Retail diesel up 31% since July, wholesale up twice that pace. J.B. Hunt warns of 5-10% Q3 earnings hit. Small fleets face margin squeeze with no guarantee of recovery.

Sep 21, 2026

Compliance & FMCSA

FMCSA Cannot Enforce Compliance Without More Staff and Funding

Agency oversees millions of drivers and hundreds of thousands of carriers with outdated systems and staffing that has not kept pace with its mission.

Sep 20, 2026

Carrier Business

$110K Chicken Load Traded for Drug Debt, Driver and 11 Others Arrested

Memphis police interrupted an independent contractor unloading frozen cargo behind a hotel. The driver told officers he owed a drug debt. Twelve people face felony theft charges.

Sep 20, 2026

TMS & Software Reviews

YardFlow yard automation cuts detention, speeds check-in at 200+ sites

A beverage shipper moved 5% more freight with the same headcount after deploying YardFlow's digital check-in and dock workflow across 26 facilities. The company is now rolling o…

Sep 20, 2026

Broker Fraud & Vetting

Fake FedEx Crew Walked Out With $680K Electronics Load in Delaware

Delaware State Police arrested a California man after two suspects used fraudulent IDs and shipping documents to steal a trailer from a New Castle warehouse. Troopers recovered …

Sep 20, 2026

General

CVSA Hazmat Blitz Places 14% of Inspected Trucks Out of Service

Five-day surprise inspection initiative in June found shipping-paper violations, placard errors, and cargo-securement failures across 4,900 inspections.

Sep 20, 2026

General

Aurora claims autonomous trucks could prevent 490 deaths yearly by 2035

Driverless freight developer cites third-party safety-case review and commissioned crash analysis, but projections assume scaled deployment and continued validation.

Sep 19, 2026

Equipment & OEM

Hankook Tire wins International's top supplier award for quality, delivery

Tennessee-built Smart AH37 and DH37 tires cited for consistent performance, communication, and adaptability in OEM partnership.

Sep 19, 2026

Driver Life on the Road

Free ELD alerts cut storm-zone truck traffic 90% in North Carolina

NCDOT pushed 724,000 Fleetworthy alerts to driver cabs after Helene washed out I-26 and I-40. Truck volume through the corridor dropped 90%. The service costs nothing.

Sep 19, 2026

Compliance & FMCSA

FMCSA Grants Nationwide Fuel-Hauler HOS Waiver Through December 16

Drivers transporting motor fuels can drive up to 16 hours per day under the three-month waiver. Standard 11-hour limit suspended.

Sep 19, 2026