A fresh Senate bill unveiled late this week moves English-only commercial driver’s license testing onto the legislative fast track, dovetailing with the administration’s renewed roadside enforcement and putting the industry on the brink of a de facto federal language mandate. The proposal arrives as carriers and drivers navigate mounting inspections…
Importers are accelerating plans to park inventory in U.S. foreign trade zones (FTZs) and bonded warehouses tied to the Mexico border as tariff pressure mounts, a shift that is reshaping cross-border trucking flows around Laredo and other ports of entry. Operators say the pivot isn’t a loophole play but a…
ANALYSIS: CHINA SEEN GAINING EDGE IN TRADE WAR, RAISING SUPPLY CHAIN RISKS FOR SHIPPERS A fresh look at U.S.-China tensions warns of prolonged tariffs and export controls that could increase costs and volatility across ocean imports and domestic trucking networks. Shippers are advised to prepare for a more fragmented, higher-friction…
Trailer manufacturer Wabash has settled the St. Louis “nuclear verdict” case stemming from a 2019 rear‑underride crash, bringing a contentious, high‑stakes lawsuit to a close after more than a year of post‑trial maneuvering. The agreement ends a legal saga that had reverberated across the equipment and insurance markets since a…
Washington is closing the gap between policy and practice on truckers’ English requirements. In the past 72 hours, lawmakers in both chambers filed fresh bills to make English-only CDL testing federal law, while the U.S. Department of Transportation’s funding squeeze on California over non-enforcement underscored how quickly the rule is…
Importers eyeing tariff relief are doubling down on customs zone strategies in Mexico just as new U.S. truck duties raise the stakes. On October 17, the White House finalized a 25% tariff on imported medium- and heavy-duty trucks starting November 1, plus a 10% duty on imported buses — a…
Charleston’s latest box counts point to a market in transition, with softer import momentum as carriers redraw networks and shippers recalibrate flows. While the headline is fewer TEUs on the docks, the underlying story for the trucking community is shifting demand by lane, more transshipment uncertainty, and a near-term rebalancing…
In a late-week escalation ahead of a high-stakes U.N. shipping meeting, President Donald Trump publicly urged countries to “vote NO” on a global carbon price for oceangoing vessels, denouncing it as a “Global Green New Scam Tax.” His call came as delegates met in London to finalize the International Maritime…
Wabash has settled the Missouri product-liability case that produced one of trucking’s biggest-ever “nuclear verdicts,” closing a costly, high-profile chapter tied to a 2019 underride crash involving a 2004 trailer. The agreement comes after a St. Louis jury’s $462 million award in 2024 — later trimmed by the court to…
Why a fund-focused tax lawyer is relevant to fleets Jason P. Traue is a Boston-based partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius whose practice centers on federal tax issues for registered and private investment funds, including work with master limited partnership (MLP) funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and complex cross-border structures. His…