The Federation of Professional Truckers' petition drew 901 public comments; the agency says MAP-21 bars blanket exemptions and FOPT failed to show safety equivalence.
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The most senior finalist class ever — six of the 11 semifinalists left service at E-7 or above — competes for a Kenworth T680 with 76-inch sleeper.
Nebraska and Montana add diesel relief, a court could kill the non-domiciled CDL ban any day, spot rates climb on fuel alone, and six carriers sue two mega-brokers.
Nebraska's two 90-day orders allow dyed diesel for ag haulers and 25% overweight crop loads, plus a request to pause diesel exports; Montana mirrors FMCSA's fuel-hauler HOS waiver intrastate.
The unsupervised 219-mile Dallas–Houston leg caps four years, 1,300+ IKEA loads, and 750,000 autonomous miles with a safety observer.
D.C. Circuit judges grilled FMCSA over why visa holders are exempt from the ban, while state data shows North Dakota issuing more non-domiciled CDLs than before.
All-in rates rose, but van linehaul was flat and reefer and flatbed linehaul fell — the entire gain came from the fuel surcharge.
Daimler says the EPA's proposed non-compliance penalties — fines of ~$6,000–$7,000 per engine — would let rivals skip the engineering the 0.035 NOx standard requires.
A Sept. 23 Texas federal filing alleges the two mega-brokers funneled loads to illegal chameleon carriers at unprofitable rates; C.H. Robinson strongly rejects the claims.
ATBS's mid-year data: average client net income up $7,000+, flatbed gains double that on data-center freight, and the S-corp election benchmark moves to $90K.
Lists released Monday drop country-specific tariffs to most-favored-nation levels on 1,619 U.S. products entering China and 77 categories of Chinese goods — a deal expected to boost bilateral trade.
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All-in: van $2.96 · reefer $3.59 · flatbed $3.55 a mile. Tender rejections at 14.21%.
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Single-use fuel codes at Pilot, Love's, TA and Petro — how they fight pump fraud.
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