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Laredo carriers say they’re navigating a two‑front storm: a federal pause on new work visas for foreign commercial drivers and aggressive immigration enforcement that’s touching yards, warehouses and roadways. Together, those pressures are tightening the driver pool in the nation’s…
A fresh push in Washington could upend how emissions tampering on heavy‑duty trucks is policed. This week’s proposal on Capitol Hill would erase federal criminal and civil exposure tied to “deletes” and other emissions equipment modifications — a sweeping shift…
Border carriers in and around Laredo say the cross‑border workforce has entered a new, more fragile phase. A federal pause on new work visas for foreign commercial drivers, stepped‑up ICE enforcement, and tougher English‑language checks are converging at the busiest…
A fresh push on Capitol Hill would upend how the federal government polices truck emissions hardware and software. On October 15, Sen. Cynthia Lummis introduced the Diesel Truck Liberation Act, a measure that would bar the Environmental Protection Agency from…
The U.S. Department of Transportation on Wednesday moved to withhold $40.6 million from California’s truck-safety programs, saying the state refuses to enforce federal English-language proficiency rules for commercial drivers. The decision, announced by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, makes California the…
The United States has warned it will retaliate against countries that support a new United Nations plan to price emissions from oceangoing ships, a hardline move that injects fresh uncertainty into freight markets just as policymakers gather in London to…
Washington has moved from warning shots to implementation. On October 10, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said it will impose a 100% tariff on specified ship-to-shore container cranes tied to China and extend steep duties to other cargo-handling…
As of October 11, 2025, industry leaders warn that the U.S. cargo theft crisis isn’t just growing in scale — it’s being masked by cases that never make it to police blotters or claim files. Carriers and shippers told FreightWaves…
US trade authorities have moved to dramatically raise the cost of China‑made ship‑to‑shore cranes and related cargo gear, a shift that could lift effective duty exposure on new equipment well above 200% once recent actions stack with existing measures. For…
Two long‑awaited sentencings tied to the New Orleans staged‑accident scheme were continued on Thursday, resetting the timeline once more in a case that has dogged motor carriers, their insurers and defense counsel for years. Court dates for attorney Danny Patrick…
