Trucking

Federal BUILD grants totaling $1.73 billion will help fund transportation projects across 127 projects.

Knight-Swift Transportation’s less-than-truckload unit, AAA Cooper, has opened four new locations in recent weeks.

The opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge marks a milestone for U.S.-Canada trade after political disagreements delayed its debut.

This week in Borderlands Mexico: Toyota bets big on Texas; RJW Logistics adds fourth Dallas-area warehouse; and Gulf Coast Crating expands with industrial acquisitions.

A project opening next week is the final piece in a long project to improve truck access at the port of Savannah.

Trucking analysts are raising estimates ahead of the second-quarter earnings season, which begins next week.

A federal rule on seat belt strength is up for review after OEM objections.

Arizona commercial vehicle enforcement operation on July 1 resulted in 66 violations and seven out-of-service orders.

The pardons ended nine ordeals. The mandate that created them is still on the books, still in the field, and still pointed at the trucks that move America’s military freight.

The long-awaited proposed changes in a set of EPA heavy-duty truck regulations that loosely is referred to as “the NoX rule,” because its provisions are aimed at reducing emissions of that pollutant, were released by the agency Thursday as it declared the revised standards will not bring any changes to the cost of truck manufacturing. […]

A jury handed down a wrongful death verdict against Mesilla Valley Transportation in a case centered on alleged driver fatigue and safety policies.

Truckstop.com has officially launched its Advanced Voice Assistant designed specifically for on-the-road freight management.

One provider changed its name and lost a second device. Another lost two on the same afternoon. The registry doesn’t remember.

Logistics provider Quantix has named longtime executive Nate Gesse as CEO following the successful completion of a financial restructuring.

North American Class 8 truck orders jumped 241% year over year in June, underscoring rising fleet demand.

A $66.7 million judgment, a $38.8 million restitution order, and a sentencing date. What the court record says about trucking’s biggest insurance collapse, and who never got paid.

The battle over a proposal that would radically change the Amazon business model in New York ready to resume in coming weeks. (Photo: Jim Allen\FreightWaves)

Mexico has one of the world’s highest truck driver vacancy rates, according to the International Road Transport Union.

We’re auditing the people who write the laws MCSAP dollars enforce. We pulled every trucking bill in Congress, every name, and laid it against the crash data in their own states.

CBP officers seized 126.5 kilograms of suspected cocaine during a commercial vehicle inspection at the Hidalgo Port of Entry. Homeland Security Investigations has opened a criminal investigation following the June 24 seizure.

The SCOTUS decision stripped brokers of the federal preemption defense used for years to escape negligent carrier selection claims. Almost nobody is talking about the commercial leasing and rental companies that made the decision to hand a 33-ton vehicle to the carrier in the first place. Their legal shield was different and the Supreme Court published the map to it.

Trimble may be looking to sell its Transportation & Logistics segment.

Less-than-truckload carrier Mountain Valley Express confirmed that is has ceased operations.

Two separate companies have asked for longer-term relief from Hours of Service rules.

Texas authorities and Walmart agree to a settlement returning more than $13 million to drivers and the state.

Tightness across the freight market eased only slightly in June.

Washington spent a year threatening states over truck safety enforcement. Here’s who we give millions to for trucking enforcement and how they spend it across million inspections.

InMotion Global has integrated SearchCarriers into AscendTMS’ free CVQ platform, giving brokers and shippers another tool to combat freight fraud.

CrimsonLogic urges importers to fix data inconsistencies before Mexico begins enforcing electronic customs value declarations beginning Aug. 1.

Descartes announced Monday that it has acquired Santiago, Chile-based last-mile solutions provider Drivin for $30 million.

On July 3, 2026, President Trump pardoned early a dozen people who were convicted under the Clean Air Act for tampering with diesel emissions, months after the Justice Department stopped prosecuting diesel cases entirely. The technology is still bolted to every truck on the road, and nobody in Washington wants to discuss the “what now” of who pays for it.

This week in Borderlands Mexico: Cargo theft falls, but attacks on truckers turn deadlier; Clarios opens $147M battery distribution center; and Craters & Freighters Austin opens new logistics facility.

Montgomery has spurred a new policy at Highway.

Truck transportation job growth has eked out a small gain this year, but is way below a year ago.

The bipartisan CORCA bill passed the House with overwhelming support, but a growing debate over cargo theft data has followed it to the Senate. Critics question whether documented losses justify a larger federal response, while supporters argue the current reporting system misses much of the problem.

