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3/25/2025
The Trump administration is launching a sweeping overhaul of U.S. environmental mandates in a campaign it billed as the “biggest deregulatory action” of its kind in U.S. history. The Environmental Pro...
3/25/2025
A smattering of media reports has advanced a dubious claim that millions of foreign truck drivers have flooded into the U.S. in recent years, displacing American workers and jeopardizing highway safet...
3/24/2025
Kenworth today announced it will end production of its legacy 1.9-meter cab Class 8 trucks, which includes Kenworth’s W900 (W900L and W900B models), T800W (wide-hood), and the C500 in 2026. The decisi...
3/24/2025
A Rochester trucking company owner who was convicted by a federal jury of lying to the Department of Transportation is going to prison. U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced Thursday that Tony Kir...
3/23/2025
Two bills that could make it harder to bring large lawsuits against trucking companies have been introduced by lawmakers in Texas this month. According to KVUE, Senate Bill 30 by State Sen. Charles S...
3/21/2025
Financial distress in the trucking and logistics sector over the last three years has forced thousands of shipping companies to cease operations in the Great Freight Recession. About 88,000 trucking c...
3/21/2025
Following today’s announcement that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will reopen the Phase 3 Greenhouse Gas emissions standards and review the federal NOx standard, American Trucking Associati...
3/20/2025
There’s no question that the landscape of trucking will change as Version 2.0 of the Trump administration takes shape in Washington. Many analysts believe hope is on the horizon following what cou...
3/20/2025
Geodis Logistics is closing a distribution center and laying off 426 workers in Monroe Township, New Jersey. “The GEODIS facility in Monroe Township, New Jersey, will close in July 2025 due to a key c...
3/19/2025
If you’re still using spreadsheets, text messages, or even pen and paper to manage your trucks, you’re losing valuable time and money. Juggling dispatch, tracking, invoicing, and paperwork shouldn...
3/19/2025
China's retaliatory tariffs went into effect Monday, spelling trouble for American farmers by making U.S.-grown crops more expensive for their top purchaser. Beijing imposed the levies in response to ...
3/18/2025
Sometimes people need to think before they speak, and by “think” we mean they need to do some basic math. In today’s story, one customer is complaining that a company’s rates are too expensive. The...
3/18/2025
The freight market has been all over the place for small carriers, and right now, there’s a feeling that something’s about to give. The big question is whether this shift is going to work in your favo...
3/17/2025
The words we use to describe something influence our perceptions, understanding, even our actions. Consider the words long haul. What image pops in your mind when you hear those words? I am guessing f...
3/17/2025
A small trucking company says they will be forced to fire one of their drivers if the rig he operates for them is not found after a theft late last month. The theft occurred on February 24th at ...
3/16/2025
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy promised at his Senate nomination hearing a Department of Transportation that would be “data-driven and safety-driven,” but truck safety advocates are concerned tha...
3/15/2025
Equity Transportation Co. Inc., a Walker, Michigan-based trucking company, has ceased operations, marking another casualty of the freight market. Multiple sources close to the company confirmed with F...
3/13/2025
Beyond hacking, fleet safety is always top of mind. We’ll find out how trucking companies are keeping drivers and the motoring public safe with Tenstreet’s Taylor McIlroy and Ploger Transportation’s B...
3/12/2025
Choose what you factor, when you factor. Some factoring companies make it easy to sign but hard to leave, locking you into contracts with monthly minimums and hidden fees. Once you’re in, they control...
3/12/2025
Regenerative farming has emerged as a transformative approach to land management. Unlike “organic” farming, which is strictly regulated by the USDA, regenerative farming is a broader philosophy cente...
3/11/2025
Members of Congress last week reintroduced the Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers (GOT Truckers) Act, which would remove the trucking industry's exemption from overtime pay requirements from the Fair ...
3/10/2025
EV Realty Inc., an EV infrastructure development platform powering commercial fleets, is announcing is acquisition of a strategic portfolio of assets from Gage Zero. Gage Zero is Austin-based company ...
3/9/2025
Kenan Advantage Group (CCJ Top 250, No. 17) has acquired Evergreen Transport, a Mobile, Ala.-based dry bulk materials specialist operating throughout the southeast. Terms of the deal were not disclose...
3/8/2025
U.S. President Donald Trump's new tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China threaten to hurt the $191 billion American agricultural export sector and raise costs for farmers struggling with low c...
