The nuclear verdict against trailer maker Wabash National has been settled out of court  In a recent filing with the SEC, Wabash (NYSE: WNC) said it had settled the Missouri case that when the verdict first came down last year left the trailer manufacturer looking at a judgement of more than $460 million. That initial […]

Discover why owner operator capacity remains strong, as revealed by Triumph’s latest insights.

Futures market in ULSD weakening on projections of significant oversupply.

The first two weeks of October have seen a significant number of bankruptcy filings in transportation.

Highway fraud prevention tools integrate into AscendTMS for SMBs, boosting security and enhancing protection.

Sentencings of two kingpins in the Louisiana staged accident scheme have been delayed yet again.

The two fleet maintenance arms of Cox Automotive are being put together under one banner.

The benchmark used for most fuel surcharges declined to its lowest level in about two months.

Truckers may face demurrage charges again as court reverses FMC rule, impacting logistics industry contracts.

The TCA is looking for a new chief executive with the plans of current president Jim Ward to step down.

The Supreme Court will take up the issue of broker liability under F4A.

Echo Global B3 rating by Moody’s highlights steady earnings despite challenges in a soft freight market.

ATBS trucking review: In a tough trucking market, drivers find success by optimizing routes and costs.

Diesel price benchmark edges up, highlighting market stability amid oversupply and Chinese oil buying.

The California Air Resources Board has pulled back the core of the Advanced Clean Fleets rule.

Supreme Court to decide on broker liability, impacting logistics law.

PAMT racial harassment lawsuit returns to lower court, challenging prior verdicts in renewed legal battles over racial harassment claims.

Two participants in the Massachusetts scheme to give CDLs to unqualified candidates were sentenced to jail in separate proceedings this month. Eric Mathison, who needed a supply of drivers and plied a state trooper with beverages to help get them, received a sentence of a year and a day, according to the U.S. Department of […]

The U.S. government has filed its response to California’s claim that Congress was legally out of line when it yanked waivers from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that permitted various transportation-related emission policies in that state, as the two parties head toward an October 30 court hearing. Last week’s filing by attorneys for the Environment […]

H5 transport, a North Dakota-based truckload and LTL carrier, has filed for bankruptcy protection under chapter 11 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code. It continues to operate, according to the court documents filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for North Dakota. According to the company’s data available through the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, H5 is […]

The price used for most fuel surcharges rose one cent in a market that has featured stability for weeks Stability in the retail price of diesel remains the prevailing condition in the market, with the benchmark price used for most fuel surcharges moving a mere one cent this week. The Department of Energy/Energy Information Administration […]

(Editor’s note: comments from an attorney for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on the Cemex guideline have been added). The Teamsters has been battling Amazon on several fronts for several years with mixed success, and its laser-like focus on that target can lead it to invoke the online retailer’s name whenever it can, even if […]

A lack of rain, particularly in areas that drain into the Ohio River, is leading to restrictions on barge sizes on the Mississippi River. On September 13, water levels on the Mississippi at Memphis were measured at approximately minus 4.45 feet, according to data from the National Water Prediction Service, which is part of the […]

Moody’s held XPO’s debt rating steady but improved its outlook.

Five takeaways from September’s State of Freight webinar.

Tesla settles California Tesla Autopilot lawsuit over fatal crashes,, latest in mixed record for the auto maker.

After weeks of up and down movement in the weekly diesel benchmark price, the numbers at the pump are right back where they were July 11. The weekly Department of Energy/Energy Information Administration average weekly retail diesel price effective Monday, published Tuesday, was down 2.7 cents/gallon to $3.739/g. That is the same level it was […]

And then there’s the other side of the argument. With a September 29 judicial conference now set at the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) for the justices to consider whether to take up the issue of broker liability, the pleadings on both sides of the debate are coming into focus. Both Transportation Quality Logistics and the Transportation […]

TIA files comments as Supreme Court faces pivotal broker liability cases.

The Relay Payments- Circle K partnership will enhance payment services at 500 truck-friendly locations.

Moody’s has cut Odyssey Logistics debt rating amid weak freight market.

Werner addresses rumors about hiring Kenyan drivers amid Nebraska-Kenya trade deal buzz..

The benchmark diesel price used for most fuel surcharges rose for the second straight week.

Transportation and Warehousing jobs see a slight rise in the latest BLS revision.

An energetic Teamsters rally against Amazon in New York occurs as unionization efforts are likely to get tougher.

The Trump administration is moving to replace the Biden administration IC rule through a rulemaking process.

Truck transportation jobs in the U.S. remained relatively steady in August, still holding solidly above a year ago but having drifted down over the last five months. August seasonally-adjusted jobs in the truck transportation sector reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday totaled 1,523,000. That is down 900 jobs from July, but the July […]

Money-losing truckload carrier PAMT was in violation of a lender’s covenant at the close of the second quarter.

Armada is rolling up three 3PLs into one that will operate under the Armada name.

The benchmark price used as the basis for most fuel surcharges rose after five weeks of declines.

The battle over California’s environmental regulations that impact trucking continued right through the end of August.

Six persons were indicted in Louisiana for operating a scheme to falsely obtain class A CDLs.

Trimble’s Freight Marketplace, touted recently by its CEO on an earnings call, signed up its first big shipper.

Wawa, a major convenience store operator on the East Coast, is getting into the travel center business with its first outlet.

