Trucking company owners plead guilty to PPP loan fraud
Trucking news and briefs for Monday, June 27, 2022:Trucking company owners plead guilty to PPP loan fraudSemsi Salja and Anes Suhonjic, the...
FMCSA shuts down carrier for safety violations and fatal crash
A Connecticut-based, three-truck fleet has been effectively shut down by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for various driver- and vehicle-related...
Owner-operator self-dispatch: Successful decision-making | Overdrive
Effectively self-dispatching may well be the most difficult task an owner-operator business is saddled with. There are a seemingly unending number...
USA Truck acquired by DB Schenker
DB Schenker, one of the largest logistics service providers in the world, is acquiring USA Truck (CCJ Top 250, No. 68) for approximately $435...
How to save money by properly spec’ing tires
Smart tire spec’ing can save money in two ways: Reducing tire cost per mile and fuel cost per mile. Attributes that reduce one cost...
FMCSA’s Hutcheson clears hurdle toward confirmation as agency’s boss | $4M in suspect meth...
Trucking news and briefs for Friday, June 24, 2022:Hutcheson clears another hurdle on path to FMCSA AdministratorFMCSA deputy administrator Robin Hutcheson...
White House calls for fuel-tax holiday — including diesel tax | Brake Safety Day...
Trucking news and briefs for June 23, 2022: Biden calls for fuel-tax holiday, urging Congress, states to actOn Wednesday, President Joe Biden held a...
Spot flatbed rates dropped sharply in the last week
Truckload freight volumes declined for the third straight month in May, as the average rates to move dry van freight on the...
I-81 enforcement blitz, truck parking roundtable | Trucking conditions bounced back in April after...
Trucking news and briefs for Tuesday, June 21, 2022:FMCSA launches I-81 enforcement blitzThe Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Monday announced an enforcement...
Nation’s truck stops say there’s no DEF shortage
The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has put pricing and availability pressure on anything that flows from or through those countries, including...