RFP cycles have shrunk from 18 months to just 30 days. Triumph’s new tool replaces spreadsheets with data-backed freight RFP management

The TQL-Pink Cheetah broker transparency case will hear oral arguments in September.

Patrick Moebel, who spent years running FedEx Logistics and Geodis’s North American business, was named CEO of Ceva Logistics on Wednesday.

Ruan announced it has rolled out an end-to-end customs brokerage service.

The Trump administration has rejected renewing USMCA in its current form, keeping the trade agreement alive but setting up annual negotiations that could reshape North America’s $1.5 trillion trading relationship.

Cheap parcels entering the European Union are subject to a 3 euro customs fee as of July 1, forcing retailers to overhaul internal systems to ensure compliance and raising questions about whether shoppers will be put off by higher fees passed through to them.

Manufacturing activity grew for a sixth straight month in June, providing another tailwind to an already supply-constrained trucking market.

U.S. officials are targeting a Mexican cartel by focusing on the organization’s growing cross-border fuel-smuggling business.

FedEx is selling off its supply chain services division to CMA CGM, which will fold the business into its Ceva Logistics subsidiary.

C.H. Robinson has been removed as a defendant in a case that might have been key post-Montgomery litigation.

A series of recent enforcement actions across three U.S. border states highlights growing scrutiny of commercial drivers.

BetterFleet CEO Dan Hilson says fleet operators are moving past EV experiment mode. The real savings come from AI that manages charge timing, demand charges, and battery health.

A Montana man received a 41-month federal prison sentence after admitting he transported more than $181,000 in stolen construction equipment from Montana to Idaho.

The Laredo Gateway Industrial Railway project aims to expand short rail access for cross-border cargo between the U.S. and Mexico.

The U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index Rates Edition shows dry van spot rates surged 31% year-over-year in May 2026 as capacity tightening drives costs higher.

Ron DeSantis vetoed a bill that would have allowed some Florida inmates to get CDL training.

A U.S. District Court ruled Monday that Yellow Corp. is not required to compensate Teamster employees for delayed layoff notices during its 2023 shutdown.

Trimble is rolling out another new product powered by its purchase of Transporeon.

Class 8 analyzed more than 3.2 million truck unload events across 68,340 commercial vehicles using a three-stage detection pipeline that combines vehicle weight telemetry, satellite imagery and behavioral analysis. The study classified nearly 42,600 unload events as High or Critical risk and, according to CEO Chris Atkinson, has been validated against a statistically significant number of confirmed cargo theft investigations

Schneider National announced additional leadership changes and promotions on Monday as part of a previously announced succession plan.

California Highway Patrol investigators recovered more than $2.2 million in allegedly stolen cargo after executing a search warrant at an Anaheim warehouse. Authorities say the investigation remains ongoing, and additional details have not yet been released.

E-commerce platform Vinted is entering the Australian market and has signed Australia Post to support all parcel shipments.

Two stolen trailers carrying more than $1.3 million in cargo were recovered at a suburban Chicago truck yard, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office. The trailers, reported stolen in Alabama and Florida, contained approximately $300,000 in copper wire and $1 million in infrastructure equipment for data centers. Investigators are working to identify the driver who delivered the trailers and anyone else who may have been involved in the thefts.

The busiest U.S. container port recognizes a local trucking provider for helping establish a “Green Truck Corridor” between the port and Mexico.

A lawsuit against an arm of Universal Logistics over the Illinois BIPA law is now a class action.

More than 1,200 workers are affected by recent logistics layoffs as several small freight operators file for bankruptcy.

Chain’s newest AI tool negotiates rates, vets carriers and books routine freight while allowing sales reps to stay in control of high-value, relationship-driven loads.

As cargo theft continues to climb across the United States, Trucker Path has integrated Verisk CargoNet cargo theft intelligence into its navigation platform. The new feature provides drivers with county-level theft risk ratings, theft trends and commodity data while planning routes, as CargoNet reports more than 1,120 cargo theft incidents and $121 million in estimated losses during the first five months of 2026.

FMCSA is stripping out compliance noise with one hand and chasing chameleon carriers with the other. The trick is keeping the two in balance.

FedEx Freight expects profit margin to grow by more than 9% in the back half of the year, up more than a point from last year’s growth.

A recent change in FMCSA registration policy suggests Motus’ problems are continuing.

The U.S. Postal Service is borrowing employee retirement funds to maintain cash flow, but will run out of money in five years or more unless Congress passes structural reforms, the Postmaster General warned on Wednesday.

International Longshore and Warehouse Union workers called the first strike in decades against a major California sugar processor.