3/7/2025
Truck weight is a regular transportation topic at statehouses. Legislative pursuits often emphasize a particular commodity, such as construction materials, agricultural products or milk. In other inst...
3/7/2025
As tariffs go into effect on American trade partners, one of the nation’s largest trucking trade groups is warning the White House that they could have a devastating impact on the U.S. trucking indust...
3/6/2025
A Fairview, Oregon transportation company and its owner were sentenced to probation in federal court recently for tampering with trucks' emissions monitoring devices in violation of the Clean Air Act....
3/6/2025
President Donald Trump went through on his threat to levy tariffs against neighbors Canada and Mexico on Tuesday, which trucking industry analysts and executives have warned could push up vehicle pric...
3/5/2025
It never hurts to see if you could be saving more on your insurance. We’ve helped bulk haulers cut their premiums by thousands, and we may be able to do the same for you. If your rates seem too high, ...
3/5/2025
The words we use to describe something influence our perceptions, understanding, even our actions. Consider the words long haul. What image pops in your mind when you hear those words? I am guessing f...
3/4/2025
After three years of declining fortunes, the trucking markets have reached a level of stability that has many fleets and operators believing that the worst is over and a return to sustained growth, th...
3/4/2025
AI has become a driving force in modern logistics, transforming the industry through continuous innovation and increasing adoption. No longer a technology of the future, AI is now a critical tool in t...
3/3/2025
Signs that a freight recovery may be taking shape continue to surface, said trucking executives on the investor conference circuit this week. The overall sentiment is that the truckload industry is no...
3/3/2025
Trucking companies, independent contractors and owner-operators may start seeing enhanced scrutiny of their business as a result of several Trump administration executive orders aimed at clamping down...
3/2/2025
Schneider National exemplifies the positive impact of electric vehicles as its semi truck fleet passes the 6 million mile mark. Electrek reported that Schneider reached this epic milestone one year af...
3/1/2025
Transborder freight between the U.S. and North American countries Canada and Mexico: Total transborder freight: $126.3 billion of transborder freight moved by all modes of transportation, increasing ...
2/28/2025
Nearly half of Americans are open to the idea of becoming a truck driver, but there is one thing getting in their way: money. That was the key takeaway from a survey conducted by truck parts supplier ...
2/28/2025
As he checks last year’s crops and thinks about the future, Colorado farmer Marc Arnusch and his team are excited about what’s ahead. “At the end of the day, this is about family,” stresses Arnusch. “...
2/27/2025
The American Farm Bureau Federation’s Samantha Ayoub reported last week that “the U.S. Courts report that 216 farm bankruptcies were filed in 2024, up 55% from 2023. This is still 64% lower than the a...
2/27/2025
Statehouse legislation around the nation would create weigh-in-motion programs. Related efforts elsewhere focus on funding for weigh stations. Weigh-in-motion devices capture axle weights and the gros...
2/26/2025
Want to take your trucking business to the next level? Adding a brokerage division can open new revenue streams and help protect against market fluctuations—just like many carriers are doing today. Wi...
2/26/2025
A pilot by training and a farmer by trade, Chase Larson runs his Kansas operation more like a Fortune 500 company than he does a farm. “Being able to get outside of what you’re doing every day and hea...
2/25/2025
Fuel card skimming has become an increasing threat to the financial security of truck fleets, but industry leaders have been making progress addressing the issue over the past year. Skimming occurs wh...
2/25/2025
On this Small Business Saturday episode of the podcast, Mike Kucharski, co-owner of JKC Trucking, talks about the challenges the trucking industry faced under the Biden Administration, including high ...
2/24/2025
Sunrises and sunsets may be a photographer’s dream, but for truckers, they can quickly turn into nightmares. Low-angle sunlight reduces visibility, and breathtaking views can distract even the most ca...
2/23/2025
Turk Transportation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Tuesday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The Carnegie, Pennsylvania-based company, owned by Mehmet Uzun, o...
2/22/2025
Largely driven by a surge in disaster and economic government assistance, USDA’s latest farm income forecast projects a significant but misleading rebound in net farm income for 2025, rising to $180.1...
2/21/2025
Railroads are pushing lawmakers to hike taxes on trucks to fix a crisis-level problem of federal road and bridge funding, putting pressure on their biggest competitor as each vies for freight market s...
