Trucking

C.H. Robinson is reducing management headcount through voluntary buyouts, the company said.

Two Mexican truck drivers filed a federal lawsuit claiming a Texas carrier misclassified their visas and denied them overtime pay.

No federal law requires an insurer to evaluate a carrier’s safety record before issuing a commercial trucking policy and that’s creating a significant safety gap.

Samsara Inc. (NYSE: IOT) announced its 2026 North America Customer Advisory Board on Tuesday as the company prepares for its annual Beyond conference. The board includes executives from nearly 50 organizations spanning transportation, logistics, energy and food distribution. One goal is to guide the next generation of AI-powered safety and operational tools. Members include leaders […]

Port Houston officials passed a new rule set to take effect May 1 aimed at pressing shippers to move refrigerated cargo faster.

The difference between what a driver should catch on the pre-trip and what a PM program should catch before the truck ever leaves the shop tells two completely different stories about where the failure lives

Let’s start with what is not in dispute. In 2023, 5,472 people were killed in traffic crashes involving large trucks, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System — the most reliable national crash database that exists. Seventy percent of those people — 3,837 of them — were not in the […]

Manufacturers and retailers are increasingly renting storage trailers to manage inventory surges, cross-border freight flows and rising warehouse costs.

The freight market momentum is building at a rapid clip. National dry van spot rates — tracked via the SONAR National Truckload Index (NTI.USA), the 7-day moving average of booked rates including fuel — have broken out to a new cycle high of $2.89 per mile. This represents the strongest level since 2022 and confirms […]

The freight market is no stranger to disruptive forces — tariffs, recessions, weather, economic fluctuations, and capacity crunches have all reshaped freight demand over the years. But a new contender is emerging from an unexpected corner: the widespread adoption of GLP-1 medications (think Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and similar GLP-1 receptor agonists). These drugs, originally developed […]

This week in Borderlands Mexico: Court ruling on tariffs sets off refund scramble, legal uncertainty; APM Terminals expands Lázaro Cárdenas capacity; and German components maker opens $95M plant in Querétaro, adds 700 jobs.

National truckload rejection rates are telling us that the market may take a while to recover.

The Fullbay State of Heavy-Duty Repair Report 2026 shows 68% revenue growth since 2023 amid a deepening structural technician shortage. With 54% of shops understaffed and culture outranking pay for retention, fleets face long-term challenges.

A tow bill landed on trucking Facebook this week and it has been making the rounds ever since. Drivers are sharing it, tagging each other, dropping fire emojis and expletives in equal measure. Some are calling it a scam. Some are saying the driver should have known better. Most are just staring at the total […]

How a cocaine-positive truck driver exploited a federal self-certification loophole to clear 1,000 prohibted Clearinghouse violations

Rates, liability, legal chaos and insurance exposure are colliding in real time. Most carriers are not prepared for it.

Self-driving trucks could deliver major savings across the more than $1 trillion U.S. trucking industry, according to a new report commissioned by Aurora Innovation and conducted by the Steer Group. The analysis projects $9 billion in annual consumer savings, account for $70 billion in gross domestic product and nearly 500 lives saved per year by […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Volvo Trucks North America unveiled a series of announcements at the American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) annual meeting in Nashville. The company detailed a $2 billion product investment program, a milestone fleet order for 400 trucks and new technology aimed at redefining truck-trailer connectivity. The announcements come as Volvo […]

One month ago the national average for diesel was $3.65 a gallon. As of this week, it is over $5.00. According to AAA, that is a 38% increase in roughly 30 days — the fastest one-month fuel price spike the trucking industry has experienced in years, driven by U.S. and Israeli airstrikes against Iran that […]

The U.S. truckload spot market just hit a new cycle high at $2.82 per mile on the National Truckload Index (NTI.USA)—that’s the 7-day moving average of booked dry van spot rates, fuel included. Volumes are holding firm at multi-year peaks we haven’t seen since late 2022. The chart shows the steady climb of trucking spot […]