Trucking Dive

29/08/2026

The Missouri Department of Transportation broke ground Wednesday on a $33 million expansion project that will add 255 truck parking spaces along I-70 by late 2028. The heavily traveled east-west freeway runs across the state and connects the bi-state metro areas of Kansas City and St. Louis. https://www.truckingdive.com/news/missouri-kicks-off-truck-parking-expansion-project-along-i-70/828897/

29/08/2026

Advance Auto Parts is rebidding all of its carrier contracts as the retailer looks to optimize transportation productivity. The auto parts retailer expects to work with 70% fewer carriers, President and CEO Shane O’Kelly said. https://www.truckingdive.com/news/advance-auto-parts-rebids-carrier-contracts-expects-to-save-tens-of-millio/828983/

28/08/2026

Behnke Dedicated & Logistics of Battle Creek, Michigan has acquired AG Freight of Piedmont, South Carolina, according to an announcement by mergers and acquisitions firm Calder Capital. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. https://www.truckingdive.com/news/a-real-foothold-in-the-southeast-behnke-dedicated-logistics-buys-ag-fr/828766/

28/08/2026

Global port operator APM Terminals, part of A.P.Moller-Maersk, is increasing its ownership of Orange EV electric yard trailers. The independent division ordered 96 units for its Elizabeth, New Jersey, operation, its largest terminal on the East Coast. https://www.truckingdive.com/news/apm-terminals-to-add-96-orange-ev-yard-trucks-in-new-jersey/828545/

27/08/2026

Automated functions for the permitting and route planning of oversized loads in Oregon, introduced in 2025, have helped save $940,000 during its first year of use, the state’s Department of Transportation said. https://www.truckingdive.com/news/oregons-automated-oversize-permitting-system-saves-nearly-1m/828609/

27/08/2026

Canada has made good on its promise to enact retaliatory tariffs to match levies the U.S. imposed on imports from the country over the weekend, raising the temperature on the fraught trade relationship. Starting Sept. 8, Canada will begin charging various tariffs of either 15%, 25% or 50% on a range of U.S. goods that match the rates faced by products currently targeted by Section 338 and Section 232 tariffs from the Trump administration. https://www.truckingdive.com/news/canada-to-install-retaliatory-tariffs-of-up-to-50-on-us-imports/828807/

The levies will go into effect Sept. 8 and match the rates of U.S. tariffs on goods such as steel, dairy products, appliances and agricultural equipment.

26/08/2026

A federal grand jury indicted Diane Marie Poe, 62, of Loganville, Georgia, on 54 counts tied to an alleged scheme against at least 26 clients, most of them self-employed truck drivers, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Georgia announced on Aug. 13. https://www.truckingdive.com/news/truck-drivers-targeted-in-alleged-tax-fraud-scheme/828745/

25/08/2026

The Port of Los Angeles is planning for an uptick in cargo volumes in the next six to eight months, Executive Director Gene Seroka said during a media briefing last week.

The port may see a 5% volume uptick amid Red Sea and Panama Canal concerns and is readying itself for the scenario in talks with operating partners.

25/08/2026

Estes Express Lines employee bonuses have helped reduce damage claims payouts, setting the carrier up for potentially even further improvement in 2026.

COO and President Webb Estes noted the 2026 goal while highlighting the LTL carrier’s improvements in freight handling.

24/08/2026

The United States and Canada failed to reach a deal Friday that would have averted 50% levies President Donald Trump promised last month, further souring the trade relationship between two of North America’s largest economies. https://www.truckingdive.com/news/trumps-50-tariff-on-many-canada-imports-in-effect-as-talks-stall/828585/