2/21/2025
Nikola filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday to sell off its assets and wind down operations, according to a securities filing and news release. The hydrogen and electric truck manufactur...
2/20/2025
CARB waivers put into place by the Biden Administration are one step closer to being rolled back. “This is not the United States of California,” said Chris Spear, American Trucking Associations pr...
2/19/2025
Still using spreadsheets to dispatch? There's a better way. Managing your trucks with text messages, spreadsheets, or pen and paper is costing you time and money. The more time you spend juggling disp...
2/19/2025
“Sometimes the lights all shinin’ on me / Other times I can barely see / Lately it occurs to me / What a long, strange trip it’s been.” –“Truckin’” by the Grateful Dead. There was a story about a truc...
2/18/2025
The Trump administration has given renewed hope to truck owner-operators that the government will make it easier for them to review broker transaction records to combat alleged price gouging and help ...
2/18/2025
Following the announcement from President Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin that the Biden Administration’s waivers granted to California for its Advanced Clean Trucks and Omnibus NOx rules will ...
2/17/2025
Despite President Donald Trump’s 30-day postponement of proposed tariffs on Canada and Mexico, industry analysts voiced concerns on the potential impact they could have on truck production and pre-buy...
2/17/2025
The Ontario Provincial Police are investigating after seizing $2.6 million worth of stolen tractor trailers and other vehicles from a single property. The investigation is still underway after t...
2/16/2025
Freight market conditions continued to slog along in Q4, according to U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index data. Spending and shipments were relatively flat for all of 2024, but that also meant discouragin...
2/15/2025
A shortage of an estimated 24,000 truck drivers is leaving many trucks idle, costing the freight industry $95.5 million every week, according to a report by factoring service altLine. According to its...
2/14/2025
For some time, fleet managers have faced the challenges that come with trailer rear-impact guard certification labels. Although small in physical size, the labels often serve as the difference between...
2/14/2025
As the long awaited recovery in the trucking sector remains mired in contraction, large US carriers are shifting a growing portion of their fleets to dedicated work. Meanwhile, in Canada, Walmart rewr...
2/13/2025
A carrier capacity imbalance continues but is improving each quarter, according to C.H. Robinson Worldwide. Trucking firms have seen capacity tighten as operating authorities cease, benefiting remaini...
2/13/2025
This uptick was driven by a 9-point gain in the Current Conditions Index and a 3-point increase in the Future Expectations Index. The rise in farmer confidence was linked to higher crop prices between...
2/12/2025
Cashflow is one of the most important parts of becoming a successful operation or not. You shouldn't have to wait, or even worse, guess when you will get paid for the work you've done. The waiting gam...
2/12/2025
President Donald Trump on Saturday announced tariffs on Canada and Mexico, two of the U.S. largest global import and export partners, making good on his campaign promise to tack a 25% duty on goods im...
2/11/2025
The price of fuel is one of the largest expenses for commercial carriers—and one of the most volatile. Diesel is by far the primary fuel type for heavy-duty vehicles, powering 97% of Class 8 trucks in...
2/11/2025
A former trucking company owner has been accused of participating in a conspiracy to overcharge Williams-Sonoma and others more than $4 million. Jose Pena, 46, of Monroe Township, N.J., was charged on...
2/10/2025
The latest release of ACT Research’s For-Hire Trucking Index indicated that slower growth in for-hire trucking volumes outweighed the slight contraction in capacity in December. The Volume Index (se...
2/10/2025
As Donald Trump returns to the White House, food and agriculture policy are shaping up to be key pieces of his agenda. To start to understand how he might tackle these issues, we’re digging into the i...
2/9/2025
The United States trucking industry continues to face a significant challenge: a shortage of drivers. As of late 2024, the American Trucking Association (ATA) estimated that the industry was short mor...
2/8/2025
Reuters’ Karl Plume reported Tuesday that “grains merchant Archer-Daniels-Midland posted its lowest fourth-quarter adjusted profit in six years on Tuesday on weak oilseed crush margins and uncertainty...
2/7/2025
Trucking size and weight rules have been frozen in time for decades as other modes of freight have evolved. It’s time to rethink Long Combination Vehicles (LCVs) and heavier, longer single trucks in l...
2/7/2025
A Georgia-based carrier which also has deep roots in Massachusetts and which has been in business since 2017 has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. RSTZ Transport Inc., based in Cumming, file...
