Breaking news: EFS fuel cards suffer outage, drivers unable to pay for fuel (with video)

Truck drivers using EFS fuel cards have been unable to fuel their vehicles as a systems outage has shut down the cards. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)

A systems failure with EFS fuel cards has led to truck drivers unable to fuel their vehicles in various locations, according to multiple reports.

Social media users first identified the problem early Wednesday morning, and since then media reports indicate that WEX, the parent company of EFS, has confirmed the issue. One social media poster indicated the cards began having problems late Tuesday night. Others have said their cards are now working and company representatives have told them the issues are intermittent. 


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Messages left by FreightWaves for WEX have not been returned. It is unclear if the outage is affecting other WEX products at this time.

EFS offers fuel cards for fleets and owner-operators.

This is a breaking story and will be updated.

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11 Comments

  1. Dave Remus

    TFC Truckers for Change,Time we all unite together and have one Union from the port to the workers in the warehouses.We run this economy and the world!!..We together as one can affect a lot of change political policies and social issues.We are the means of production!!..Most drivers don’t have healthcare or a living wage.We have to force change before Artificial intelligence takes all our jobs..TFC We The People must stand up..Truckers United for the laborers,the farmers the whole damn system

    1. Noble1 suggests SMART truck drivers should UNITE & collectively cut out the middlemen from picking truck driver pockets ! IMHO

      Oh now Timothy Doone from freightwaves is going to have a field day with this comment . He already believes that I have sock monikers on freightwaves , of which I don’t . Heck after reading this comment I myself would have been lead to believe I wrote it , LOL !

      Hmm this is a wake up call for sure due to 11:11 time stamp .

      Dave I like your thinking . If you haven’t read my comments on freightwaves ,I’d be surprised because what you have stated resembles what I have been advocating for quite awhile .

      You say TFC , I say a UNITED Truck Driver Alliance . Same thing .
      You should elaborate a little more on this concept of yours , seriously .

      I’m curious to how you would suggest to set it up .

      In my humble opinion …

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Brian Straight leads FreightWaves' Modern Shipper brand as Managing Editor. A journalism graduate of the University of Rhode Island, he has covered everything from a presidential election, to professional sports and Little League baseball, and for more than 10 years has covered trucking and logistics. Before joining FreightWaves, he was previously responsible for the editorial quality and production of Fleet Owner magazine and fleetowner.com. Brian lives in Connecticut with his wife and two kids and spends his time coaching his son’s baseball team, golfing with his daughter, and pursuing his never-ending quest to become a professional bowler. You can reach him at bstraight@freightwaves.com.