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FMCSA switches small trucking company’s status back to “active” hours after news coverage broadcasts their error

A small trucking company is back on the road after an incorrect “inactive” designation by the FMCSA prevented them from working for almost two months. Lisa Hall with Savoy Transpor...

Optym Acquires Fleetline, Expanding Its Truckload Planning Technology

Optym has acquired the Fleetline platform and its customer subscription agreements from Axel AI, Inc. Fleetline's customers transition to Optym on August 31 with no interruption to...

Trucking company started by hand-delivering mail in the 1940’s closing after 80 years 

An Indiana trucking company started way back in the 1940’s is closing after nearly 80 years hauling mail.  Creviston Trucking started hauling bulk mail in 1948 out of the Gary, Ind...

A Century in Business: What 100 Years of Family Ownership Means in Transportation

BROOKFIELD, Ohio — In 2026, Nick Strimbu Inc. reaches a milestone few carriers ever see: 100 years of continuous operation under four generations of the same family. For the shippe...

Licensed Producer Dmitry Borovoy Launches SafeBridge, a Bilingual Trucking Insurance Desk for New Carriers

Mexican trucking firm Traxion draws tender offer

A company linked to Grupo Traxion Executive President Aby Lijtszain Chernizky plans to launch a tender offer for as much as 100% of the Mexican logistics company’s shares.

Smaller Trucking Companies Are Approaching Financial Breaking Point

Financial writer Rich Duprey says record diesel prices, rising insurance premiums, and higher maintenance expenses are colliding with freight rates that haven't kept pace.

80 drivers losing out on a job as mom & pop trucking company fails to find buyer

A small trucking company in Wisconsin is closing its business, taking away jobs from as many as 80 truck drivers.  Sparhawk Trucking and Sparhawk Truck and Trailer of Wisconsin Rap...

Higginbotham Transportation Practice Becomes Full Division, Addresses Shifting Industry Landscape

First ReFuel Conference as a Division Will Focus on Legal, Insurance and Operational Concerns (Fort Worth, Texas) – Higginbotham’s rapidly growing Transportation specialty practice...

TA Services acquires 2 Texas cross-border carriers, adds 133 trucks

TA Services has acquired Carmen Pacheco Transportation and Interload Forwarding, adding 133 trucks and more than 550,000 square feet of warehousing along the U.S.-Mexico border. Th...

Six family-owned trucking companies accuse CH Robinson & TQL of using chameleon carriers and pricing out compliant c...

A group of six family-owner trucking companies filed a lawsuit against two of America’s largest freight brokers in Texas federal court late last week.  The six companies filed a Ra...

Build Your Network with TruckDown Ratings

When a truck breaks down hundreds of miles from home, the difference between a quick fix and a costly delay comes down to knowing which vendor to call. TruckDown's new rating syste...

TMSA and Road Dog Care Partner to Celebrate Fleets That Put Drivers First

Driver Appreciation Week campaign will recognize companies doing meaningful work for drivers and award one fleet a fully supplied care program. CREEDMOOR, N.C. — August 25, 2026 —...

Sparhawk Trucking Liquidates

80 drivers losing out on a job as mom & pop trucking company fails to find buyer

Record Diesel Prices Push 16 U.S. Trucking Companies Into Bankruptcy as Freight Industry Struggles

America’s trucking industry is getting squeezed from both sides, and for some smaller operators there simply has not been enough money left in the middle. At least 16 trucking, del...

Trucking companies and industry groups gear up for NTDAW

The trucking industry is rolling out giveaways, discounts and recognition events for professional drivers during National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, which runs Sept. 13-19.

Federal Regulators Remove 110 Truck-Driver Training Schools

The FMCSA removed 110-plus CDL schools and put 160 more on notice after finding links to English violations and poor training.

A Wave of Trucking Companies Rolled Into Bankruptcy Court in the Wake of Record Diesel Prices

As summer wound down, 16 freight movers nationwide sought Chapter 11 protection from creditors or Chapter 7 liquidation. They range from single-truck operators to long-haul outfits...

FMCSA seeks emergency review of chameleon CDL schools

The trucking industry has coped with so-called chameleon motor carriers, brokers or freight forwarders that quickly reopen under new names.

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HISTORIC Interagency Effort to Crack Down on FRAUD in Trucking Industry

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The Escalator: CH Robinson’s Carrier of the Year Problem

On September 17, 2025, CH Robinson published its Carrier of the Year winners. In the category for fleets of more than 1,000 trucks, the list read “Super Ego, Chicago, IL.” It was t...

CH Robinson losing the headline war – the plaintiffs’ bar has noticed

Recap: on September 23, six family-owned trucking companies filed a RICO complaint (here’s my previous analysis) against CH Robinson and Total Quality Logistics in the Eastern Dist...

St. Louis delivery companies Flanagan-White, Zipp Express merge operations

St. Louis-based regional expedited carriers Flanagan-White and Zipp Express have joined forces, merging their operations and assets to enhance coverage across the region. The post...