Trucking

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is intensifying enforcement of English Language Proficiency (ELP) standards, signaling major operational changes for the trucking industry. As of today, June 25, 2025, drivers who fail to meet these requirements face immediate grounding, potentially straining trucking capacity, increasing tender rejections, and driving up national truckload rates. FreightWaves estimates […]

Relay Payments has extended its reach into maintenance with three new partnerships.

FedEx has permanently parked 12 cargo jets as it aligns the fleet with shipping volumes to control costs.

Amazon is ramping up Same-Day and Next-Day delivery for small towns, rural areas.

Tender rejections are at 6% and rising, two weeks before the holiday.

FedEx founder Fred Smith is being remembered as a legend in the freight transportation industry after his death on Saturday. Former FedEx employees have many stories about how Smith built the FedEx airline from scratch.

FedEx has named a new chairman after founder Fred Smith died over the weekend.

Justice Department press release describes violations of several FMCSA rules by Shaquan Jelks; magistrate order on detention spells out some of the details.

This week in Borderlands Mexico: Supply chain firms invest in new cross-border facilities; Japanese industrial supplier investing $5M in Mexico expansion; and Benchmark Electronics opens manufacturing facility in Guadalajara, Mexico.

FedEx founder Fred Smith died Saturday with a legacy as a great U.S. entrepreneur.

GXO Logistics has announced Patrick Kelleher as the new CEO and received approval for its Wincanton acquisition.

Grand jury indicts seven men on charges they targeted trucks for robberies.

New legislation would mandate that all truck drivers be tested for proficiency in speaking and reading English before being allowed on the road.

Attorneys in a $5 million Illinois trucking accident settlement hope their case brings safer changes to roadways.

DHL Express Canada was forced to suspend operations Friday. The company wants the government to override a new law prohibiting the use of replacement workers.

Canada Post has agreed to a new contract with its rural postmasters, but remains at loggerheads with its largest union.

Volvo Group and Daimler Truck have officially launched Coretura, a joint venture dedicated to developing a standardized software-defined vehicle platform for commercial vehicles.

One of the thorniest processes in trucking logistics may have been solved.

Freight fraud has emerged as one of the most rapidly growing and financially devastating risks in today’s global supply chain landscape. With global cargo theft losses exceeding $80 billion in 2023 and the average cost of a successful fictitious pickup surging to $365,000 per incident in Q1 2024, the industry has been desperately seeking more […]

HTL Freight, the 3PL that has been acquiring other brokerages, has made its fifth purchase since 2021.