Over one thousand drivers have lost their Commercial Driver’s Licenses (CDL) for good as part of a long-standing Border Patrol program. On June 24, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that 1,053 CDLs have been cancelled since the inception of the Laredo Sector Border Patrol’s Texas Hold’em initiative in 2008. ...more
Locomotive Manufacturer, Union Agree to End Two-Month Strike
Wabtec's FLXdrive battery-electric locomotives at the Freight 2030 event on Sept. 10, 2021 in Pittsburgh. (Ed Rieker/Associated Press for Wabtec) ...more
Used Truck Market Can Likely Handle Yellow Liquidation
Yellow trucks at a YRC facility in Richfield, Ohio, on July 29. (Sue Ogrocki/Associated Press) Used trucks and trailers owned ...more
Florida Starts to Recover as Idalia Rain Hits North Carolina
Reporters wade through floodwaters in downtown Tarpon Springs, Fla., area after Hurricane Idalia passed offshore on Aug. 30. (Joe Raedle/Getty ...more
Barge Freight Rates Surge as Mississippi River Levels Drop
A backup of barges on the Mississippi River in November of 2022. (Rory Doyle/Bloomberg News) The cost to transport America’s ...more
UPS Offers Buyouts to 167 Pilots as Air Cargo Slumps
Tail section of a UPS cargo jet. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News) UPS Inc. is offering a voluntary severance package for 167 ...more
Action Sought Against China for Chassis, Container Practices
Rep. Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin says China's practices are "not competition, that’s an economic disease eating into our communities.” (House ...more
Business Equipment Orders Increase Again in May
A worker operates a forklift to carry boxes through the warehouse of the Black & ...more
Iowa Farmers Among Winners in $2.94 Million Grants
River Valley Cooperative in Elkridge, Iowa, will spend its $125,000 in grant funding to provide ...more
Yellow Sues Teamsters, Alleging Breach of Contract
Yellow insists that its restructuring plan “is necessary to compete against nonunion carriers that dominate ...more
ELFA Reports $9.5 Billion in New Business in May
The ELFA Monthly Leasing and Finance Index found that, in May, new business volume increased ...more
Trans Mountain’s Rising Shipping Costs Draw Oil Producer Ire
A worker stands on a concrete berm at the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project at ...more
Trucking Interests Say EPA Is Moving Too Fast on GHG Rule
Volvo VNR Electric tractors recharge at a depot. (Performance Team, a Maersk Co.) Many of ...more
SAE International Plans to Standardize Tesla’s EV Chargers
Tesla's EV charging connector at a charging station in Anaheim, Calif. (Jae C. Hong/Associated Press) ...more
FMCSA to Consider Broker-Shipper Transparency
(vitpho/Getty Images) Federal trucking regulators have confirmed they plan to consider a controversial request by ...more
Wild video captured in Midland, Texas, on Thursday shows the moment that a heavy equipment ...more
Yellow Agrees to Terminate California Terminal Leases
Deals were agreed with NATMI LPF Bloomington and M4 Terminals to end the leases of ...more
Shell Bets Big on LNG
(Shell Rotella) Shell Plc said it would boost investor returns through the end of this ...more
A truck driver was ejected and electrocuted after his oversize load made contact with a ...more
BRW Earns Full DOD Approval for Military Freight Services
(BRW) BRW took a major step further into government and defense contracting by securing approval ...more
Buc-ee’s has filed a lawsuit against a small Missouri business over copyright infringement due to ...more
Ontario’s Ford Pushes Canada-US Trade Deal Without Mexico
Ontario Premier Doug on March 4. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP) Ontario’s premier reiterated ...more
Louisiana in Line for Federal Money to Restore ‘Hurricane Highway’ Shipping Channel
Louisiana may finally be in line for federal money to repair widespread ecological damage from ...more