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Every Major Port and Rail Region Just Hit Elevated Status — Here's What That Means for TruckersNot seeing that at our ramp.- Electric Chicken
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Trucking Industry Demands HHS Stop Stalling on Hair and Oral-Fluid Drug Testing — Here's What's at StakeWould it be better? More accurate? What?
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Rising Class 8 Truck Orders Suggest Freight Market May Be Approaching a TurnMega fleets have to keep buying trucks regardless because their drivers keep wrecking them.
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FMCSA Warns Carriers: Buy or Sell a DOT Number and You Could Lose ItHow did STG buy XPO then?
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Spot Rates Are Rising, but Diesel Is Eating the GainsPaying almost $6 a gallon now. It's ridiculous.
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FMCSA Overhauls DataQs: Truckers Now Get a Fairer Fight Against Bad Inspection Records
If you've ever tried to fight a bad inspection record or a wrong crash entry through FMCSA's DataQs system and felt like the deck was stacked against you, the agency just made one of the biggest changes to that process in years. On April 15, FMCSA announced a DataQs overhaul designed to make... -
Oil Just Dropped 13% After Iran Reopened the Strait of Hormuz — Will Diesel Prices Follow?
Oil Prices Tanked After Iran Reopened the Strait of Hormuz — Here's What It Means for Diesel Truckers may finally be catching a little relief at the fuel pump after oil prices dropped sharply on April 17 following Iran's announcement that the Strait of Hormuz was back open to commercial vessels... -
Used Class 8 Truck Sales Hit Their Best Stretch in Years — But the Window to Buy Smart May Not Last Long
Used Class 8 Truck Sales Are Picking Up — But Buyers Aren't Going All In Just Yet The used truck market showed more life in March, and if you're an owner-operator or small fleet watching every equipment dollar, that's worth paying attention to. ACT Research reported that preliminary... -
DOT Hits New York With $73.5 Million Funding Freeze Over Non-Domiciled CDL Violations
New York just got one of the biggest public warnings yet in the federal government's ongoing crackdown on non-domiciled commercial driver's licenses. On April 16, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced that FMCSA is withholding $73,502,543 from the state after the agency determined... -
FMCSA Extends Paper Medical Card Relief — But Drivers Shouldn't Get Too Comfortable
Truck drivers are getting more time to keep using paper medical cards, but this extension comes with a clear message attached to it. FMCSA has issued a new exemption allowing interstate CDL holders, CLP holders, and motor carriers to continue using a paper copy of the Medical Examiner's...
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Oil Just Dropped 13% After Iran Reopened the Strait of Hormuz — Will Diesel Prices Follow?
- Freight Relocators
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Oil Prices Tanked After Iran Reopened the Strait of Hormuz — Here's What It Means for Diesel Truckers may finally be catching a little relief at... -
Used Class 8 Truck Sales Hit Their Best Stretch in Years — But the Window to Buy Smart May Not Last Long
- Mike
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Used Class 8 Truck Sales Are Picking Up — But Buyers Aren't Going All In Just Yet The used truck market showed more life in March, and if you're... -
Trucking Industry Demands HHS Stop Stalling on Hair and Oral-Fluid Drug Testing — Here's What's at Stake
- Freight Relocators
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ATA and Six House Lawmakers Are Pushing HHS to Stop Stalling on Modern Drug Testing The trucking industry is turning up the heat on Washington... -
Every Major Port and Rail Region Just Hit Elevated Status — Here's What That Means for Truckers
- Freight Relocators
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Port and Rail Freight Costs Are Rising Again — And This Time It's Coming From Every Direction If you've been waiting for a sign that freight... -
U.S. Trailer Orders Surged 42% in March — Here's Why the Industry Isn't Celebrating Yet
- Freight Relocators
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U.S. Trailer Orders Jumped 42% in March — But Don't Pop the Champagne Yet There was finally some life in the U.S. trailer market in March, but... -
Florida Lawsuit Takes Direct Aim at FMCSA's Non-Domiciled CDL Crackdown
- Freight Relocators
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A new federal lawsuit out of Florida is putting FMCSA's non-domiciled CDL crackdown directly in front of a judge. Nineteen non-domiciled CDL... -
FMCSA Extends Paper Medical Card Relief — But Drivers Shouldn't Get Too Comfortable
- Freight Relocators
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Truck drivers are getting more time to keep using paper medical cards, but this extension comes with a clear message attached to it. FMCSA has... -
FMCSA Overhauls DataQs: Truckers Now Get a Fairer Fight Against Bad Inspection Records
- Freight Relocators
- 3 min read
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If you've ever tried to fight a bad inspection record or a wrong crash entry through FMCSA's DataQs system and felt like the deck was stacked... -
DOT Hits New York With $73.5 Million Funding Freeze Over Non-Domiciled CDL Violations
- Freight Relocators
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New York just got one of the biggest public warnings yet in the federal government's ongoing crackdown on non-domiciled commercial driver's... -
Truckload Earnings May Finally Be Near a Turning Point
- Freight Relocators
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Truckload carriers are probably going to post another rough quarter when the earnings reports hit. But what's happening underneath those numbers... -
FMCSA Proposes 20% UCR Fee Increase for 2027
- Freight Relocators
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If you're an interstate carrier, broker, freight forwarder, or leasing company, your registration costs could be going up in 2027. FMCSA has... -
FMCSA Moves to Study Truck Parking Shortage — But Don't Expect New Spots Anytime Soon
- Freight Relocators
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Truck parking has been a thorn in the side of this industry for a long time, and now FMCSA is taking another formal step toward getting a handle... -
Kroger, Werner, Swift, and U.S. Xpress Sued Over Alleged Quickway No-Hire Deal
- Freight Relocators
- 3 min read
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A new federal lawsuit is putting Kroger and three major trucking companies under a bright light after former Quickway Transportation drivers... -
New Tariff Rules Could Reach Truck, Trailer, and Parts Costs Starting April 6
- Freight Relocators
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A new White House proclamation signed April 2 changes how Section 232 tariffs are applied to steel, aluminum, and copper imports and their... -
EPA’s DEF Sensor Shift Could Finally Ease One of Trucking’s Biggest Headaches
- Freight Relocators
- 3 min read
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EPA just made a change that could matter a lot more to truckers than most regulatory updates ever do. The agency said DEF quality sensors are no... -
Truck Makers Just Backed EPA in a Fight That Could Change What Trucks Fleets Are Forced to Buy
- Freight Relocators
- 3 min read
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The fight over EPA’s Phase 3 truck emissions rule just got bigger, and this one reaches far beyond Washington policy circles. Truck makers have... -
FMCSA Says Freight Fraud Is Now a Full-Blown Enforcement Fight
- Freight Relocators
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Freight fraud is no longer just another warning topic at trucking conferences. At the Mid-America Trucking Show, FMCSA used one of the industry’s... -
Spot Rates Are Climbing, and the Gap With Contract Freight Is Getting Tight
- Freight Relocators
- 3 min read
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For a long time, one of the clearest signs of how weak the freight market had become was the gap between spot rates and contract rates. Contract...