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Motive, Fleetio Expand Partnership - TT

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (416+ words) Fleet management services provider Motive Technologies and fleet maintenance specialist Fleetio will expand their partnership, the companies said Aug. 27. Motive and Fleetio began working together in 2018. The companies" expanded integration will see a centralization of fuel, maintenance and telematics data…...

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ttnews. com > articles > averitt-ltl-network

Averitt Boosts LTL Network as Freight Market Upturn Beckons - TT

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (808+ words) Averitt Express is expanding its core less-than-truckload business to get ahead of what it sees as an emerging upturn in the less-than-truckload market, particularly in areas where capacity constraints are beginning to surface. Cookeville, Tenn. -based Averitt also is revitalizing…...

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ttnews. com > articles > ata-tonnage-january-2026

ATA Reports Slight Rise in January Tonnage - TT

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (807+ words) Freight tonnage at the start of the year regained some of the ground it lost in 2025, American Trucking Associations reported Feb. 24. The ATA For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 0. 4% in January to 113 from 112. 5 in December. The results also marked a 0. 5% increase…...

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ttnews. com > articles > trucking-upturn-confidence

Trucking Grows More Confident About Freight Market Upturn - TT

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (782+ words) Confidence has grown in recent weeks that an upturn in the freight cycle is approaching more quickly than previously expected. Data provided to Transport Topics shows an acceleration in carrier capacity exits " indicating a tightening of the market is edging…...

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ttnews. com > articles > volvo-vnr-electric

Volvo's VNR Electric Reaches 20 Million Customer Miles - TT

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (474+ words) SAN DIEGO " Volvo Trucks North America's VNR Electric model has reached 20 million miles of on-the-road customer operations, the OEM said Oct. 25. The regional haul battery-electric tractor reached 10 million miles in December 2024. Commercial orders for the tractor began in December 2020. More…...

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ttnews. com > articles > fmcsa-revokes-gorilla-eld

FMCSA Revokes 8 ELDs From Approved List - TT

11+ mon, 4+ day ago  (327+ words) The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has removed eight Gorilla Fleet Safety electronic logging devices from the agency's list of regulated ELDs "due to the company's failure to meet the minimum requirements." The devices that were placed on the Revoked…...

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ttnews. com > articles > fmcsa-tougher-eld-certify

FMCSA Toughens ELD Certification Process - TT

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (502+ words) The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is launching a "complete overhaul" of the certification process for electronic logging devices, introducing a tougher, multistep approval process that's intended to clamp down on bad actors who critics allege abuse the long-standing self-certification…...

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ttnews. com > articles > mexico-truck-tariffs-trump

Mexico Risks New Tariff Hit on $15 Billion of Truck Exports - TT

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (551+ words) Mexican officials vowed to push back against new tariffs the Trump administration is planning on heavy trucks, yet another hurdle the U. S. is throwing in front of its southern neighbor ahead of next year's review of their trade deal. President Claudia…...

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ttnews. com > articles > trailer-orders-january-2026

Trailer Orders Start 2026 Facing Mixed Market - TT

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (761+ words) U. S. trailer orders began the year reflecting the mixed market conditions and ongoing headwinds facing trucking fleets. ACT Research preliminary net data for January showed orders rose 9% year over year to 23, 000 units while also marking a sequential decline of 8% compared with…...

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ttnews. com > articles > ata-truck-tonnage-0226

ATA Truck Tonnage Reaches 3-Year High in February - TT

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (630+ words) Freight tonnage in February reached its highest level in three years, American Trucking Associations reported March 24. The ATA For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 2. 6% sequentially to 116. 2 in February from 113. 3 in January. The results also marked a 2. 1% increase from 2025, which is the…...