As of October 21, 2025, investor skepticism around autonomous trucking is giving way to selective conviction. The latest signal: new coverage of public AV trucking names and a drumbeat of live, driverless milestones that shift the conversation from “if” to “how fast” the technology scales for freight. The FreightWaves report…
Truckstop has rolled out a SONAR-infused experience for dry van users inside its load board, putting real-time market signals where brokers and carriers actually search, price and book. One visible cue: a board-level heat map that highlights markets with faster-than-normal spot rate increases or declines, explicitly labeled as powered by…
Forward Air’s hunt for a buyer hit a wall Monday, triggering a sharp selloff that rippled through trucking circles watching the high‑profile process as a gauge of LTL sector confidence. FreightWaves reported there was no deal on the table, a reality check that swiftly bled into the stock price. ([]())…
Importers rushing to blunt tariff exposure are taking a fresh look at Mexico’s duty‑deferral and special customs regimes as the United States moves to levy a 25% duty on imported medium‑ and heavy‑duty trucks starting November 1 — with a 10% tariff on buses — and outlines how USMCA‑compliant vehicles…
Global plans for a first-ever carbon price on shipping were put on ice Friday, after President Donald Trump urged countries to vote “No” and denounced the proposal as a “Global Green New Scam Tax.” Delegates at the U.N.’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) voted to adjourn the decision for a year,…
Wabash has closed the book on the St. Louis “nuclear verdict” that has shadowed the company and much of the trailer sector for the past year, reaching a settlement with the plaintiffs and halting further appeals, according to a report published Monday, October 20. The case stemmed from a 2019…
Importers are accelerating plans to stage and process freight inside Mexico’s foreign trade zone-style regimes as a hedge against fast-changing U.S. duties — a pivot spotlighted in FreightWaves’ Borderlands coverage and now reinforced by fresh tariff moves that reshape near-term trucking demand on both sides of the border. ([]()) The…
What happened and why drivers are talking about it A widely shared Mutha Trucker News video posted on October 20, 2025 shows a trucker being confronted after reportedly driving the wrong way through a truck stop lane where a two‑hour parking limit is posted. The clip captures a familiar flashpoint:…
National Overview — Mon, Oct 20, 2025 A fast-moving cold front exits the East early today, leaving a band of morning to midday showers and storms across the Northeast, then turning cooler and breezy behind it. Out West, coastal rain and high-elevation snow shift from the Pacific Northwest into the…
Trailer maker Wabash has put a bookend on a closely watched St. Louis product‑liability case stemming from a 2019 rear‑end crash, reaching a settlement that ends a year of litigation over a jury award that had once swelled to a “thermonuclear” size. The agreement resolves the dispute without further appeals…