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FMCSA SAYS OPERATIONS CONTINUE DESPITE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN DOT’s shutdown plan keeps most FMCSA functions running because they’re funded via the Highway Trust Fund, minimizing near-term disruption to carrier compliance and enforcement activities. FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION SUSPENDS OPERATIONS; FILINGS AND…
WHAT DOT’S SHUTDOWN PLAN MEANS FOR TRUCKING DOT’s Sept. 30 contingency plan shows FMCSA and highway programs largely continue during the federal shutdown, limiting near‑term disruption for fleets while other modal agencies face sharper strain. U.S. TO KEEP OIL, GAS…
FEDEX’S 2025 PEAK SURCHARGES KICK IN TODAY, WITH HIGHER FEES FOR OVERSIZE AND ADDITIONAL HANDLING FedEx’s Additional Handling, Oversize and Unauthorized Package surcharges begin Sept. 29, with amounts escalating around the late‑November to late‑December peak and running through Jan. 18,…
DOT ISSUES EMERGENCY RULE CURBING NON-DOMICILED CDLS; ORDERS ENFORCEMENT ACTION IN CALIFORNIA FMCSA announced an emergency interim final rule tightening eligibility for non-domiciled CLPs/CDLs and launched enforcement against California over alleged licensing failures. Fleets employing foreign-domiciled drivers should review eligibility…
TRUMP’S NEW TARIFFS POISED TO LIFT COSTS FOR TRUCKS, DRUGS AND CONSUMERS President Trump’s latest sector-specific tariffs, including a 25% levy on imported heavy trucks effective Oct. 1, are expected to add upstream costs that ripple through freight and retail…
TRUCK RENTALS PLUNGE AS PRIVATE FLEETS GET CAUTIOUS, NPTC SURVEY FINDS National Private Truck Council’s 2025 Benchmarking Survey shows heavy‑duty rental commitments fell sharply in 2024 as fleets braced for tariffs and a lingering freight slump; average commitments dropped to…
ATA SAYS AUGUST TRUCK FREIGHT TONNAGE HITS HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE DECEMBER 2023 ATA’s For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose in August, marking back-to-back monthly gains even as economists warn of downside risk from tariff and housing headwinds. The report offers cautious…
DHL TO RESUME US-BOUND BUSINESS PARCEL SERVICE AFTER TARIFF-DRIVEN PAUSE Germany’s DHL said standard parcel service for business shippers to the U.S. restarts Thursday, about a month after suspending the product following the end of the de minimis exemption. Expect…
AAA: NATIONAL DIESEL AVERAGE AT $3.688; GASOLINE $3.184 AS OF SEPTEMBER 22 AAA reports modest movement week over week, with diesel virtually flat and regular unleaded edging up slightly. West Coast prices remain the highest, keeping long-haul operating costs elevated…
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MUDSLIDES: CLEANUP UNDERWAY IN FOREST FALLS, OAK GLEN AFTER HOMES DESTROYED San Bernardino County crews and residents began a large-scale cleanup after last week’s downpours triggered debris flows that destroyed multiple homes and blocked roads in mountain communities.…