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Sweet dream? Freight rates' 2026 surge transforms a fuel nightmare
9+ hour, 7+ min ago (912+ words) For an owner-operator who often enough spent time the last few years choosing to sit rather than waste it hauling at rates that were substandard, to say the least, 2026 marks a big change." "I spent January 1 on the road," said…...
Autonomous trucking firms want warning-device waiver extension
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (513+ words) Trucking news and briefs for Wednesday, April 15, 2026: Autonomous truck tech developer Aurora Operations petitioned the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for a long-term waiver from the warning-device regulations. Aurora is currently operating under a limited exemption that allows the company's…...
Former Montgomery Transport assets, more up for auction | Mack, Volvo recalls
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (550+ words) Trucking news and briefs for Tuesday, April 14, 2026: The Tiger Group auction house'is liquidating more than 100 late-model trucks and trailers across 22 states in a timed online auction opening April 14. Assets on offer include tractors, dry vans, and flatbeds from a variety…...
Chameleon fleets: Threat exposed by '60 Minutes,' CAB
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (601+ words) The recent 60 Minutes investigation into Super Ego turned national attention towards trucking's dark secret: Chameleon carriers." But while thousands, maybe millions will have just heard that term for the first time, it was actually coined and trademarked by the Central…...
Trucking's top citizens: TA recognizes two multimillion milers
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (415+ words) Travel Centers of America announced the 13th annual Citizen Driver Award honorees'at the Mid-America Trucking Show on March 27:'Steven Brand and Bruce Jones. The award was created to recognize professional drivers who demonstrate a high level of respect for the truck…...
Super Ego accused of ELD cheating, stealing driver pay in '60 Minutes"
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (592+ words) The nation's top investigative journalism program this weekend published an explosive report on Super Ego Holding on network television. Super Ego, a network of foreign-owned or -associated brokers and carriers whose trailers are a common sight on U. S. roads, now stands…...
Smallest fault-code scanner worldwide? Diesel Laptops delivers diagnostic assist
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (377+ words) Company founder Tyler Robertson is the latest member of the Howes Hall of Fame. "Owner-operators want tools, small fleets want tools, to be able to do these things. And it's not that they're necessarily trying to save money, usually, but…...
FMCSA extends truck drivers' paper medical card use
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (576+ words) Trucking news and briefs for Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is extending its existing waiver that allows CDL and commercial learner's permit (CLP) holders to continue to rely on a paper copy of the medical examiner's certificate…...
FMCSA again extends paper medical certificate waiver
6+ mon, 6+ day ago (853+ words) Trucking news and briefs for Friday, Oct. 10, 2025: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has re-issued a temporary waiver allowing truck drivers and fleets to continue relying on a paper copy of the medical examiner's certificate as proof of a…...
Purdue engineers demonstrate electric-truck-charging highway segment
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (608+ words) Trucking news and briefs for Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026: An electric heavy-duty truck provided by Cummins charges as it drives along a test segment on U. S. Highway 52/231 in West Lafayette, Indiana. Purdue University/Kelsey Lefever For the first time in the U. S. , a roadway…...