2/6/2025
In perhaps the least surprising conference over the past several months, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced that the Fed was leaving its target interest rates untouched for now. At last We...
2/6/2025
Today, American Trucking Associations President & CEO Chris Spear released this statement in response to new tariffs imposed on the United States' largest trading partners: “As the trucking indust...
2/5/2025
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2/5/2025
The global transportation network has never been busier, driven in part by the rapid rise of e-commerce. With online shopping becoming a mania among consumers in recent years, goods are regularly tran...
2/4/2025
With President Donald Trump already enacting tariffs, the trucking industry is responding. “As the trucking industry recovers from a years-long freight recession marked by low freight volumes, depre...
2/4/2025
Global grain merchant Archer-Daniels-Midland will soon start laying off employees as part of a global effort to cut costs as low crop prices erode profit, three people briefed on the matter told Reut...
2/3/2025
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.’s quarterly profit shrank more than expected as the grain trading giant faces a downturn in crop markets. Chicago-based ADM reported earnings of $1.03 a share for the three-...
2/3/2025
Kodiak Robotics, Inc., an autonomous truck developer, and Atlas Energy Solutions announced that Atlas has completed the delivery of 100 loads of proppant with its two RoboTrucks, semi-trucks equipped ...
2/2/2025
The growing threat of freight fraud in trucking has led to another effort by Congress to crack down on scammers that steal millions from legitimate brokers and motor carriers. Bipartisan legislation i...
2/1/2025
Donald Trump resumed the presidency last Monday and those in the trucking industry are keen observers when it comes to what he plans to do for them, or to them. A national trucking analyst, who is a f...
1/31/2025
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is planning a study to determine if modern warning devices for parked or disabled commercial motor vehicles can reduce crashes. The study will require ...
1/30/2025
Stanching the farming industry’s economic losses and addressing the spread of bird flu and other animal diseases are top of mind for Brooke Rollins, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Depa...
1/29/2025
Looking to grow your trucking business? Adding a brokerage division might be the game-changer you’ve been searching for. More carriers are expanding into brokerage services to boost revenue and safegu...
1/29/2025
It is no secret that the past couple of years have seen, in many cases, declining freight volumes across various freight transportation modes. While that may be still largely be the case, trucking con...
1/29/2025
Financial distress in the trucking and logistics industry since the Covid-19 pandemic has brought on the Great Freight Recession, which resulted in shipping companies launching either out-of-court res...
1/28/2025
More than 1,000 Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks are being recalled because of a problem with their throttle petals. The National Highway Safety Administration's notification of the recall said, "Th...
1/28/2025
ZM Trucks is establishing its first North American manufacturing plant in Fontana, Calif. “Our new Fontana facility reflects ZO Motors’ commitment to the U.S. market and sustainable innovation,” said ...
1/27/2025
Truck drivers’ trade group the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) is applauding a report by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)’s Truck Leasing Task Force which...
1/27/2025
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has signed into law a bill that will help hundreds of bus and truck drivers keep their driving privileges. The new law followed steps taken by the Massachusetts Registr...
1/26/2025
An FMCSA task force is pushing Congress to ban carriers’ lease-purchase agreements. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Truck Leasing Task Force submitted its final report to Congress, a...
1/25/2025
In his inaugural address, President Trump took aim at California's mandate banning gas-powered vehicles. But even before he was sworn into office, the state accepted the new reality and abandoned a si...
1/24/2025
Sweeping tariffs proposed by President-elect Donald Trump could backfire on the trucking industry by driving more inflation, creating further demand setbacks that the industry has wrestled for years, ...
1/24/2025
For more than a century, the trucking industry has been the backbone of global commerce, moving freight that fuels the world's economic engine. But disruption is looming, driven by an increased focus ...
1/23/2025
Moderating inflation and interest rate cuts stimulate economic activity and truck demand, helping to absorb excess capacity and improve carrier profitability. There are also the proposed tariffs from ...
1/23/2025
The Association of American Railroads, which monitors operational performance, has stated concern with an underlying metric in bulk cargo deliveries. Specifically, a decline in coal traffic is skewing...
1/22/2025
Managing bulk freight shouldn’t mean juggling spreadsheets, endless texts, and piles of paperwork. If you're looking for a way to save time and cut costs, BulkTMS is the solution designed just for you...
1/22/2025
Family-owned Decker Truck Line Inc. of Fort Dodge, Iowa, confirmed that it has permanently closed its terminal in Missoula, Montana, citing findings from a thorough review of its operations and freigh...
