The Morning Mile — Sunday, Oct. 4
Contract rates end August $0.22 above spot, FMCSA's Elison touts the ELD crackdown, a proposed EPA NOx revision could cut $6,000 per truck, nearly 1,400 laid off at the former Navistar plant in Ohio, truckers' Union Pacific privacy suit survives, and Teton Pass rules take effect.
Summarized from CDLWire.
Good morning, drivers. Here is what you need to know to start Sunday, October 4.
Rate gap flips: Contract dry van rates ended August $0.22 a mile above spot — a reversal from June, when spot priced higher — as fuel made up 24% of the spot rate and capacity kept exiting.
ELD crackdown: FMCSA Deputy Administrator Jesse Elison said tougher vetting has kept hundreds of ELD providers off the registry and removed nearly 100 since early 2025, with an ELD rule rewrite in the works.
NOx rule revision: Trump told Peterbilt workers in Denton that a proposed EPA revision to the 2027 NOx standard would cut an estimated $6,000 from the cost of each truck — though the proposal is not finalized.
Ohio layoffs: Nearly 1,400 workers were laid off Sept. 30 at the former Navistar plant in Springfield, Ohio; buyer Roshel says it plans to more than double the workforce in coming years.
Privacy win: The Seventh Circuit kept truckers’ fingerprint-privacy suit against Union Pacific alive, rejecting the railroad’s exemption claim under Illinois’ BIPA law.
Teton Pass: Wyoming’s Safe Pass self-certification rules are now enforceable — trucks 10,000 pounds and up must certify online or take an alternate route.
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