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 regulation requires importers to transmit an E2 “value manifest” through…
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY THREATENS TO PULL $160M FROM CALIFORNIA OVER NONCITIZEN CDL LICENSING U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday he will withhold $160 million and may revoke California’s CDL-issuing authority, alleging the state improperly issued licenses to noncitizens. The move follows new federal rules tightening eligibility and verification for non‑domiciled…
U.S.–Canada trade diplomacy was thrown into reverse late Thursday, Oct. 24, when President Donald Trump declared negotiations “terminated,” blaming a new Ontario government television spot that stitches lines from a 1987 Ronald Reagan address to argue against tariffs. The White House framed the ad as deceptive and politically meddlesome; Ontario…
Shaquille O’Neal’s newly customized 2025 Range Rover disappeared this week while being shipped from north Georgia to Baton Rouge, in what investigators say looks like a sophisticated impostor pickup enabled by a cyber breach of a transport provider. The Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office told media a tow truck registered to…
Mexico’s sweeping customs overhaul — approved this month and slated to take effect on January 1, 2026 — is poised to raise the compliance bar for everyone moving freight across the border. Carriers, customs brokers and shippers should expect tighter controls, more documentation and shared responsibility for correct declarations. That…
America’s container gateways have largely shed the pandemic’s chaos, with vessel queues a memory and terminals running on schedule. But the recovery isn’t uniform. As trade policy swings and front‑loading unwind the summer cargo rush, import flows are shifting by coast — and that’s changing the playbook for drayage and…
Calls to modernize how America trains, tests, and licenses professional drivers are growing louder. Carriers need faster, more consistent pathways to get safe, job‑ready CDL holders into trucks — and tougher guardrails to keep bad actors out. That balance, long discussed in statehouses and safety forums, is suddenly being stress‑tested…
FreightWaves’ latest deep dive warns that “CDL mills” — lightly supervised training operations enabled by a permissive federal registry — are pushing inadequately prepared drivers onto U.S. highways. The report traces how self-certified “training providers” mushroomed alongside legitimate state-licensed schools, eroding skill standards and, by extension, highway safety. For safety…
What’s behind the new uproar A new YouTube Shorts clip circulating among drivers alleges some California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers are “afraid” to perform Level I inspections and are letting non‑English‑speaking truck drivers go. The timing of the claim matters: since June 25, 2025, English language proficiency has been elevated…
National Overview — Sunday, October 26, 2025 A Pacific storm keeps the Northwest unsettled with hazardous mountain snow, gusty coastal winds, and high surf. A separate system will trigger showers and thunderstorms from the Lower Mississippi Valley into the Southeast, with the central Gulf Coast at greatest risk for flooding…
