Indiana State Police recorded 8,650 trucking violations and placed 575 drivers and 597 commercial vehicles out of service in July.
The level of employment in truck transportation circled back in July to where it was in February.
Recent commercial vehicle enforcement operations in Arizona, Nebraska, New York and Canada found hundreds of violations and put 30 truck driver out of service.
BlueGrace Logistics announced it has acquired Idaho-based 3PL Truk TMS.
Daimler Truck’s supervisory board approved plans for its largest truck plant in the U.S. Construction starts late 2026, with operations targeted for 2029.
Oil in the power distribution box can knock out lights, wipers, brakes and engine power on 5,919 new Kenworths and Peterbilts. Most failures give no warning.
International Motors will terminate 1,341 employees at two Springfield, Ohio, facilities by October.
One truck or 10,000, the incident-level exposure is the same. Zonar’s Charles Kriete on the proof fleets must build before the accident, not after.
Forward Air reported its best quarterly performance since its early 2024 acquisition of Omni Logistics.
A three-day federal operation led to the arrest of 86 truck drivers, 766 out-of-service orders and 51 immigrant detentions.
Fleet replacement demand remains healthy, but manufacturers’ limited build capacity could dictate truck availability into 2027, experts say.
Carrier Assure CEO Cassandra Gaines says shippers need practical standards for evaluating brokers before freight is tendered—not just after something goes wrong.
Truckload carrier Pamt Corp. is still culling its fleet to get back to profitability.
Trimac Transportation announced it has acquired bulk food-grade logistics provider California Freight.
New report credits federal regulators and states with tighter cabotage enforcement and tougher CDL oversight affecting more than 194,000 non-domiciled commercial drivers.
The transportation market remained very tight in July, despite a modest slowdown from a seasonally stronger June.
Shippers moved less freight in the second quarter and paid sharply more to do it. Tightening truck capacity, not fuel, did most of the damage to their transportation budgets.
July’s manufacturing data showed strength not seen in the past four years, a trend that bodes well for less-than-truckload carriers.
STG Logistics drivers in New Jersey will be able to receive a payout for misclassification.
Joint truck inspection operations recently generated hundreds of violations and sidelined commercial vehicles from New England to the Mountain West.