1/21/2025
Iowa farmer Caleb Hamer grabbed his phone and dialed a local corn buyer this week, eager to sell his grain as prices climbed to their highest level in more than a year. Farmers across the Midwest h...
1/21/2025
U.S. trucking firm J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT.O), opens new tab missed Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter profit on Thursday, as high expenses and a lower truck count weighed on revenue....
1/20/2025
Artificial intelligence is popping up in all aspects of managing a trucking fleet, from predictive maintenance to load-planning. Tim Crawford, co-founder and CEO of Tenstreet, is excited about the pot...
1/20/2025
Maryland farmers are asking the state to increase vehicle weights for transporting ag products to market. A bill backed by the state ag and transportation departments would increase the gross weight o...
1/19/2025
The trucking industry anticipates a much different regulatory environment under a second Donald Trump presidency than in the past four years of President Joe Biden’s administration. Carriers and other...
1/18/2025
A second Donald Trump Administration is poised to usher in notable changes in U.S. passenger and freight rail policy. During President Trump's first term, passenger rail was not a primary focus. The P...
1/17/2025
Extreme cold weather across the U.S. has prompted federal regulators to issue an emergency hours-of-service exemption for truckers hauling heating fuel in 48 states and the District of Columbia. The e...
1/17/2025
A St. Louis trucking company and its equipment leasing affiliate recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, citing the “challenges of the freight market” as one of the main reasons they are seeking to ...
1/16/2025
A century-old trucking company has completed its first expansion of 2025 in Pennsylvania. Duie Pyle has announced the opening of a new facility in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania on 11 acres in a press releas...
1/16/2025
Just after 4 p.m. Saturday reports of a fire alarm at ADM (Archer Daniels Midland), 323 Meridian St, alerted E-911. Carthage Fire, Mercy Ambulance and Carthage Police responded. On arrival Carthage Fi...
1/15/2025
Contracts with hidden fees can come back to harm your business without knowing it's coming. Whether that be hidden fees or hidden minimums, you deserve to know the details straight forward. When BulkL...
1/15/2025
In the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the charmingly larcenous Paul Newman wonders aloud on several occasions about the Union Pacific Railroad’s expert posse whose relentless pursuit of the...
1/14/2025
The average length of haul for a truckload has plummeted in recent months, averaging nearly 8% shorter year over year to start 2025. This is a dramatic shift from what was happening this summer, when ...
1/14/2025
A trucking and logistics company that had a contract with the US Postal Service (USPS) has abruptly shut down. Midwest Transport, headquartered in Robinson, Illinois, told more than 650 employees, inc...
1/13/2025
The Center for Green Market Activation (GMA) is partnering with Smart Freight Centre to release a request for proposal (RFP) for zero-emission trucking service attributes through its zero-emissions tr...
1/12/2025
Tender lead times last week hit their highest value since SONAR released tender data in 2018, averaging 3.76 days between tender and requested pickup. The previous high of 3.68 was set last year at th...
1/11/2025
The 119th Congress has officially kicked off, creating a clean legislative slate for new and returning Senators and Representatives. Over the next two years, lawmakers are expected to tackle key chall...
1/10/2025
Hollywood in the 70s glorified the trucker with films like Convoy and Smokey and the Bandit. The films dramatized the lifestyle of a traditional trucker – the epitome of which has changed dramatically...
1/10/2025
The volatile price of fuel is one of the biggest challenges fleets face on a day-to-day basis. While carriers have little control over what they pay at the pump, they do have the ability to influence ...
1/9/2025
A Pennsylvania bill introduced last month by Sen. Rosemary Brown, R-Monroe, would create a Near-Zero-Emission Truck Incentive Program. Older models of large trucks sold in the early 2000s release abou...
1/9/2025
Truckers who violate federal regulations will pay more after officials announced the annual increase in financial penalties in order to keep up with inflation. In a U.S. Department of Transportation ...
1/8/2025
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1/8/2025
Aurora, Continental, and NVIDIA today announced a long-term strategic partnership to deploy driverless trucks at scale, powered by the next-generation NVIDIA DRIVE Thor system-on-a-chip (SoC). NVIDIA’...
1/7/2025
The latest brief by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association in its last-ditch battle against California’s AB5 independent contractor law is a mix of apocalyptic projections about the fate o...
