Ukrainian-born truckers working in the United States say a sudden federal overhaul of non-domiciled commercial driver licensing has thrown their livelihoods into uncertainty, as fleets sort through who can stay behind the wheel and who can’t. The policy shift, detailed by FreightWaves, lands at a moment when many recent arrivals…
Introduction Shippers enter early November with freight fundamentals that are gradually improving on a year-over-year basis but mixed in the near term. As of November 3, 2025, van, reefer, and flatbed markets all show sharply higher load-to-truck ratios versus a year ago (+48.6%, +93.0%, and +72.5%, respectively), even as week-to-week…
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is turning up the heat on UPS over the company’s growing reliance on Roadie, its gig-based delivery arm, arguing the work may overlap with union-protected jobs. FreightWaves reported Tuesday, November 4, that the union plans to press the company on where and how Roadie contractors…
A UPS cargo jet crashed shortly after takeoff from Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport on Tuesday, November 4, forcing an overnight shutdown of the company’s Worldport air hub and leaving at least seven people dead and 11 injured, according to officials. The flight, operating as UPS 2976 and bound for…
UPS’s global air hub in Louisville went dark overnight after a Honolulu-bound MD-11 freighter crashed and erupted in flames just beyond the departure end of Runway 17R on Tuesday, November 4, killing at least seven people and injuring 11 others, local officials said. The company suspended sorting at Worldport for…
What’s new for 2025 The IRS has finalized inflation adjustments that raise several popular employer benefit caps for the 2025 tax year. Key changes affect health care flexible spending accounts (FSAs), qualified transportation (commuter/parking) benefits, and employer-provided adoption assistance—programs many fleets use to compete for drivers and back-office talent. The…
National Overview — Wed, Nov 5, 2025 A Pacific system keeps the Northwest and northern California unsettled with periods of heavy rain, gusty winds, and a limited flash‑flood threat. Farther east, a vigorous disturbance brings strong, potentially damaging winds and some thunderstorms from the northern Mid‑Atlantic into southern New England.…
Transportation prices finally outran capacity growth in October, a notable shift that hints at firmer conditions for carriers heading into the holidays. The latest Logistics Managers’ Index (LMI) shows the pricing subindex rising sharply while the capacity subindex decelerated, breaking a two‑month stretch in which extra trucks were coming online…
UPS is facing new heat from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters over the company’s growing reliance on Roadie’s crowdsourced drivers for parcel deliveries, a flashpoint that punctures the uneasy truce since last year’s national agreement. A report shared among UPS employees on Tuesday said the union plans to press the…
America’s fast-moving commercial driver’s license overhaul is already reshaping the driver pool. Within days, state licensing offices began pausing non‑domiciled CDL transactions and roadside inspectors intensified English‑language enforcement, sidelining thousands of drivers — many from immigrant communities that have long supplied capacity in longhaul, drayage, and local P&D. Ukrainian drivers,…
