The Supreme Court ruled freight brokers can be held liable for negligence under state laws for highway accidents. The court’s unanimous decision in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II could have significant ripple effects across the industry.
Infrastructure investment firm Stonepeak is acquiring the transportation and vendor finance businesses of BMO Financial Group in a deal that will see the bank retain a 19.9% minority stake in the operation.
The shine may be coming off battery-electric Class 8 trucks due to shifting government policies in the U.S., but the technology is increasingly finding a more practical — and potentially profitable — home in medium-duty and last-mile applications.
Workhorse has partnered with InCharge Energy to introduce an integrated, ‘one-stop shop’ support system for fleet customers across North America. It will provide operators with a single point of contact to diagnose and resolve issues spanning the full electrification ecosystem.
Leo Barros, associate editor at trucknews.com and Today’s Trucking, will join the panel of judges for the 44th annual Shell Rotella SuperRigs truck beauty contest, taking place June 25 to 27 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn.
Truck driver trainees in Ontario were instructed to sign off on training hours they never completed, while some schools issued mandatory entry-level training (MELT) certificates after delivering barely half of the required instruction, a new auditor general report has found.
B.C.-based Edison Motors says it has received approval from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) to manufacture its Class 8 diesel-electric hybrid trucks in Canada.
Heliograph has launched with a transportation technology platform designed to help operators reduce compliance risk, improve operational visibility and replace fragmented systems with a more integrated operating model.