1/7/2025
Retail spending during the 2024 holiday season exceeded expectations, with consumers demonstrating resilience in the face of economic uncertainties. According to Mastercard SpendingPulse, total retail...
1/6/2025
This past year was definitely full of surprises, but there were also happenings in agriculture that economists warned about at the end of 2023. The bleak outlook for commodity prices, along with eleva...
1/6/2025
When people think of farming, they usually picture the planting, growing, and harvesting parts of the process. Rarely ever do people think about what farmers do during the winter. Michigan is one of t...
1/5/2025
The trucking industry is expected to slowly improve next year even as market headwinds and uncertainty leave many unknowns heading into 2025. The freight market has struggled for nearly two years to g...
1/4/2025
Farmers in the U.S. are facing significant financial difficulties as rising costs and lower commodity prices strain their operations. The U.S. government is stepping in to provide some relief through ...
1/3/2025
More layoffs have hit freight-related companies across the U.S., with 948 job cuts recently announced by companies in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida and New York. It is the fourth wave of lay...
1/2/2025
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Friday denied a request to exempt autonomous trucks from a regulation about the placement of warning devices. The request came from Waymo and Aurora,...
1/1/2025
The Kentucky firefighter who rappelled off a bridge to rescue the driver of a tractor-trailer as it dangled precariously over the Ohio River says he played just a small part in the successful rescue. ...
1/1/2025
From peanut farmer to Georgia state politician, to President, Jimmy Carter was known as more of a humanitarian than a politician, even though he made his life as a politician beginning in the 1960’s w...
12/31/2024
Tender lead times last week hit their highest value since SONAR released tender data in 2018, averaging 3.76 days between tender and requested pickup. The previous high of 3.68 was set last year at th...
12/30/2024
State lawmakers are taking wider aim at lawsuit abuse, working to curtail an issue that for years has vexed the trucking industry and which now is drawing more mainstream legislative attention due to ...
12/29/2024
Recent trailer data released by ACT Research and FTR Transportation Intelligence showed net trailer orders improving compared to October but below seasonal expectations, as fleets prioritize spending ...
12/28/2024
The transportation sector is currently experiencing a significant power shift, marked by rising freight rates and a tightening of capacity. This shift favors carriers over shippers, allowing companies...
12/26/2024
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee met on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week to discuss the truck parking shortage and how federal dollars and au...
12/26/2024
Some of the largest food and agriculture companies significantly reduced their workforces or closed facilities in 2024 following a stretch of declining sales and rising costs. Tractor giants Deere &am...
12/25/2024
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12/24/2024
For much of the last year, grain freight buyers’ shipping costs have been relatively benign. The International Grains Council’s Grains and Oilseeds Freight Index, though experiencing some volatility, ...
12/24/2024
2024 marks the 30th consecutive year for poultry to outperform every other agricultural commodity in Mississippi, and for the second time in three years, its farm gate value fell just shy of $4 billio...
12/23/2024
The transportation industry stands at a crossroads, facing unprecedented challenges that threaten its very foundation. With litigation costs soaring, especially in jurisdictions notorious for nuclear ...
12/23/2024
FedEx (FDX) announced the much-anticipated spinoff of its freight trucking division on Thursday, as it restructures operations to focus on its core delivery business. Shares jumped 7% in premarket tra...
12/22/2024
“Is this a good time to buy a truck?” It’s a question heard often in the industry, and the answer is usually the same: “Maybe … but then again, maybe not.” This is obviously not a very satisfactory an...
12/21/2024
Wisconsin manufacturers are bracing for the impacts of tariffs and trade wars in the next Donald Trump presidency, although some companies may get a break from foreign competition. Tariffs, fees levie...
12/20/2024
On the December State of Freight webinar on Tuesday, FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller and SONAR Director of Freight Market Intelligence Zach Strickland discussed the outlook for the 2025 freight market. ...
12/20/2024
Shippers support scrapping regulations that prescribe how trucking companies and shippers write freight transportation contracts, while trucking companies strongly oppose such actions. Their views wer...
12/19/2024
While various businesses are preemptively responding to President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threats, economists are curious to see exactly what tariffs the next administration will implement — and h...
12/19/2024
A family-owned Missouri trucking company with 265 trucks and 255 drivers recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Founded in 1983 by Randall Walker, RBX Inc. of Strafford, Missouri, hauls ...
