September is supposed to be when trucking earns its winter cushion. This year it brought a run of court filings instead. In a new analysis, EKA Solutions CEO JJ Singh looks at why 16 trucking companies sought bankruptcy protection in less than a month, and ... Read More »
The fleet-technology market just got more concentrated. In July 2026, Geotab announced it had acquired the commercial operations of Verizon Connect's international telematics business, taking over customer relationships and operations across a swath of markets in Europe and Australia. For fleet decision-makers, the deal is ... Read More »
On August 10, 2026, FMCSA published a proposed rule in the Federal Register that would formally codify a driver's failure to meet the English-language proficiency (ELP) requirement as an out-of-service violation. For carriers, this is the moment a policy shift that has been building for ... Read More »
Every summer, thousands of commercial vehicles get pulled in for a hard look at one of the most safety-critical systems on the truck. This year the window is set: the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) has scheduled Brake Safety Week for August 23–29, 2026, and ... Read More »
Your People Weren't Hired to Push Screens Walk the floor of almost any freight operation and you'll see something strange: skilled, experienced professionals spending their day copying numbers from one system into another. Checking a rate in one tab, re-keying it in a second, reconciling ... Read More »
On May 15, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II that federal preemption does not shield freight brokers from state negligent hiring claims. Justice Barrett's opinion held that the FAAAA's safety exception covers exactly this kind of suit. Brokers who select unsafe carriers ... Read More »
Few vehicles on the road are harder to drive safely than a loaded concrete mixer. Ten yards of wet concrete sitting high in a rotating drum gives a mixer truck a center of gravity that shifts constantly, an aggressive off-road duty cycle, and a delivery ... Read More »
Frost Is Quietly Draining Your Diesel Budget — Here's How to Stop It Every refrigerated fleet operator knows the obvious costs: fuel, maintenance, driver pay. But there's a hidden expense running up your diesel bill right now — frost and ice buildup on your TRU ... Read More »
After three years of carriers surviving on ramen noodles and denial, the freight market has finally decided to show some mercy. According to FTR's spot market data, broker-posted dry van spot rates jumped sharply during the week ended July 3 and landed at an all-time ... Read More »
Every so often a research report comes along that confirms what every fleet manager already suspected in their bones but could not prove in a meeting. The American Transportation Research Institute delivered exactly that on June 8, publishing new research showing that trucking liability insurance ... Read More »
