Truckers’ Daily Weather Briefing – Thursday, October 16, 2025 National overview: A generally quiet fall day for most of the Lower 48. Primary watch-outs: a low-end flash flood risk across the Four Corners/southern Rockies, periods of mountain snow from northwest Wyoming into southern Montana, and gusty south winds creating crosswind…
The U.S. Department of Transportation on Wednesday moved to withhold $40.6 million from California’s truck-safety programs, saying the state refuses to enforce federal English-language proficiency rules for commercial drivers. The decision, announced by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, makes California the lone holdout after months of warnings to states to align…
Triumph’s latest look under the hood of its payments and factoring network underscores a reality many in trucking already feel on the road: despite a grinding, two-year market reset, owner-operators are still finding ways to hang on. FreightWaves’ reporting on Triumph’s internal data highlights that resilience — visible in how…
Australia Post will pour A$320 million into a new parcel “super-hub,” a move that underscores a broader shift to bigger, more automated nodes designed to pull volume off a sprawling network and push it through fewer, faster facilities. The investment, first reported by FreightWaves, points to a future in which…
US WITHHOLDS $40.6M FROM CALIFORNIA OVER TRUCK DRIVER ENGLISH PROFICIENCY ENFORCEMENT DOT is freezing federal safety funds for California, saying the state isn’t adequately enforcing English proficiency requirements for CDL holders; California has 30 days to comply or risk deeper cuts. The move follows earlier warnings to multiple states and…
U.S. diesel prices ease for a second week, led by Gulf Coast declines The average U.S. on‑highway diesel price slipped to $3.665 per gallon for the week of October 13, 2025, down 4.6 cents from the prior week’s $3.711. Most regions posted modest week‑over‑week declines, with the Gulf Coast leading…
Less-than-truckload pricing power isn’t just holding — it’s setting records. The LTL rate-per-pound component of the TD Cowen/AFS Freight Index hit a new all-time high in the third quarter, standing roughly 65% above its January 2018 baseline, according to FreightWaves’ latest coverage of the index. The report also suggests elevated…
Global container flows are setting fresh marks even as U.S.-bound demand cools — and now a new round of U.S.–China port fees threatens to shuffle service patterns again. For trucking fleets and intermodal shippers, that mix of record global volume and policy shock means more uneven vessel arrivals, shifting port…
China has moved to sanction five U.S.-linked subsidiaries of South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean — a step announced just as Washington and Beijing’s reciprocal port fees took effect — widening a maritime trade confrontation that could spill onto America’s roads through higher landed costs and shifting import flows. The Chinese…
What happened — and why it matters Another long-standing carrier has parked its trucks for good. Florida-based Carroll Fulmer Logistics, a 70+ year veteran with roughly 400 trucks and 1,700 trailers, has ceased operations and is laying off about 600 employees. Company leaders cited mounting litigation costs and the prolonged…