The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration are advancing a series of significant regulatory actions designed to enhance highway safety, improve CDL oversight, and
California and Texas Dominate U.S. Cargo Theft Landscape in 2025
Freight cargo theft across North America intensified in 2025, with new data from supply chain risk management provider Overhaul revealing a sharp geographic concentration of incidents in the United States.
Logistics Industry on Alert as Winter Storm Fern Echoes the Great Texas Freeze
Five years after the historic Great Texas Freeze crippled U.S. freight networks, logistics leaders are once again preparing for a major winter disruption. Winter Storm Fern is forecast to deliver
Winter Storm Set to Disrupt Transportation Across the U.S.
A powerful winter storm is poised to impact a vast portion of the United States beginning January 23, delivering snow, ice, and extreme cold from Texas to the East Coast.
North Carolina’s CDL Compliance Failures Reflect a Nationwide Problem
Federal auditors have once again uncovered serious compliance gaps in a state’s handling of non domiciled Commercial Driver Licenses, placing North Carolina at the center of a growing national concern.
DOT pulls $160M from California over foreign trucker licenses
A long simmering conflict between the U.S. Department of Transportation and the State of California escalated sharply this week after federal officials announced the suspension of roughly $160 million in
Cheap Labor and CDL Fraud Are Reshaping the Trucking Market
Small fleet operators say compliant carriers are being pushed out by ultra low cost, non domiciled CDL labor For more than three years, a small fleet owner says his family
Cheap Labor and CDL Abuse Are Reshaping the Trucking Market
A small fleet operator says compliant carriers are being pushed aside by ultra low cost labor and CDL questionable licensing practices, allowing freight to move at prices that no longer
Escalating Lawsuit Abuse Puts Heavy Pressure on the Trucking Industry
The commercial trucking sector is grappling with a surge in costly lawsuit and extreme verdicts at a time when carriers are already strained by economic uncertainty. A new analysis from
BMO’s Trucking Credit Performance Weakens as Portfolio Continues to Contract
Impaired loans jump by over $100 million quarter over quarter. Credit conditions within BMO’s transportation division a major financial backer of the North American trucking sector, continued to deteriorate in