Freight brokers are lobbying to include a truck-fitness bill in the highway reauthorization, sparking debate between large 3PLs and small carriers over safety standards, transparency, and federal oversight.
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Border officials in the U.S. and Canada seized more than $90 million in narcotics during August, uncovering cocaine and meth hidden in commercial truck shipments of produce, flowers, and metal.
PAMT breached a debt covenant in Q2 2025, highlighting mounting losses, rising debt from equipment purchases, and continued struggles to meet revenue goals as lenders grant temporary waivers.
Plus: Ceva hit by a jaw-dropping $18M cargo theft wave, FMCSA revives its fatal crash study after two decades, Trump fires an STB board member ahead of the $85B rail merger review, and more.
FMCSA is launching its first fatal truck crash causation study in nearly two decades, aiming to pinpoint driver, vehicle, and environmental factors shaping deadly crashes and future safety policy.
Trump has fired STB member Robert Primus ahead of the Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern merger review, drawing condemnation from rail unions, advocates, and with some warning of political interference.
Plus: Trucking bankruptcies climb under tariff pressure, a woman gets 11 years for a cartel trucking scheme, CPKC and BNSF reject rail mergers, and more in today's newsletter.
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