12/18/2024
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12/18/2024
Trucking and logistics firm Kal Freight Inc., located in California, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in order to restructure its business using debtor-in-possession financing with the least amount o...
12/17/2024
Last week we finished up our contracted bushels and committed another chunk of bushels to deliver before the end of the year. With Christmas and New Year’s falling in the middle of the week, we were p...
12/17/2024
Hey truckers, listen up! The freight market’s heating up, and it’s looking good for your wallets. Let’s break down what’s happening and what it means for you out on the road. The SONAR National Truckl...
12/16/2024
In anticipation of a tighter truck freight market in 2025, some shippers have started making contract adjustments as pricing power begins to shift to carriers. “We’re actually seeing price appreciatio...
12/16/2024
In recent years, the concept of human wellbeing has expanded to include multiple factors like health, relationships, purpose, and positive emotions. As Alejandro Adler and Martin Seligman suggest, it’...
12/15/2024
Several U.S. sectors are preparing for imminent changes the transition to a Republican president and Congress promise to bring. Stories focused on upcoming changes are excerpted below.President-elect ...
12/14/2024
Ever been through something so traumatic or stressful that you actually held your breath until it passed? I haven’t been here on Overdrive Extra as usual these last few months, for several reasons. Fi...
12/13/2024
Drought, less irrigation, and more forage are cutting into corn production, he says. Add in two new gluten plants in central Kansas and more wheat is going north than to traditional mill markets. “We’...
12/12/2024
Insurance premiums are one of the top five costs for motor carriers, and carriers’ premiums traditionally are the same every month regardless of how many miles they drive. But that doesn’t have to be ...
12/12/2024
In one of the sector’s biggest bankruptcies of 2024, trucking company Kal Freight has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in order to wind down failing affiliates and restructure its primary bu...
12/11/2024
Managing multiple trucks in 2024 shouldn’t mean juggling text messages or spreadsheets. These outdated methods could be costing you time and money. In today’s competitive trucking market, streamlining...
12/11/2024
Steve Talamo and Clint Abernathy run Cleve's Logistics, a two-truck fleet serving the ports in South Carolina with just a few years of authority behind it. As such, when they play on the spot market, ...
12/10/2024
The trucking industry has strong opinions about regulators’ independent contractor classification rules. But how important are these rules? The classification concerns a regulation that has little eff...
12/9/2024
The top Democrat in the Senate called on colleagues to finalize comprehensive funding measures to avert a federal shutdown on Dec. 20. Shortly after returning to Washington after the Thanksgiving rece...
12/8/2024
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that would streamline the TSA's background check program for commercial carriers. Senate Bill 3959, the Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act of 2024, w...
12/7/2024
Hundreds of truck drivers will get behind the wheel later this month hauling, for what is for many drivers, their most important load of the year. The drivers will be hauling loads for Wreaths Across ...
12/6/2024
Farming is no stranger to stress. Whether it’s unpredictable weather, fluctuating market prices, or rising operational costs, the challenges that come with farming often make headlines. News reports f...
12/6/2024
More truck drivers are looking for a new job, and they could get what they want from a new carrier as the economy improves and turnover rates increase. In its most recent truck driver survey, Professi...
12/5/2024
Food producer Cargill said Tuesday it will cut about 8,000 jobs globally after falling crop prices tanked profits of the largest privately held company in the US. The Minneapolis-based firm, the world...
12/5/2024
Heniff Transportation Systems (CCJ Top 250, No. 64) has acquired 30-truck food grade tanker hauler Hagen Johnson Trucking. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Not included in the deal is Reed...
12/4/2024
We've always hated factoring companies. That's why we created our own 10 years ago. To give you a resource that can help you grow and get you the cash flow that you need, when you need it. No contract...
12/4/2024
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced multiple steps to deliver on the President’s Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy to promote fair and competitive market...
12/3/2024
Excessive legal settlements and soaring inflation costs are frustrating the trucking industry, despite technology and culture improvements enabling carriers to achieve new levels of safety, according ...
12/3/2024
Semi-retired small-fleet owner Lynn DeNeve started his DeNeve Enterprises LLC business 33 years ago, but trucking wasn’t on his radar at the time. It was a mowing and lawn care operation back then, ev...
12/2/2024
Trucking companies across the U.S. faced US$165 million in nuclear verdicts — jury awards exceeding $10 million — in 2023, according to the latest Marathon Strategies report. To address such challenge...