A Philadelphia man has been sentenced to nearly eight years in prison after federal investigators dismantled a cargo theft ring responsible for more than $1.5 million in stolen freight. Court filings reveal how the crew targeted sleeping drivers, coordinated thefts through group chats and moved stolen cargo across the region, offering the transportation industry a rare look inside how organized cargo theft operations work.

The Teamsters have won a battle with Amazon at the NLRB, but face a tougher challenge in any appeal.

Private equity firm Quad-C has invested in Armstrong Transport Group as the freight brokerage plans for rapid growth.

Mack Trucks fired up a push into the OTR market in ‘25; where does it stand a year later?

FedEx is slowly redeploying its fleet of MD-11 aircraft that were grounded for seven months following the fiery crash of a UPS freighter, but has also decided to retire 10 aging aircraft.

North Carolina trucking companies are seeking answers after veteran motor carriers were reportedly identified as new entrants following an FMCSA SafeSpect update.

Recent acquisitions by AmeriLux Transportation, ANDY Corp. and Imperative Logistics highlight continued consolidation across North America’s logistics sector.

ITS Logistics executives warn shippers who budgeted flat for 2026 face a capacity reckoning as driver exits, fuel costs and lean inventories collide.

FedEx reported strong quarterly results, driven by growth in package volumes and yields as the company focuses on high-margin logistics business.

The theft of England’s World Cup equipment is being treated as a sports story. It should also be treated as a logistics story. While the losses were relatively small and the property was recovered, the incident serves as a reminder that even minor security failures can expose larger vulnerabilities within a supply chain.

A pair of Republican members of the House of Representatives have introduced legislation in the Congress aimed at what they say is “a dangerous loophole” in federal regulations that can lead to ELD records being altered from outside the borders of the U.S..  Reps. Greg Steube of Florida and Dave Taylor of Ohio, the latter […]

A long-running monitoring of the Teamsters by the federal government is coming to an end.

Mexican industry officials say 20,000 truck drivers have lost U.S. work visas since April 2025.

EDI has been broken for 40 years,” said Erik Kiser, founder and CEO. “Not because the problem was unsolvable, but because no one was willing to rebuild it from the ground up.

The AI boom is changing more than technology. It is reshaping supply chains, increasing demand for critical components and creating a new class of high-value cargo targets. The question is not whether criminals are paying attention. It is how quickly the transportation industry can adapt.

How maintenance frequency maps to violation patterns, and why the carriers stretching their service intervals are the same ones showing up with brake and hub seal failures at roadside.

UPS has invested $48 million in chilled trucking facilities optimized for speed and short-term storage.

A current rule that requires a printed ELD manual in a truck is being eliminated.

LTL carrier Saia has opened two new Midwest terminals, the third month in a row with openings.

Cathay Pacific subsidiary Air Hong Kong has signed a long-term lease for an additional Airbus A330 freighter aircraft to support DHL Express and other customers in Asia markets.

Commercial driver’s license holders no longer have to notify their home state of traffic convictions, according to a new federal law.

UPS wants to reduce the size of its workforce in the UK by transferring last-mile delivery to outside couriers, which would significantly change the labor landscape for legacy parcel cariers.

TFS and WEX are targeting owner-operators and large fleets with a new financing program for trucks, trailers and other assets.

Bendix and Aeva bring 4D LiDAR to Class 8 collision mitigation via Fusion ADAS. Collaboration targets L2+ driver assistance in mass production for fleets

This week in Borderlands Mexico: Echo bets on Mexico growth with domestic transportation offering; DP World in talks to develop container terminal at Port of Corpus Christi; and Chinese auto supplier invests $42M in Saltillo plant.

The freight industry stands at a crossroads that looks remarkably familiar to anyone who remembers the early days of fintech. Before Plaid became the connective tissue linking bank accounts to lending decisions, borrowers shuffled paperwork and lenders operated on good faith. Now that same transformation is coming for trucking, and Highway’s Chief Commercial Officer Michael […]

A crash involving an independent owner operator ultimately caught up 3 carriers in case involving vicarious responsibility.

The Teamsters union is gearing up to file grievances against UPS for allegedly funneling package delivery to Roadie, a subsidiary that uses less-expensive gig drivers.

Trailer builder Wabash National, which has had a tough few years, got a big boost from an analyst report.

FleetForce and Swift Transportation have partnered to offer on-site CDL training and certification in Mobile, Alabama.

The CAVRA Standard, created by Carrier Assure CEO Cassandra Gaines, aims to bring clarity to carrier vetting.

Trade experts at Flexport say July could bring sweeping tariff changes, new compliance requirements and legal battles over U.S. trade policy.