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As diesel futures markets plummet, benchmark retail price rises

Fuel

Fuel Game Plan

Fuel buying, MPG, and total fuel game plan.

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C.H. Robinson Faces $604 Million Verdict: What Vicarious Liability and Negligent Hiring Mean for Brokers After Montgomery and Home Depot

Money

Cash & Capital

Revenue, cash flow, funding, and taxes.

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They Watched the Family Business Get Rolled Up. Then They Built the Version They Wanted to Work For.

Equipment

Equipment, Maintenance & Tech

Specing, maintenance, and uptime tools.

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He Found His Way Out of the Streets in a Prison Cell With a Pamphlet. This Is How Debon “DJ” Sims Built a Trucking Business Nobody Could Take From Him.

Growth

Growth & Scaling

Adding trucks, lanes, and customers the right way.

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Big Rig Crash Closes Eastbound I-80 Near Donner Pass

Risk

Risk & Insurance

Insurance, safety practices, and claims strategy.

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The Safety Audit Comes After the Trucks Are Already Rolling. A Long-Dormant Rule Asks Whether That’s Backwards.

Compliance

Compliance & Safety

FMCSA, audits, ELDs, and staying out of trouble.

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Latest for small fleets

Fraud

$4M worth of cocaine found in Texas commercial truck

The sheriff’s office linked the tractor-trailer to an ongoing criminal investigation and valued the drugs at about $4 million.

Fraud

Louisiana bribery scheme gave 124 people CDLs without training or tests

Applicants paid about $5,000 each as a restaurant owner, training operator and test examiner helped bypass federal licensing requirements.

Fraud

$20M in cocaine found beneath floorboards of commercial truck trailer at California border

Customs and Border Protection officers found 366 cocaine packages after an X-ray scan showed trailer-floor anomalies and a drug dog alerted investigators. The driver faces a federal importation charge carrying a possible life sentence.

Business

Erie truck driver faces 22 charges after police say he fled 9-vehicle crash carrying Bud Light

An Erie commercial driver faces 22 charges after police claim his semi-truck struck nine vehicles at West 12th and Myrtle streets. Court records show bail was denied, and a preliminary hearing is scheduled for Aug. 7.