12/2/2024
Ritter, a former freight broker himself once based in Austin, Texas, describes an office culture of Adderall-popping ne’er-do-wells, 9 a.m.-beer-guzzling frat boys and stoners who high-five each other...
12/1/2024
Rates are showing some positive signs for carriers in 2024 with market dynamics appearing to fundamentally change, analysts recently said in reports. A DAT Freight & Analytics chart — inspired by...
11/30/2024
On a sunny, cold autumn day, Chris Martin drove the combine on the family farm with the biggest smile on his face. The monitor showed 302 bushels per acre. The smile wasn’t just because of the “best y...
11/29/2024
As expected, October was another strong sales month for new Class 8 trucks in the U.S. Manufacturers reported sales of 20,859 trucks, according to data received from Wards Intelligence. While that num...
11/29/2024
Diesel prices bounced again. Like a rubber ball, prices went back up a little higher than it deceased last week. After a decrease of three cents last week, diesel bounced back up four cents to $3.539 ...
11/28/2024
U.S. trailer orders improved month-over-month in October but remained below October 2023 levels, according to the latest reports from ACT Research and FTR Transportation Intelligence. ACT reported an ...
11/27/2024
An ag economist says 2024 was a tough year for growers as grain markets continued to move lower. Cody Bills with Farmers Business Network tells Brownfield… “If you didn’t have a disciplined risk manag...
11/27/2024
"These people worked really hard to get us the best deal on insurance & it (Price) was a lot better than we've ever had. Thanks" - BAR V BAR TRUCKING, LLC There's no harm in checking if ...
11/26/2024
Midwest Food Bank is responding to an urgent need in the wake of Hurricane Helene by supplying hay to farmers in North Carolina who are without feed for their livestock. The hurricane’s devastating im...
11/25/2024
The Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) is deeply disappointed in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) decision to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on brok...
11/25/2024
Trucking groups celebrated President-elect Donald Trump’s announced pick for transportation secretary, former U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy, as an ally of the industry who has supported carriers’ priorities. T...
11/24/2024
Covenant Logistics Group co-founder and CEO David Parker predicts the trucking industry’s peak season will see positive growth this holiday season. “Last week started the first week of peak that will ...
11/23/2024
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) removed three electronic logging devices, or ELDs, from the agency’s list of approved devices. On Monday, November 18, 2024, the FMCSA added th...
11/22/2024
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has put out a long-awaited proposal on broker transparency that, among other things, would require brokers to keep records in electronic form. The propo...
11/22/2024
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to implement sweeping changes to the United States government in his second term across virtually every sector and industry. These changes, which may be facil...
11/21/2024
The market for spot truckload freight cooled slightly last week, with fewer loads posted for all three equipment types compared to the previous week, according to DAT. “Containerized import volumes we...
11/21/2024
A Memphis, Tennessee, trucking company owner has been sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud in connection to a scheme to defraud the pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program....
11/20/2024
Many carriers are boosting their revenue by adding a brokerage division—and now it’s your turn! Expanding into brokerage services not only opens up new income streams but also helps protect your busin...
11/20/2024
Attorney General Hilgers filed an antitrust lawsuit against some of the nation’s largest heavy-duty truck manufacturers for an alleged plot to stifle the availability of internal-combustion semi-truck...
11/19/2024
Covenant Logistics Group raised rates multiple times last quarter and expects to do so again next year, CEO David Parker said on a Q3 earnings call last month. While some customers might balk at an i...
11/19/2024
Congressional transportation leaders resolved their differences on a pending truck safety bill and attached it to anti-drug legislation approved by both houses last weekend. The safety measure would f...
11/18/2024
Domestic freight demand is not only strong, it is growing stronger. Yet this statement, supported by data from SONAR, U.S. trade agencies and numerous industry observers, rings false to many carriers...
11/17/2024
As a major contributor to global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, the transportation sector has immense potential to advance decarbonization. However, a zero-emissions global supply chain requires re-i...
11/16/2024
I’ve been closely following the freight market, and it’s clear that the Great Freight Recession has ended. After the most prolonged freight recession in history, the market has been showing signs of ...
11/15/2024
One special act of kindness shown by an Akron, Ohio, truck driver has led to him being called an angel. Rick Thomas, a trucker from Akron working for ABF Freight, was recognized by the Truckload Carri...
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