The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has provided guidance on how motor carriers should ensure that their drivers are qualified as new English Language Proficiency (ELP) standards go into effect. As of June 25, 2025, non-compliance with federal ELP regulations is an out-of-service offense for truck drivers. In order to ...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
Thousands of commercial vehicle drivers who received physical exams in Houston could face license downgrades ...more
Trucker walking to semi killed during multi-vehicle collision on NYS Thruway
New York State Police (NYSP) are investigating a deadly crash that occurred in Monroe County ...more
Maersk Cuts Global Container Market Outlook on Tariff War
Maersk shipping containers. (Jeppe Boje Nielsen/Bloomberg) A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, the Danish container giant, lowered its ...more
Volvo VNR Electric trucks recalled for ‘aggressive’ braking with use of adaptive cruise control
Volvo Trucks North America has issued a recall for certain VNR Electric models due to ...more
Colorado lawmakers have passed legislation aimed at increasing compliance with the state’s chain requirements by ...more
VIDEO: Pickup’s blown tire sends it careening off road, then into the path of a semi truck
A truck driver’s dash cam captured a sudden and scary close call with a pickup ...more
GOP Wants to Phase Out Biden EV Credits to Pay for Tax Cuts
A driver unplugs an electric vehicle at a charging station in Hudson, N.Y. (Angus Mordant/Bloomberg ...more