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News · Mar 12, 2021

Diesel prices rising 18 weeks straight, read the in-depth report

Article by: John Kingston at FreightWaves The Department of Energy/Energy Information Administration average retail diesel price rose Monday for the 18th consecutive week–another record–while the commodity diesel markets Monday rode up and down on the back of the latest wild oil market swings. According to the latest DOE/EIA number, the average retail price of diesel last week was $3.143 a gallon, an increase of 7.1 cents. Another move higher was expected: Average retail diesel prices from the D

News · Mar 12, 2021

Over $1.3 Million Worth of Methamphetamine was found in trailer with spinach

By: iTrucker / Mario Pawlowski Over $1.3 Million Worth of Methamphetamine was found in the trailer with spinach OTAY MESA, Calif. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa commercial facility discovered over $1.3 million worth of methamphetamine hidden within a shipment of fresh spinach, wrapped in paper with pictures of spinach on Wednesday.CBP officers seized $1.3 million worth ofmeth Wednesday.At approximately 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, CBP officers encountered a 49-year-old

News · Mar 11, 2021

Trucker wins $2 million scratch-off lottery prize: ‘I went numb’

Story by: FreightWaves Staff Trucker David Partain was in the parking lot of the Eagle Travel Center in Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, when he scratched off the lottery ticket on the hood of his long-haul truck. A few moments later, he became a multimillionaire. The ticket he scratched was the third ticket in a string of wins for Partain playing Mega Millionaire Jumbo Bucks, a game with overall odds of 1:2.91. He had already won $25 on the game earlier and used that $25 for another ticket, winning a fr

News · Mar 11, 2021

Most Americans want $2M liability insurance for trucks, according to survey

Story by: [Original image could not be recovered] FreightWaves Staff Commercial trucks are required to carry a minimum of just $750,000 in liability insurance — a figure that hasn’t increased in nearly 40 years. But in recent research by U.S. Xpress (NYSE: USX), 76% of U.S. adults agree or strongly agree the government should increase the minimum amount to $2 million. In its Safe Trucking Report released Wednesday, the company details a few of its industry-leading road safety practices — includi

News · Mar 11, 2021

Autonomous trucks may negatively affect truckers, at least temporarily according to FMCSA chief

Story by: John Gallagher, Washington Correspondent at FreightWaves Acting Administrator Meera Joshi sees ‘major shift’ in trucker workforce How the move toward driverless trucks will affect the truck driver workforce is a challenge that must be addressed whether the timeline toward full automation ends up short or long, according to the nation’s top truck safety regulator. “We can argue about scope and timeline, but what we can’t argue about is that this a reality: There will be a major shift in

News · Mar 10, 2021

Autonomous and electric trucks are the reason why women are increasingly interested in trucking career

Story by: Alyssa Sporrer at Freightwaves.com Autonomous and electric trucks are the reason why women are increasingly interested in a trucking career, survey says. The future of trucking is hereEmina Nilsson is a very social person. So when an opportunity arrived in her native Sweden to drive a truck for a living, she didn’t immediately embrace it. Sitting by herself all day behind the wheel? Not exactly her idea of fun. “I never saw myself as the type of girl who would drive a truck,” she told

News · Mar 9, 2021

Oilfield manager pleads guilty after the tanker-trailer explosion killed an employee

By: iTrucker / Mario Pawlowski A Montana man pleaded guilty in federal court in the District of North Dakota to a felony charge of obstructing an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) proceeding stemming from the 2014 death of an oilfield worker in Williston, North Dakota. Stephan Todd Reisinger, 50, of Kalispell, was a maintenance manager at Nabors Completion and Production Services Company (NCPS) at its Williston facility. He supervised approximately 40 employees, including 28-y

News · Mar 4, 2021

Ex-DOT secretary Elaine Chao accused of using her office to help family business

WASHINGTON -- Elaine Chao, former Department Of Transportation (DOT) secretary is accused of using her office to help family business with extensive ties to China."The inspector general referred the matter to the Justice Department in December for possible criminal investigation. But in the weeks before the end of the Trump administration, two Justice Department divisions declined to do so.Ms. Chao, the wife of Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, announced her resignation

News · Mar 2, 2021

15 people killed in accident when SUV carrying 27 passengers collided with the truck (with video)

Story By: iTrucker / Mario Pawlowski / iTrucker.com At least 15 people were killed and more injured in the crash involved SUV carrying 27 passengers and the semi-truck full of gravel. The injured patients were flown to the hospital. The accident occurred in the southeastern corner of the California highway in the Holtville area east of San Diego. This story is ongoing. Stay tuned for the updates. Watch the news conference about the accident HERE. https://twitter.com/iTrucker_/status/136684254319

News · Feb 27, 2021

Two people critically injured after jumping off the bridge in Montana during a multi-vehicle accident

Story by: iTrucker / Mario Pawlowski / iTrucker.com At least two people were critically injured after jumping from a bridge next to I-90 in Montana during an accident involving approximately 30 vehicles, including a semi-truck. "We can confirm that two people jumped from the bridge during the incident to avoid being struck by a vehicle. They suffered serious injuries but are expected to recover.- according to the Montana Highway Patrol Today’s pileup involved approximately 30 vehicles. No fatali

News · Feb 27, 2021

Owners of trucking company Westfield Transport indicted for falsifying driving logs

Story by: Clarissa Hawes, Senior Editor, Investigations and Enterprise at FreightWavese Westfield Transport driver Volodymyr Zhukovskyy is awaiting trial in the fatal crash involving seven motorcyclists Volodymyr Zhukovskyy The owners of defunct Westfield Transport Inc. of West Springfield, Massachusetts, who hired a driver (Volodymyr Zhukowskyy) accused of killing five motorcyclists and two passengers and injured seven others, in New Hampshire in June 2019, were indicted on federal charges of f

News · Feb 17, 2021

Millions without heat, power, as death toll rises, another winter storm on the way

By: iTrucker / Mario Pawlowski / iTrucker.com Another major winter storm will track from the Lower Mississippi Valey this evening into the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast through Friday. Containing threats for locally heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain. Locally significant total ice accumulations of 0.25" to 0.5" are expected from eastern Texas into northern LA and western Mississippi through tonight before the storm comes to an end. There is increasing potential for 0.25" to 0.5" ice accumulations