C.H. Robinson has been leading the charge on AI, and now has a new tool in its Managed Solutions segment.

State troopers and others who carried out a CDL licensing fraud are starting to get sentenced.

Credit conditions in trucking as measured by the quarterly BMO report showed some improvement.

The benchmark diesel price used for most fuel surcharges declined for the fifth straight week.

California Clean Truck Check rule is being challenged by the EPA.

Three plaintiffs are alleging they were discriminated against due to their age and race after the American Trucking Association fired them in 2024. 

A settlement in a New Jersey driver misclassification case involving NFI could provide healthy payouts to some individuals.

A long list of legal actions over the California-related Clean Truck Partnership just got the federal government into the fray.

C.H. Robinson had its debt rating increased by S&P Global, and its reduction in staffing is a key reason.

A major lender to the trucking industry might be for sale.

A deal between truck manufacturers and the FTC is the latest blow to the Clean Truck Partnership.

TQL is trying to get the Supreme Court to rule on the issue of broker liability after it lost at the Sixth Circuit.

The inevitable lawsuit has been filed by engine manufacturers against California over the Clean Truck Partnership.

The basis for most fuel surcharges is down 5.8 cts/g over the last three weeks.

New Jersey is the latest state for a battle over independent contractor status.

Proficient Auto Logistics’ stock has been sliding for months but its second quarter numbers were sequentially better.

Of all the negative financial news in the second quarter, there may have been no worse performance than truck sales.

Second quarter earnings at RXO showed the growing importance of LTL activity at the brokerage.

RXO’s earnings showed little movement from a year ago or the first quarter but with some signs of improvement.

Quarterly earnings at the Transport & Logistics (T&L) segment of Trimble Inc. for the second quarter were the first for a full quarter since it closed the sale of its telematics division in February. But while that complex divestiture was impacting some of its financial numbers, the earnings report also gave Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) an […]

Earnings at Uber Freight showed another negative EBITDA but at a lower level than recently.

All the key financial numbers at Expeditors were higher in 2025’s second quarter than a year earlier.

The benchmark diesel price used for most fuel surcharges posted its second consecutive small decline.

The settlement in the biometrics case involving Lytx has been signed off by a judge.

What’s going to happen to the Clean Truck Partnership is a battle that’s spilling out into the open.

The monthly employment report showed a healthy increase in truck transportation jobs, but a downward move in warehouses.

Intermodal provider Hub Group, which would be strongly affected by a UP-NS merger, backs it fully.

There are a lot fewer people working at C.H. Robinson than there were two years ago.

C.H. Robinson CEO Dave Bozeman (NASDAQ: CHRW), in releasing the company’s second quarter earnings, said it represented “six consecutive quarters of consistent outperformance through the disciplined execution of the strategy that we shared at our 2024 investor day.” The revenue figure for the company was down, in part because of the divestiture of the company’s […]

An announced pay increase at Averitt might signal some acceleration in driver pay levels.

Werner’s year-on-year comps were tough, but it performed better sequentially in the second quarter.

First Look: Werner’s bottom line numbers for the quarter were impacted by its big win in a nuclear verdict case.

Diesel has raced ahead of crude in recent months, and the causes don’t appear to be short term.

The sequential numbers at TFI in the second quarter were taken as positive by the investment community.

Key metrics are down at TFI but Bedard, in earnings call, touts higher margin.

Flexport is selling the Convy tech stack to DAT, less than two years after it bought it from the defunct digital brokerage.

Used vehicle prices have always played a significant role at profitability for Ryder System as well as providing guidance on where the broader market stands. The company’s second quarter earnings report was no different. With Ryder (NYSE: R) taking a conservative outlook in making its outlook for the remainder of the year–its forecast is earnings […]

The State of Freight for July looked at what a few key SONAR indices are saying about the market.

Ryder’s profits were higher in the second quarter, but revenue growth was slow.

Growth in cloud revenue is a highlight; new sales opportunities due to ‘unification’ are helping to grab new business.

Marten is selling its intermodal unit, which is focused on refrigerated, to Hub Group.

The benchmark retail price of diesel rose for the 7th time in eight weeks and is now about where it was a year ago.

Even as the issue of broker liability is awaiting word on whether SCOTUS will take up the issue, another case is moving through the courts.

Triumph Financial wrapped up a quarter where lots happened with the company beyond its bottom line.

Oregon isn’t enforcing its copycat Advanced Clean Trucks rule, but it just tied itself closer to what California is doing.

Marten’s second quarter showed some measures of improvement even as it acknowledged the tough freight market.

Werner Enterprises lost on an appeal in a case involving a deaf driver, but the financial stakes were lower than at first.

The benchmark diesel price used for most fuel surcharges rose for the fifth time in six weeks.

A panel at a WEX forum sees EV technology as moving ahead rapidly despite the loss of U.S. government support.

AIFleet uses a forum of mostly energy transition investors to tout its AI future for trucking.

Supply chain software provider E2open held an analyst-free earnings call, likely to be its last.

The brokerage industry may have two cases seeking Supreme Court guidance on a key issue of broker liability.

A court defeat for TQL on the question of broker liability may set up a Supreme Court showdown.

The benchmark diesel price used for most fuel surcharges rose this week for the fourth time in five weeks.

LTL carrier XPO had its debt rating cut by S&P..

The monthly jobs report showed small changes in truck transportation employment, more of the overall trend of stability.