4+ hour, 45+ min ago   (980+ words) Three and a half years of freight recession did two things to the truck financing market at once. It shredded the credit profiles of the carriers who most needed to borrow. It also pushed a large share of the lenders…...

9+ hour, 25+ min ago   (852+ words) Borderlands Mexico is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week in Borderlands Mexico: Exports of Mexican-made heavy-duty trucks to US roar back and Nexio secures 77-acre Texas campus for commercial…...

2+ day, 7+ min ago   (556+ words) And while the issue of federal denial of some highway funding to California was not discussed extensively in the oral arguments, it too was in the background. That funding was withheld as a result of the dispute over California’s practices,…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (732+ words) Samsara is launching a free perks program for professional drivers, giving millions in its network access to discounts and offers, from more than 50 brands. The program, called Samsara Driver Perks, is available to professional drivers in the U.S. beginning Thursday, Sept....

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1010+ words) As federal regulators crack down on hundreds of commercial driver training providers, a veteran truck driver in Georgia is launching a school he says will take a different approach — smaller classes, more time behind the wheel and a greater emphasis…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (358+ words) A cartel network involving truckers sent cash loads carrying at least $1 million apiece back into Mexico. Its cocaine operation supplied Atlanta, Georgia, Memphis, Tennessee, and other U.S. cities. Weekly shipments totaled up to 300 kilograms. Roberto Lopez managed logistics, including driver payments....

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (332+ words) A single tracking source, however reliable, was never designed to answer whether or not the signal was coming from the driver, truck, or load it claims to represent. A telematics feed can be accurate and still be attached to the…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (359+ words) The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has temporarily suspended enforcement of its biennial update requirement. FMCSA also stopped inactivating USDOT numbers when registrants miss those filings. The relief covers deadlines falling on or after June 1, 2026. It will remain in place…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (572+ words) An Indiana trucker told police he was transporting an empty trailer from Memphis to Indianapolis. A commercial vehicle inspection uncovered 126 kilograms, or about 277 pounds, of cocaine. Police found the drugs inside the tractor’s sleeper compartment, not inside the trailer. Indiana…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (134+ words) Freight audit is broken when you’re finding billing mistakes a month later. This is how real-time AI freight audit catches shipment cost errors as they happen. Shipium’s Jason Murray and Penny Allen break down Always on Audit, why monthly invoice…...