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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...

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 again over drug testing, and this time the pressure is aimed directly at HHS. On April 17, the American Trucking Associations backed a letter from six...

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...

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 holders living in Florida filed suit on April 15 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The defendants named in the complaint...

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...

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...

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...

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 on just how bad it really is. The agency dropped a Federal Register notice on April 6 saying it plans to move forward with a new information...

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...

Starting April 1, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance rolled out its 2026 North American Standard out-of-service criteria. That matters because this is the handbook inspectors use when deciding whether a truck or driver keeps moving or gets parked on the spot. This year’s update includes 17...

Three more partially automated freight trucks are now operating along the I-70 corridor between Ohio and Indiana, making this one of the most visible real-world truck automation deployments in the Midwest. The latest phase involves trucks hauling commercial freight for Nussbaum Transportation as...

The debate over driverless trucks is no longer just a Silicon Valley story. It is now a live issue in Congress, and the bill on the table could shape how autonomous freight vehicles are tested, regulated, and eventually deployed on American roads. For the trucking industry, that makes the SELF...

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...

Dalilah’s Law just became a lot more than a talking point in Washington. On March 18, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted to move the bill forward, giving one of the trucking industry’s biggest safety and CDL debates a real shot at becoming law. For truckers, this is not...