The Morning Mile — Friday, Oct. 30
Motus suspensions hit roughly 6,475 carriers in a week, spot rates slip but hold 40%-plus year gains, NHTSA opens a tire-standard overhaul, and a record September at the ports backs up on rail, not the truck gate.
Summarized from CDLWire.
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Good morning, drivers. Here is what you need to know to start Friday, October 30.
Motus suspended thousands by mistake: FMCSA's registration system reclassified an Illinois flatbed carrier as a hazmat hauler, raised its insurance minimum and grounded it without notice — and an industry analysis found more than 6,475 carriers hit by the same kind of insurance-change suspension, roughly 6,000 of them this week. Check your own classification and filing.
Spot rates slip, levels hold: Total spot rates fell $0.023 this week and reefer broke a four-year seasonal pattern, but every segment remains up more than 40% year over year. DAT linehaul averages: dry van $2.24 per mile, reefer $2.73, flatbed $2.63.
Tire standards open for rewrite: NHTSA has started its first major tire-standard overhaul in more than 20 years, with the bias-era strength and bead tests on the table and an 18-member committee to be appointed.
Record month at the ports: Long Beach set an all-time container record in September and national imports hit a September record; rail dwell, not the truck gate, is the bottleneck pushing freight onto the highway.
That's the mile. Drive safe — full stories are on the homepage.
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