Interstate Personnel Services — the employee-owned parent of Paschall Truck Lines — has added Minnesota-based J&R Schugel to its portfolio, a move that expands IPS’ capabilities into more temperature-controlled truckload and widens its Midwestern footprint. The combination, reported in trade coverage on Oct. 31, points to a materially larger operation…
25% U.S. TARIFF ON IMPORTED MEDIUM- AND HEAVY-DUTY TRUCKS TAKES EFFECT TODAY The White House’s Section 232 action hits imported Class 3–8 trucks with a 25% duty starting Nov. 1, with Mexico the most exposed import source and OEMs warning of higher equipment costs and procurement uncertainty. WHITE HOUSE PROCLAMATION…
WiseTech Global — the Australian software giant that recently took E2open private — is confronting a fresh governance shock after police executed a search tied to founder Richard White’s share trading. The development lands just as E2open’s integration under WiseTech gets underway, raising practical questions for U.S. trucking fleets, brokers…
Heartland Express reported a deeper revenue decline and another quarterly loss as the truckload market’s weak freight demand and excess capacity persisted into late September. The Iowa-based carrier logged third-quarter operating revenue of $196.5 million and a net loss of $8.3 million, or 11 cents per share, with an operating…
Interstate Personnel Services (IPS), parent of Paschall Truck Lines, said it has added Minnesota-based J&R Schugel to its portfolio — a move that brings a sizable temperature‑controlled operation under an employee‑owned umbrella known for dry van strength. The combination gives IPS customers a single, ESOP-backed network that spans dry van,…
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 targeting training providers, carriers and even shippers that load trucks…
Waabi has taken a key step from promising pilot to production intent by integrating its AI “Waabi Driver” directly into Volvo Autonomous Solutions’ purpose-built Volvo VNL Autonomous platform. Moving beyond retrofits to OEM-level integration matters: it puts the software brain on a truck engineered for redundancy from the frame up,…
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 he wants federal investigators to use existing authority to pursue…
What changed: fresh list, familiar names The City of Los Angeles has released the latest “List of Permitted Waste Haulers,” current as of Saturday, November 1, 2025. For anyone running roll-offs, demo trucks, or subcontract hauling into L.A., this is the go/no-go roster to verify your legal status before you…
U.S. Trucking Weather Briefing — Saturday, November 1, 2025 An atmospheric river is slamming the Pacific Northwest with heavy coastal rain, high surf, gusty winds, and mountain snow across the Cascades. A cold front is sliding east from the Mississippi Valley with scattered showers; the East turns cooler with pockets…
