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  • A conference participant walks past a spinning representation of Planet Earth during the UNFCCC COP27.
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    SBTi releases draft of updated corporate net-zero standard

    The Science Based Targets initiative said this “Version 2” of the standard focuses on companies going “from ambition to progress.”

  • An Estes Express Lines truck.
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    Estes reopens Yellow terminal in Mississippi

    The Olive Branch location adds 80 doors and nearly 30,000 square feet of dock space to the company’s network.

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    Trucks, trailers, tonnage: Trucking Dive’s data hub shows the state of the industry

    Five charts from leading industry sources capture high-level market data.

    Updated Feb. 27, 2025
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    Trucking groups renew push to kill NYC congestion tolling

    The American Trucking Associations and Trucking Association of New York asked Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to stop the program.

  • A truck and other vehicles drive on a highway with the Charlotte, North Carolina, skyline in the background in an aerial photo.
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    Charlotte, North Carolina, debuts truck parking tool

    The city described the app as an innovative resource designed to help truck drivers find safe, authorized places to park.

  • A Pitt Ohio truck sits next to a building.
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    Carriers upgrade border shipping amid tariff tumult

    Estes Express Lines and Pitt Ohio rolled out new services focused on Canada and Mexico, respectively.

  • Protesters rally outside of the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building.
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    Employee confidence hit a record low in February, Glassdoor reports

    “Cuts to the government workforce initiated by DOGE have thrown the future of the federal workforce into disarray,” the company’s lead economist said.

  • Former President Biden giving a speech on the White House South Lawn with a semi truck parked behind him.
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    ATA’s Women in Motion launches survey on non-driver career paths

    The trucking group’s council aims to gather insights for best practices for recruitment and retention in the industry.

  • Greenlane's EV truck charging facility in Colton, California.
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    Greenlane launches EV charging app for truck drivers

    The program is part of a technology suite that includes a fleet portal and smart software interface.

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    After 5 years, construction still reels from COVID’s labor impact

    Though building's “essential” status kept workers busy through lockdowns, the industry still has not recovered from the blow to an already-persistent trades shortage.

  • A side view of a large Amazon Prime tractor-trailer, with motion blur on the background as it passes on Interstate 40 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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    Amazon’s LTL pursuit threatens to shuffle retail volumes in market

    The company could upend the sector just by handling its own shipments.

  • Parked tanker trucks from Kenan Advantage Group, or KAG.
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    Kenan Advantage Group acquires Evergreen Transport

    It’s the North Canton, Ohio-based company’s fourth deal since entering the dry bulk transportation market last year.

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    ATRI to log changing costs patterns in annual survey

    Carriers are asked to share driver pay, insurance premiums and equipment lease or purchase payments in exchange for operational insights.

  • A tractor-trailer for Landstar System on I-95 in Virginia.
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    Landstar owner-operator count drops 10% YoY — and isn’t finished shrinking

    The number of drivers leased to the company fell by 184 trucks in Q4 from the previous quarter, CEO Frank Lonegro said.

  • President Donald Trump, then-Vice President Mike Pence and then-Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Seema Verma welcome American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear to the White House on March 23, 2017.
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    Trucking groups cheer Trump EPA’s review of emissions rules

    The Biden administration’s GHG3 and NOx rules were unachievable on current timelines, industry groups said.

  • NMFTA Director of Product Holly Taylor demonstrates the ClassIT+ tool at the group's Spring Meeting in Clearwater Beach, Florida.
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    NMFTA aims to simplify freight classification with new tool

    The ClassIT+ platform, coming this summer, contains several upgrades intended to ease changes for shippers and carriers.

  • Smoke pours from the exhaust pipe of a truck in Washington, D.C.
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    EPA reconsiders auto, truck emissions requirements

    The agency is reevaluating stricter rules for model-year 2027 cars and trucks set by the Biden administration.

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    Benore Logistic Systems adds 10 hydrogen trucks to fleet

    The transportation provider’s Hyundai Xcient hydrogen fuel cell trucks are traveling on dedicated routes in Savannah, Georgia. 

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    Faster Labor Contracts Act garners bipartisan support

    The bill, which would condense time between union votes and employer negotiations, marks a change in Republican attitudes on labor.

  • Snow coats a road in Minneapolis on March 5, 2025.
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    Blizzard halts Midwest trucking operations

    Estes Express Lines, Saia, XPO, TForce Freight and Midwest Motor Express were affected by last week’s snowstorm.

  • President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn at the White House on March 9, 2025.
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    Trump reverses Canada steel, aluminum tariff hike

    A 25% tariff increase on the metal imports will still go into effect Wednesday, but that rate won’t double after Ontario backed off from imposing retaliatory energy tariffs.

    Updated March 11, 2025
  • A white TFI International tractor-trailer drives on a road.
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    TFI scoops up another former Yellow terminal

    The LTL carrier plans to add a small site in Fayetteville, North Carolina, to its network following the bankrupt company’s latest asset sale.

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    The Home Depot grows its flatbed distribution network

    The company has three FDCs under construction with more in the pipeline, Senior EVP Ann-Marie Campbell said during its earnings call.

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    Former FHWA chief counsel picked as acting FMCSA chief

    Adrienne Camire was appointed Friday as deputy administrator and acting administrator of the regulatory agency.

  • Trucks drive across the U.S.-Mexico border on Feb. 1, 2025, in San Diego.
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    Tariffs create frenzy in cross-border trucking

    Some customers have seen an increase in wait times at U.S.-Mexico border, while others are adjusting to avoid higher duties.