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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 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 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...

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 conditions are shifting, ITS Logistics just handed you one. The company's April U.S. Port/Rail Ramp Freight Index shows every major port and rail region...

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 it's a little too early to call it a full recovery. ACT Research reported preliminary net trailer orders came in at 18,800 units for the month, up...

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...

A new federal lawsuit is putting Kroger and three major trucking companies under a bright light after former Quickway Transportation drivers accused them of working together to block those drivers from getting hired after Quickway shut down. The case was filed April 2 in the U.S. District Court...

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 freight was paying better, spot freight was lagging behind, and a lot of small carriers were stuck trying to make bad numbers work. That gap is...

Diesel prices may not be climbing as fast as they were a few weeks ago, but that does not mean carriers can breathe easy. The latest numbers show the national average diesel price rose 2.6 cents to $4.06 per gallon, while California climbed all the way to $7.22. Regional prices were mixed, with...

Autonomous trucking keeps getting talked about like it is some far-off idea, but this time it is not a concept video or a test track demo. It is moving real freight on a real route. International Trucks and Ryder have launched a Level-4 autonomous truck pilot on a 600-mile run between Laredo...

The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing a case that could have a real impact on freight brokers, small carriers, and the way freight gets booked across the country. At the center of it is a legal fight over whether freight brokers can be sued under state negligence laws for hiring an unsafe carrier...

Freight fraud is no longer just a shady broker problem or a bad load-board story. It is becoming one of the biggest business threats in trucking, and the criminals behind it are getting smarter. That is what makes this week’s reporting so important. The newest industry data shows that freight...

Truckload spot rates are finally moving in the right direction, but many truckers are finding that the improvement does not feel as good as the headlines make it sound. After a long stretch of weak freight, rates are rising again in several key segments. The problem is that diesel has surged so...

Diesel Prices Keep Climbing as National Average Reaches $5.208 Per Gallon Truckers are getting hit even harder at the pump this weekend. AAA’s national average diesel price reached $5.208 per gallon on March 21, 2026, up from $5.159 yesterday and $4.942 a week ago. That is a sharp move in a...

Diesel has moved from “yeah, it’s up a little” to “okay, now it’s getting expensive again” in a hurry. That’s the real mood out here. The latest numbers show a sharp jump in diesel prices across the United States, and for trucking companies, owner-operators, and company drivers alike, that...

U.S. diesel prices moved higher again on March 9, 2026, with AAA’s daily national fuel tracker showing another sharp increase in the average retail price paid by drivers across the country. Latest U.S. diesel average (daily) According to AAA, the U.S. average retail diesel price stood at $4.656...