial trucks became their vehicle of choice. The latest episode of FreightWaves’ true-crime podcast, Long-Haul Crime Log, examines drug supply chains and what happens when there’s a capacity crunch for narcotics traffickers. Agents said with the border being closed for nonessential travel since spring

News · May 13, 2021

Colonial pipeline starts returning to normal, $5 million ransom was paid to hackers according to sources

Colonial Pipeline’s operations are getting back to normal rapidly, with the company saying Thursday morning that deliveries of petroleum products have “commenced in a majority of the markets we service.” The reaction in commodity markets undercuts the suggestion of recent days that the Colonial outage was not having a bullish impact on ultra-low sulfur diesel prices traded on the CME commodity exchange. The prices for ULSD Thursday morning were down roughly 2.5% and gasoline was lower by a littl

News · May 13, 2021

Former trucking company owner indicted in an alleged conspiracy to defraud the FMCSA

Story by: Clarissa Hawes, Senior Editor, Investigations and Enterprise at FreightWaves.com A former trucking company owner was recently indicted by a federal grand jury in New York in an alleged conspiracy to defraud the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) about the company he controlled and affiliated entities. Tony “Anatoliy” Kirik, 39, of Rochester, New York, was charged with eight counts, including conspiracy, false statements, falsification of records, false documents, conce

News · May 12, 2021

Freight fraud: Burgeoning double-brokering scheme

Story by: Clarissa Hawes, Senior Editor, Investigations and Enterprise at FreightWaves Part 1 of a two-part investigation into an alleged double-brokering scheme from Southern California Frustrated with freight brokers and carriers being looted by a sophisticated network of load-board scammers posing as legitimate companies, Joe Howard created a spreadsheet to track a list of suspect companies, largely based in Southern California, to warn others to do their due diligence or pay the price. When

News · May 12, 2021

Diesel shortages starting to rise in Southeast after Colonial Pipeline closure

Story by: John Kingston at FreightWaves Racetrac, Love’s and Pilot Flying J release list of stations with gasoline and diesel outages due to Colonial Pipeline shutdown Major fuel suppliers in the Southeast are starting to list an increasing number of outlets with no diesel supplies as the shutdown of Colonial Pipeline heads into its sixth day. While the market waits for an expected announcement Wednesday evening regarding whether Colonial believes it can safely restart its line after last week’s

News · May 11, 2021

US considering foreign tankers to move domestic fuel supplies in a wake of Colonial Pipeline shutdown

Story by: John Gallagher, Washington Correspondent at Freightwaves Jones Act waiver process underway to assess availability of US ships for pipeline replacement cargos The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is assessing if American tankers can meet emergency fuel demands caused by the Colonial Pipeline shutdown or if foreign ships will be needed to help fill the gap. “The Biden-Harris administration is continually assessing the impact of the ongoing Colonial Pipeline incident on fuel suppli