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…
Australia’s WiseTech Global, which this year bought U.S.-based supply chain platform E2open, confirmed police and market regulators searched its Sydney offices this week for documents tied to alleged share trades by founder Richard White and three employees. The company says no one has been charged and there are no allegations…
Truckload carrier Heartland Express recorded another quarterly net loss for the third quarter of 2025, underscoring how a stubbornly weak freight market and excess capacity continue to outweigh cost actions and network pruning. The company’s latest results, published Friday, October 31, 2025, extend a losing streak that has persisted through…
Interstate Personnel Services (IPS) said refrigerated truckload carrier J&R Schugel is joining its portfolio, a move that instantly deepens IPS’s temperature-controlled footprint as shippers head into the late-October through Thanksgiving rush. The company positioned the addition as a way to widen service options for enterprise customers that span dry van…
U.S. AND CHINA SUSPEND DUELING PORT FEES, EASING PRESSURE ON GLOBAL SHIPPING Presidents Trump and Xi agreed Oct. 30 to a 12‑month pause on retaliatory port fees that were adding billions in costs to ocean carriers and supply chains, offering near‑term relief while longer‑term trade uncertainty persists. XPO BEATS Q3…
U.S. Diesel Prices Edge Higher: Midwest Leads Weekly Gains, West Still the Priciest U.S. on-highway diesel prices rose for the week of October 27, 2025, with the national average up 9.8 cents (2.71%) to $3.718 per gallon from $3.62 a week earlier. Every major region posted an increase, led by…
