Truck drivers play an essential role in the world economy, but life isn’t easy for them. Drivers face a wide variety of issues and challenges that affect both them and the industry as a whole. For example, trucker issues contributed to the driver shortage, as qualified drivers leave the industry because of low pay and difficult working conditions. Other truck driver challenges include issues related to health and wellness. Truckers must deal with a lack of exercise, poor diet, extended periods without bathroom breaks, eye strain, cramped conditions, poor sleep — not to mention the mental toll of being away from home and family for days at a time. Though many drivers earn good wages, the physical and mental stress isn’t always worth it to them.
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Amazon and the Teamsters faced off this fall in various venues, with a mixed outcome.
NJ truck driving school settlement resolves lawsuit over driver misclassification.
The November State of Freight webinar took place against a continuation of a market that is showing only the slightest signs of a turnaround.
Major farmer–trucker blockades across Mexico are disrupting highways, slowing port and border operations, and forcing logistics providers to reroute freight.
The delayed September jobs report showed truck transportation jobs declining from a month earlier.
A “how-to” guide on the use of cameras in trucks was on the agenda at Trimble’s Insight meeting.
A panel at the Trimble Insight conference took on the issue of trying to forecast the freight market in 2026.
xcerpt: AB5 enforcement trucking leads to a $868K penalty for misclassification in California. Explore the implications for the industry.
The deadline for the first key brief is at the start of December.
Manipulation of electronic logging devices is creating a two-tier trucking market — where some carriers follow hours-of-service rules and others bypass them to run nearly double the miles per week, experts said.
Aifleet, the technollgy-driven startup, is implementing a big cutback.
The ‘driver shortage’ myth might finally die.
The State of Freight for October found some reasons to be bullish.
Trucker Path, the multi-service app that allows drivers and fleets a wide range of services on one platform, is getting into the insurance business. More accurately, Trucker Path is getting into the insurance agent business. Its new offering is called Trucker Path Insurance. And as Aaron Ealy, the general manager of Trucker Path Insurance noted, […]
Factoring companies face payment delays in a weak freight market, impacting carriers’ margins.
For the second time in the last two years, the transportation of bread will be the focus of a Supreme Court case involving the rights of the drivers who deliver those loaves and other baked goods. The case is also the second transportation-related case the Supreme Court has selected for review this term. It earlier […]
A Texas trucking CEO said English language enforcement varies from state-to-state, confusing drivers and exposing flaws in how the law is applied.
UPS is speeding up deployment of air conditioned vehicles by agreeing to install systems in existing vehicles after the Teamsters union complained of slow progress purchasing new vehicles with A/C.
The nuclear verdict against trailer maker Wabash National has been settled out of court In a recent filing with the SEC, Wabash (NYSE: WNC) said it had settled the Missouri case that when the verdict first came down last year left the trailer manufacturer looking at a judgement of more than $460 million. That initial […]
Sentencings of two kingpins in the Louisiana staged accident scheme have been delayed yet again.
The Supreme Court will take up the issue of broker liability under F4A.
ATBS trucking review: In a tough trucking market, drivers find success by optimizing routes and costs.
Supreme Court to decide on broker liability, impacting logistics law.
PAMT racial harassment lawsuit returns to lower court, challenging prior verdicts in renewed legal battles over racial harassment claims.
Two participants in the Massachusetts scheme to give CDLs to unqualified candidates were sentenced to jail in separate proceedings this month. Eric Mathison, who needed a supply of drivers and plied a state trooper with beverages to help get them, received a sentence of a year and a day, according to the U.S. Department of […]
H5 transport, a North Dakota-based truckload and LTL carrier, has filed for bankruptcy protection under chapter 11 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code. It continues to operate, according to the court documents filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for North Dakota. According to the company’s data available through the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, H5 is […]
(Editor’s note: comments from an attorney for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on the Cemex guideline have been added). The Teamsters has been battling Amazon on several fronts for several years with mixed success, and its laser-like focus on that target can lead it to invoke the online retailer’s name whenever it can, even if […]
Five takeaways from September’s State of Freight webinar.
Tesla settles California Tesla Autopilot lawsuit over fatal crashes,, latest in mixed record for the auto maker.
And then there’s the other side of the argument. With a September 29 judicial conference now set at the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) for the justices to consider whether to take up the issue of broker liability, the pleadings on both sides of the debate are coming into focus. Both Transportation Quality Logistics and the Transportation […]
The Relay Payments- Circle K partnership will enhance payment services at 500 truck-friendly locations.
Werner addresses rumors about hiring Kenyan drivers amid Nebraska-Kenya trade deal buzz..
Transportation and Warehousing jobs see a slight rise in the latest BLS revision.
An energetic Teamsters rally against Amazon in New York occurs as unionization efforts are likely to get tougher.
The Trump administration is moving to replace the Biden administration IC rule through a rulemaking process.
Truck transportation jobs in the U.S. remained relatively steady in August, still holding solidly above a year ago but having drifted down over the last five months. August seasonally-adjusted jobs in the truck transportation sector reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday totaled 1,523,000. That is down 900 jobs from July, but the July […]
Six persons were indicted in Louisiana for operating a scheme to falsely obtain class A CDLs.
Trimble’s Freight Marketplace, touted recently by its CEO on an earnings call, signed up its first big shipper.
Wawa, a major convenience store operator on the East Coast, is getting into the travel center business with its first outlet.
State troopers and others who carried out a CDL licensing fraud are starting to get sentenced.
A settlement in a New Jersey driver misclassification case involving NFI could provide healthy payouts to some individuals.
A major lender to the trucking industry might be for sale.
