51 posts tagged with “trucking”

FMCSA's paperless enforcement shift means carrier records need to be digital, current, and audit-ready before an inspector asks.

International Roadcheck shows why announced inspection blitzes can improve trucking compliance when shippers treat readiness as an operating rhythm.

Class 8 safety sensors, LiDAR-enabled collision mitigation, insurance pressure, and nuclear verdict exposure are turning fleet safety technology into a carrier procurement requirement.

Trucking nuclear verdicts, broker liability cases, and subcontracted freight exposure are turning carrier qualification into an auditable risk-control discipline.

Deferred fleet maintenance from the long freight recession is turning into a shipper risk as utilization recovers and truckload capacity tightens.

Q2 freight brokerage rates are moving through a capacity-sensitive market. Brokers and shippers need lane-level rate strategy, not static assumptions.

Improving trucking credit and balance-sheet signals are early warnings that capacity discipline, carrier survivability, and bid behavior are changing.

Diesel’s May 25 average of $5.523 per gallon shows why shippers need fuel volatility, surcharge controls, and oil-risk scenarios built into routing guides.

The Supreme Court's rejection of Florida's truck-license lawsuit does not remove CDL, roadside enforcement, and driver qualification risk from shipper routing guides.

A proposed 91,000-pound truck pilot would change more than payload limits. It could reshape rail-versus-truck economics, procurement assumptions, sustainability claims, and modal planning.