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U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is preparing to push trucking enforcement beyond drivers and carriers to the shipping docks themselves — a shift that could put shippers and receivers on the hook when they enable or ignore noncompliant operations. In…
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy is moving from rhetoric to enforcement against “CDL mills” and trucking outfits he says are cutting corners on basic driver qualifications — a push spotlighted in FreightWaves’ coverage and amplified by new federal actions…
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says the federal safety blitz that has focused on drivers and state enforcement is poised to move upstream — to the docks and corporate offices where freight is tendered. In a new interview, Duffy indicated…
Momentum is building behind the U.S. Department of Transportation’s campaign to root out sham driver training and bad-actor carriers. As outlined in recent FreightWaves reporting, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has made targeting “CDL mills” and rogue fleets a central safety…
The U.S. Postal Service quietly told some plants in recent weeks not to load trailers hauled by contractors using drivers with non‑domiciled commercial driver’s licenses — only to reverse course within days when service and cost impacts became unmanageable, according…
Mexico’s sweeping customs reform is poised to act as a speed bump for northbound freight. While the measure aims to tighten enforcement and modernize procedures, brokers and carriers say the immediate effect at busy crossings from Nuevo Laredo–Laredo to Tijuana–San…
Cross-border operators are bracing for fresh slowdowns after Mexico rolled out another customs change that tightens compliance for small‑parcel imports — the latest turn in a fast‑moving rulemaking cycle that freight stakeholders say could jam up northbound trade. The concern…
A fresh push to rewire how America licenses commercial drivers is colliding with a fast-moving federal crackdown, putting state programs and carrier hiring practices under an intense spotlight. In a new proposal circulating among industry voices this weekend, a DOT…
Allegations that “CDL mills” are churning out inadequately trained drivers have long simmered inside the industry. FreightWaves’ recent analysis put that concern squarely in the safety spotlight, arguing that weak oversight of training providers and third‑party testers undermines the Entry‑Level…
Mexico’s plan to make the electronic Manifestación de Valor mandatory on December 9 is rippling through the borderlands, with carriers and customs brokers warning that even small mistakes in the new, data‑heavy filing could slow freight at key crossings. The…
