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    Trucks, trailers, tonnage: Trucking Dive’s data hub shows the state of the industry

    Five charts from leading industry sources capture high-level market data.

    Updated June 27, 2025
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    Retrieved from Werner Enterprises on June 27, 2025
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    Texas Supreme Court reverses nuclear verdict involving Werner crash

    The state’s highest court ruled in the carrier’s favor, dismissing the more than $100 million truck crash liability.

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    DOT agencies withdraw speed limiters proposal

    The move was part of a "pro-trucker package" that also declared funding for truck parking and highlighted efforts to reduce regulatory burdens.

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    Denver trucking firm settles with EEOC, ending 9-year lawsuit

    Western Distributing agreed to pay $919,000 for back pay and damages but maintained no liability for alleged disability violations.

  • A FedEx Freight tractor-trailer drives on the road. The industry will be closely watching the LTL carrier's spinoff in the next 18 months.
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    FedEx Freight announces C-suite leadership for spinoff

    Longtime executives with the company and an outsider were on the list of new roles shared.

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    Fed on hold to see if tariff-induced inflation persists, Powell says

    “A majority of my committee has said that they do expect to cut rates between now and the end of the year,” Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said.

  • A FedEx Freight truck on the road on Oct. 21, 2021.
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    "Fedex Freight" by Tomás Del Coro is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
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    FedEx Freight operating income drops 6%

    The dip comes as the segment plans to break off as its own company in June 2026.

  • One of Roadtex's new facilities, located in Greenville, South Carolina, showing pallets of items scattered in a vast warehouse.
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    Roadtex opens terminals in South Carolina, Tennessee

    The temperature-controlled facilities add 50,000 square feet to the company's nationwide network.

  • A wing of the Kentucky Exposition Center featuring Mid-America Trucking Show banners for its 2024 event.
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    Trucking conferences to watch in 2025

    Plan your work travel this year with this list of events that bring trucking stakeholders to the same place.

    Updated June 30, 2025
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    Early peak season signals challenging market ahead for trucking

    Shippers continued to frontload cargo in May ahead of tariffs, giving a boost to dry van volumes, but analysts note carriers still lack pricing power.

  • A tractor-trailer parked near a door of A. Duie Pyle's new facility in Bridgeport, West Virginia.
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    A. Duie Pyle opens new facility at former Yellow site in West Virginia

    “We have full state coverage now,” COO of LTL Solutions John Luciani said.

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    Dolche Truckload files for bankruptcy after defaulting on tractor, trailer loan payments

    “We are fully operational,” founder and owner Desi Evans told Trucking Dive. “This is not a shutdown. It's a restructuring of our debts.”

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    Tariffs, manufacturing weakness expected to further drag down truckload demand

    Carriers will "be playing catch-up for the rest of the year,” DAT’s Dean Croke projected.

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    Retrieved from Hub Group on June 23, 2025
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    Hub Group chief accounting officer resigns, replacement named

    Brent Rhodes is leaving to pursue other opportunities after a little more than a year in the role.

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    Economy heading toward ‘significant slowdown,’ Conference Board says

    “Maybe we should start thinking about cutting the policy rate at the next meeting, because we don’t want to wait until the job market tanks,” a Federal Reserve official said.

  • A Kodiak autonomous truck at a Roush facility in Livonia, Michigan. The space is large enough to allow multiple trucks to be upfitted at once with the driverless technology.
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    Kodiak partners with Roush to upgrade trucks with autonomous tech

    The move ties into developing operations with customer Atlas Energy Solutions, which is running autonomous Kodiak-equipped trucks 24/7.

  • Toyota Daimler Mitsubishi Fuso and Hino Motors
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    Photo provided by Toyota Motor Corp. 

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    Toyota, Daimler ink deal to merge truck companies

    Mitsubishi Fuso and Hino Motors will become equals under a new holding company that is expected to begin operations in April 2026.

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    Retrieved from Nussbaum Transportation on June 18, 2025
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    Nussbaum Transportation adds Lytx dash cams for fleet safety

    The DriveCam Event Recorders will be installed in the carrier’s full fleet of 600 trucks by year-end.

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    Hyundai debuts Class 8 hydrogen refueling hub vision

    The company will open a $30 million hydrogen production and dispensing facility for heavy-duty, zero-emission vehicles near the Port of Savannah, Georgia.

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    How the Texas DOT uses AI

    The department sees “millions of attacks” daily into its computer systems, making cybersecurity essential for the new technology, the agency's CIO said.

  • President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House on Feb. 26, 2025.
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    Trump’s tariffs: Tracking the status of international trade actions

    The U.S. has rolled out a deluge of tariffs, sparking responses from trading partners. Here's where each tariff – threatened or realized – currently stands.

    Updated 19 hours ago
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    FedEx Freight opens new service center in Indianapolis area

    The 125-door facility creates additional capacity in Louisville, Kentucky, and Muncie, Indiana, as well. 

    Updated June 23, 2025
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    NHTSA resets fuel efficiency framework, rebuffs prior policy

    While there were no immediate changes, the new interpretive rule specifies the government “will no longer regulate beyond its statutory authority,” the agency said.

  • An aerial view shows a rail freight station with shipping containers and warehouses in Chicagoland.
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    Chicagoland trucking firm files for bankruptcy following railroad suit

    Union Pacific Railroad alleged Nortia Logistics defaulted on a payment plan and owes over $3.2 million.

  • An aerial view of shipping containers on trucks and railcars at the Port of Los Angeles on Dec. 4, 2024.
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    Truckers see less business as Los Angeles port volumes slow

    Global tariffs have led to ripple effects across the supply chain, including fewer ships and containers to haul, per the port's executive director, Gene Seroka.