New Jersey is the latest state for a battle over independent contractor status.
Proficient Auto Logistics’ stock has been sliding for months but its second quarter numbers were sequentially better.
Earnings at Uber Freight showed another negative EBITDA but at a lower level than recently.
The settlement in the biometrics case involving Lytx has been signed off by a judge.
The monthly employment report showed a healthy increase in truck transportation jobs, but a downward move in warehouses.
Carmel, Indianapolis-based nonprofit Project 61 has acquired health and wellness company Offshift to improve the wellbeing of America’s truck drivers.
An announced pay increase at Averitt might signal some acceleration in driver pay levels.
The State of Freight for July looked at what a few key SONAR indices are saying about the market.
Even as the issue of broker liability is awaiting word on whether SCOTUS will take up the issue, another case is moving through the courts.
Authorities in the U.S. have asked the Mexican government to investigate whether a Tijuana-based trucking company has denied the right of truckers to organize for bargaining purposes.
Werner Enterprises lost on an appeal in a case involving a deaf driver, but the financial stakes were lower than at first.
AIFleet uses a forum of mostly energy transition investors to tout its AI future for trucking.
Truck Parking Club accepts strategic investment from CAT Scale, North America’s largest truck weighing network, to make parking more accessible to truckers nationwide.
The brokerage industry may have two cases seeking Supreme Court guidance on a key issue of broker liability.
A court defeat for TQL on the question of broker liability may set up a Supreme Court showdown.
The monthly jobs report showed small changes in truck transportation employment, more of the overall trend of stability.
Stricter enforcement of the English language proficiency rule is already having an impact on the freight market between the U.S. and Mexico.
The day after Werner’s big victory, the reaction on Wall Street was muted…and expected.
After losing at a Texas lower court level and then on appeal, Werner successfully reversed a nuclear verdict from 2018.
At the June State of Freight webinar, Fuller and Strickland see some data that may be an impact from the ELP rule.
Relay Payments has extended its reach into maintenance with three new partnerships.
Grand jury indicts seven men on charges they targeted trucks for robberies.
Outpost, which has a $500 million pot of money to build independent terminals with parking, is opening four more outlets.
A strike against 10 Roads Express that has dragged on for months may be nearing a conclusion.
Proficient Auto Logistics saw its stock plummet for a while on Wednesday, possibly due to an investor presentation.
The death of the Advanced Clean Fleets rule in California dealt a blow to zero-emission vehicles in drayage, but Long Beach remains committed.
The push for tort reform in Texas went zero for two in the just-completed legislative session.
A bill that the Texas trucking industry targeted as a key tool for tort reform has died in the state’s House.
Tough times at Werner have led the company to temporarily suspend the 401(k) match for employees.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Tuesday signed an order to again require strict enforcement of English language proficiency rules for commercial truck drivers.
A Georgia attorney talks about how tort reform in Georgia will change the legal landscape for lawsuits.
Amazon in just the past few days lost a driver-related case in Indiana, was a possible scam victim in Connecticut and had a driver involved in a fatal accident in Tennessee.
Critics of the reinstatement of English language proficiency out-of-service violations argue that the directive is more political than practical and risks diverting attention from more pressing safety issues on U.S. highways.
Proficient Auto Logistics’ earnings were weak, but it came in a quarter of extreme volatility.
RXO management tried to accentuate the positive even in a quarter that was unprofitable for the 3PL.
Two recent developments on independent contractor law are headed in different directions.
Werner CEO Derek Leathers held court with analysts on a quarter that was historic, but not in a good way.
Two more men were charged with the murder of a cooperating witness in the Louisiana staged accident scam.
WorkHound, which takes in mostly driver feedback and sends it to their employers, has been sold.
OOIDA made its case before a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals as it fights alone against California’s AB5 applying to trucking.
The CEO of Truckstop said in an interview that fighting freight fraud is challenging given that nobody goes to jail over it.
Freight fraud was the consistent theme at the opening session of the annual meeting of freight brokerage’s biggest group, the Transportation Intermediaries Association.
Mack Trucks went big to introduce its new long-haul truck, the Pioneer, launching it in New York City.
Truck transportation jobs in March rose by the largest amount since the start of 2022.
Independent owner-operator pay rose in 2024 but not by a lot, according to the president of ATBS.
Proficient Auto Logistics has acquired a Pennsylvania auto hauler.
A truck driver has won a victory at the U.S. Supreme Court in a case that traces back to a failed marijuana test.
Federal transportation officials at the Mid-America Trucking Show discussed a deregulatory approach that aligns with the Trump administration’s policy of eliminating 10 regulations for every new one introduced.
A Rochester, New York-area truck company owner got almost four years in prison for lying to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
On panels for both small and large carriers, the talk at the Truckload Carriers Association was of coping with a freight recession as a turnaround remains elusive.
American Trucking Associations economist Bob Costello foresees negative impacts on freight markets from new port fees on Chinese ships calling at U.S. ports.
RXO is involved in a legal case that could become another precedent in the question over when brokers can be held liable after a theft or accident.
The bankruptcy of Kal Freight will be completed through Chapter 11, after creditors reached a settlement.
TransForce has a new CEO, and the supplier of drivers is looking to expand into smaller fleets.
Kal Freight is likely to be going out of business, but just how that will happen is a subject of dispute in bankruptcy court.
Truck transportation employment continued to fall in February and is now more than 15,000 jobs below year-ago numbers.
With success in cutting down the number of overweight trucks on a key highway, New York City looks to expand use of weigh-in-motion technology around the state.
New England may be the first location in the country to see an impact from the tariff on imported Canadian oil.
