🎣 Schneider's Weak Q4
Plus: AGX Freight suspends operations, Gatik goes fully driverless, Werner buys FirstFleet
Rep. Vince Fong’s America Drives Act seeks to fast-track autonomous trucks by exempting them from key regulations.
Plus: TIA pushes back on broker transparency, FMCSA scraps speed limiter proposal, and federal agents seize 156 pounds of fentanyl, all this and more in today’s newsletter.
TIA warns that a proposed rate transparency rule would hurt small brokers, raise consumer prices, and jeopardize competitive freight markets.
FMCSA and NHTSA have withdrawn a long-standing speed limiter rule for heavy trucks, citing lack of safety justification and overwhelming opposition from drivers and small businesses.
Authorities intercepted 156 pounds of fentanyl and 44 pounds of meth in a tractor trailer, the largest fentanyl seizure in South Carolina history.
If your automation tool isn’t hitting 98%+, it’s not saving you money—it’s costing you.
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Plus: A major broker liability case climbs higher, FedEx hits pause on LTL rule enforcement, tariff deadlines tighten the squeeze on small ports, and more in today’s newsletter.
FedEx Freight is delaying enforcement of new density-based LTL classification rules until Dec. 1. Shippers must still prepare for stricter data requirements.
Tariff pressure shifts freight to major U.S. ports as importers turn to supply chain finance. Smaller ports and key sectors face mounting strain.
A Fifth Circuit case involving Penske could deepen the legal divide over broker liability, increasing pressure for a Supreme Court ruling under the F4A safety exemption.
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