Roberto Lopez managed driver payments and cross-border money transfers. Court-authorized wiretaps captured discussions about cocaine loads and cartel proceeds.
For most of the last decade, “visibility” in freight has meant knowing where a truck is right now. Carriers connected their ELDs and brokers and shippers plugged into telematics feeds. The industry mostly stopped relying on calling drivers to ask for a location. That shift eliminated an enormous amount of manual work, and it’s now […]
FMCSA temporarily suspended biennial update enforcement and related USDOT deactivations during the MOTUS rollout. Affected registrants will receive advance notice before enforcement resumes.
Police found 277 pounds of cocaine inside a truck’s sleeper compartment. The driver’s employer disputes his account of the trip.
Most supply chain teams have more visibility than they did a few years ago. They can see disruptions sooner, track freight in real time, and understand when a shipment is at risk. But seeing a problem and solving it are two different things. When capacity tightens, a border crossing closes, or rates move beyond a […]
Artificial intelligence has become the loudest conversation in trucking, promising faster compliance checks, deeper video analytics, and instant answers to complex regulatory questions. But according to Rustin Keller, President and CEO of J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc., the technology’s growing footprint hasn’t changed who’s ultimately accountable when something goes wrong. “AI is going to accelerate business, […]
CargoNet tracked 273 incidents as surrounding weekdays produced 71% of cases and annual totals climbed 70%.
For the past several years, many fleets have viewed trailer capacity as a lever they could pull as conditions changed—adding units when freight improved and returning them when demand softened. According to Ed Behnen, Senior Vice President of Sales at Premier Trailer Leasing, that flexibility is becoming far less available. Behnen joined Malcolm Harris on […]
The Nexus collection reportedly included front-and-back license images and CDL-tagged entries, but investigators have not confirmed any freight exposure.
ShipStation Global CEO Tom Madine explains the thinking behind the platform’s newly launched LTL offering and the broader push to bring parcel, freight and truckload under one roof. Enterprise customer Toyota Racing Development and SMB spice brand Spiceology illustrate what that looks like in practice.
The Aug. 10-14 enforcement action involved people from 18 countries. CBP also reported two human-smuggling interdictions, a firearm seizure and drug seizures.
Median last-mile delivery cost rose 12% again in 2026. FarEye CEO Kushal Nahata told Last Mile Leaders America the increase is now the planning baseline.
Two shipments left an Anheuser-Busch distribution center in Montclair, California, on Aug. 17 but never reached their destinations. Police are investigating whether fraudulent documentation, trucking details and driver information connect the cargo thefts.
Falsified documents were used to pick up the Nike shipment in Memphis before investigators recovered $647,420 in merchandise in Illinois.
Reported U.S. cargo theft incidents rose 5% in Q2, with California and Texas accounting for more than half of recorded cases. Electronics led targeted commodities, while Southern California remained a major cargo theft hot spot.
DP World reportedly winding down standalone digital freight platform.
DeepFabric has added Kenco to a customer list spanning CPG, medical distribution, fleet management and retail, with 20 agents planned at the 3PL within 12 months.
The sheriff’s release identifies Atlanta and Orlando as the shipment’s intended destinations. It also raises new questions about how contraband can move through commercial freight.
A proposed freight rail merger could help birth a dramatic expansion of passenger rail service in the sprawling Atlanta metropolis, and benefit trucking, too.
Federal prosecutors say the group stole checks from mail routes, marketed them online and shipped them to buyers nationwide.
