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 »

Mark your calendars, pour something cold, and prepare to feel an emotion rarely associated with federal rulemaking: mild relief. On June 22, FMCSA published three final rules that officially take effect July 22, 2026, and all three of them involve the agency deleting requirements instead ... Read More »

Trucks get all the attention. ELDs, dashcams, telematics — every device on your tractor tells you exactly what that driver is doing and where that truck is going. Yet when the driver unhooks the trailer and heads home, your visibility often disappears completely. That gap ... Read More »

Every fleet has that one toolbox drawer. The one with a flashlight that doesn't work, a fistful of fuses for a truck you sold in 2019, and an instruction manual nobody has opened since the Clinton administration. Turns out the federal government had one too ... Read More »

For most of the last two years, the Class 8 order board read like a doctor's waiting room: quiet, a little tense, everybody avoiding eye contact. Then May happened, and somebody apparently spiked the punch. North American Class 8 net orders rocketed to roughly 26,500 ... Read More »

If you've been treating the non-domiciled CDL rule like a weather forecast — "eh, it'll probably change before I have to do anything" — this is your wake-up call. The rule didn't blow over. It went to court, took a swing, and walked out still ... Read More »

The numbers from this year's International Roadcheck are a compliance wake-up call for every fleet running North American roads. During the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's three-day enforcement blitz, May 12–14, 2026, inspectors pulled trucks off the road at a rate that should make any safety ... Read More »

The Study That Puts Leadership on Trial Fleet safety managers have long known that the best technology, training, and compliance programs can only go so far without genuine support from the top. Now, there is hard data to back that up. The J. J. Keller ... Read More »

A New Era of Connected Trucks Daimler Truck North America recently introduced an exciting upgrade for its heavy-duty trucks. The fifth-generation Freightliner Cascadia will feature a brand-new Digital Dash for the 2027 model year. This update is designed to bring advanced technology directly to the ... Read More »