The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association is telling lawmakers that the fastest way to make roads safer isn’t to widen the pipeline of new drivers — it’s to raise the bar for who gets behind the wheel. In a push on Capitol Hill this week, the group urged Congress to clamp…
Introduction Freight markets tightened further into the week of October 20, 2025 (data as of October 20), even as fuel costs eased and macro signals remained mixed. National load postings fell 4.35% week over week (WoW) while truck postings slipped 1.39% WoW, a modest soft patch likely tied to mid-month…
The U.S. Supreme Court on October 20 granted review in Flowers Foods, Inc. v. Brock, a case that asks whether local delivery drivers who move bread and snack cakes entirely within one state are nonetheless “transportation workers” engaged in interstate commerce because the goods arrived from out of state. The…
Tariff whiplash and shifting trade lanes are showing up at the Port of Oakland in the form of softer, less predictable container flows — a dynamic that translates directly into leaner drayage demand and more volatile week-to-week truck turns across Northern California. The latest developments suggest fewer boxes overall but…
FedEx is under pressure to win back cost-sensitive, small-parcel residential traffic it has ceded to retailers and app-based couriers. A fresh FreightWaves analysis argues the company’s path to faster growth in home delivery runs through a flexible, gig-style driver model—built for dense, low-yield stops rather than the business-to-business DNA that…
When you strip away the noise around “U.S.–China trade war” headlines, the fight that matters to freight isn’t about how much moves — it’s about who controls the narrow valves that determine whether anything can move at all. That was the message from China analyst Leland Miller, who argued this…
What sparked the alarm A trucker-focused video circulating today claims 20–25 drivers recently had their semis seized for nonpayment issues. We were unable to independently verify that specific incident at press time. But the core warning is real: in 2024–2025, law enforcement across several states intensified crackdowns that can lead…
National Overview — Wednesday, October 22, 2025 A cool, unsettled pattern holds across the Great Lakes while a cold front pushes showers over the Appalachians into the Mid-Atlantic and New England. Expect gusty west to northwest winds to spread from the Midwest and Ohio Valley into the Mid-Atlantic today, with…
A Texas trucking executive says drivers are increasingly anxious that they’ll be singled out under stepped‑up English-language checks — a fear amplified by uneven enforcement from state to state. In a FreightWaves report published Oct. 21, the CEO said carriers are hearing from bilingual and immigrant drivers who are reconsidering…
DHL Express has elevated Darryl Wettlaufer to CEO of its Canada division, a leadership change announced on October 20 that puts an operations-focused executive in charge as parcel networks enter peak season. Wettlaufer will be based in Brampton, Ontario, and report to Andrew Williams, CEO of DHL Express Americas. He…