The Middle East crisis is already hitting carriers. Plus: Florida lost $3B in crops, flatbed rates posted a fifth straight weekly increase, a $5B brokerage was just acquired, and more.
Plus: autonomous trucking just raised $113M, California is fighting to keep 20,000 drivers, Arrive's 2026 truckload freight forecast, and more.
Two bills just dropped in the Senate that could reshape trucking faster than anything since deregulation. Plus: Russian hackers targeted your load board, flatbed rejection rates just hit 40%, and a robot is taking the Houston-Dallas overnight run.
Plus, the big money seized in recent border busts, major legal outcome in Motive vs. Samsara freight tech rivalry, a new workforce pipeline connecting Kenyan truckers with jobs in Nebraska, and more.
Motive Technologies won an ITC ruling dismissing Samsara’s patent claims, marking its second major legal victory this year.
Nebraska signed a labor deal with Kenya to recruit truck drivers, sparking industry pushback as Werner denied involvement and American Truckers criticized the agreement as exploitative.
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.
FitzMark + Hometown Logistics: acquisition expands dry van/flatbed capacity and 3PL services nationwide with Calera Capital backing.
Join in as we talk with Dan Kao, Co-Founder & CEO at TruckSmarter, about his journey from Uber Freight to launching a load board, what tech investors want right now, and his outlook on the industry’s future.
TruckSmarter raises $16M and launches Dispatch, an AI assistant to help carriers book loads faster. We visited their SF office to see what’s driving the momentum.
Plus, TQL's latest "pay to quit" offer, final sentencing reached in a CDL bribery scheme, PAMT faces pressure from lenders, and more.
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A Boston man was sentenced for bribing Massachusetts troopers with drinks and snacks to falsify CDL tests.
TQL has reintroduced a $2,000 resignation incentive, offering employees cash to leave if not fully committed.
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.
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