FreightWaves' review of federal records for Sept. 18 to Oct. 21 spans general freight, petroleum and logging — from Chicago's Midwest Expedited, with $2.31 million in liabilities against $108,351 in assets, down to one-truck operators — though the filings alone do not prove an industrywide increase.
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NC-12 closes to Hatteras and stays shut, Heartland swings back to a profit, Nebraska gives fuel haulers relief, Mexican freight shifts to transloading, and ATA tonnage edges up.
Gov. Jim Pillen's Oct. 19 executive order builds on the federal fuel-hauler hours waiver: it covers gasoline, ethanol blends and diesel on Nebraska highways other than the interstates, lets trucks run up to 10% over weight limits with no axle over 20,000 pounds, and requires drivers to carry a copy of the proclamation.
Truck freight crossing both borders rose 30% in value in August while the pool of Mexican drivers cleared to haul it into the U.S. keeps shrinking; Uber Freight's Kyle Toombs says shippers are splitting the trip at the border and transloading, the OOIDA Foundation says its own data shows no noticeable shift yet.
The crash happened around 10 a.m. Tuesday near Washington Street in Mission Hills; four people in the sedan were taken to the hospital, two men in the semi refused medical care, and the extent of the injuries was not known.
The For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index was unchanged from September 2025 and is up 0.9% for the first nine months of the year on February-to-April strength; Costello says soft tonnage with still-contracting capacity is producing a better market for motor carriers.
Werner Enterprises put preliminary third-quarter adjusted earnings at $0.15 to $0.16 a share against a $0.36 consensus estimate, on revenue of $946 million to $951 million — with diesel up in nine of the quarter's 13 weeks and surcharges running a week behind.
The new Silver Service Contract adds engine, aftertreatment, transmission and clutch repairs to Volvo's Blue preventive-maintenance plan in one monthly payment for the all-new VNL and VNR — but Volvo has not disclosed the price, contract length or mileage caps.
Rigoberto Ramon Miranda-Orozco, 39, admitted arranging transportation and accommodations for people who ended up in the trailer found in San Antonio on June 27, 2022 — 64 people rode about 156 miles from Laredo in 90-degree heat without functioning air conditioning; 48 were dead at the scene and five more died at hospitals.
The verdict against Pilot Thomas Logistics and Maxum Petroleum is among the largest trucking awards in New Mexico in recent years; the plaintiffs alleged the tanker driver was traveling too fast for weather conditions, and as of Oct. 19 the docket showed no final judgment or notice of appeal.
The Department of Energy/EIA benchmark used for most fuel surcharges rose to $6.276 a gallon for the week ending Oct. 19, up $0.097 from $6.179, with every region higher — the West Coast less California posted the largest increase, up $0.156 to $6.659, and California rose to $8.242.
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