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  • Construction workers build a structure while wearing masks.
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    After 5 years, construction still reels from COVID’s labor impact

    Though building's “essential” status kept workers busy through lockdowns, the industry still has not recovered from the blow to an already-persistent trades shortage.

  • A side view of a large Amazon Prime tractor-trailer, with motion blur on the background as it passes on Interstate 40 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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    Amazon’s LTL pursuit threatens to shuffle retail volumes in market

    The company could upend the sector just by handling its own shipments.

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    Kenan Advantage Group acquires Evergreen Transport

    It’s the North Canton, Ohio-based company’s fourth deal since entering the dry bulk transportation market last year.

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    ATRI to log changing costs patterns in annual survey

    Carriers are asked to share driver pay, insurance premiums and equipment lease or purchase payments in exchange for operational insights.

  • A tractor-trailer for Landstar System on I-95 in Virginia.
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    Landstar owner-operator count drops 10% YoY — and isn’t finished shrinking

    The number of drivers leased to the company fell by 184 trucks in Q4 from the previous quarter, CEO Frank Lonegro said.

  • President Donald Trump, then-Vice President Mike Pence and then-Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Seema Verma welcome American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear to the White House on March 23, 2017.
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    Trucking groups cheer Trump EPA’s review of emissions rules

    The Biden administration’s GHG3 and NOx rules were unachievable on current timelines, industry groups said.

  • NMFTA Director of Product Holly Taylor demonstrates the ClassIT+ tool at the group's Spring Meeting in Clearwater Beach, Florida.
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    NMFTA aims to simplify freight classification with new tool

    The ClassIT+ platform, coming this summer, contains several upgrades intended to ease changes for shippers and carriers.

  • Smoke pours from the exhaust pipe of a truck in Washington, D.C.
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    EPA reconsiders auto, truck emissions requirements

    The agency is reevaluating stricter rules for model-year 2027 cars and trucks set by the Biden administration.

  • A sign showing electric and hydrogen fueling areas with an arrow pointing forward.
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    Benore Logistic Systems adds 10 hydrogen trucks to fleet

    The transportation provider’s Hyundai Xcient hydrogen fuel cell trucks are traveling on dedicated routes in Savannah, Georgia. 

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    Faster Labor Contracts Act garners bipartisan support

    The bill, which would condense time between union votes and employer negotiations, marks a change in Republican attitudes on labor.

  • Snow coats a road in Minneapolis on March 5, 2025.
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    Blizzard halts Midwest trucking operations

    Estes Express Lines, Saia, XPO, TForce Freight and Midwest Motor Express were affected by last week’s snowstorm.

  • President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn at the White House on March 9, 2025.
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    Trump reverses Canada steel, aluminum tariff hike

    A 25% tariff increase on the metal imports will still go into effect Wednesday, but that rate won’t double after Ontario backed off from imposing retaliatory energy tariffs.

    Updated March 11, 2025
  • A white TFI International tractor-trailer drives on a road.
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    TFI scoops up another former Yellow terminal

    The LTL carrier plans to add a small site in Fayetteville, North Carolina, to its network following the bankrupt company’s latest asset sale.

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    The Home Depot grows its flatbed distribution network

    The company has three FDCs under construction with more in the pipeline, Senior EVP Ann-Marie Campbell said during its earnings call.

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    Former FHWA chief counsel picked as acting FMCSA chief

    Adrienne Camire was appointed Friday as deputy administrator and acting administrator of the regulatory agency.

  • Trucks drive across the U.S.-Mexico border on Feb. 1, 2025, in San Diego.
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    Tariffs create frenzy in cross-border trucking

    Some customers have seen an increase in wait times at U.S.-Mexico border, while others are adjusting to avoid higher duties.

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    ABF Freight acquires 2 more Yellow terminals

    The ArcBest-owned LTL carrier plans to spend $11.5M for properties in Washington and Colorado.

  • President Donald Trump addresses reporters at the White House on March 6, 2025.
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    Trump extends tariff pause to all USMCA goods

    Imports from Mexico and Canada that are compliant with the trade deal will not be subject to tariffs until April 2.

  • Cargo theft reaching record levels, prompting calls for congressional action

    Carriers and shippers urged congress to combat the issue by stepping up enforcement and creating a task force.

  • President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
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    Trump pauses Mexico tariffs on USMCA goods until April 2

    Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick indicated the White House will soon announce that all goods compliant with the trade deal could receive the same treatment.

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    Tariffs will have ‘direct and disproportionate’ effect on truckers, industry warns

    New duties will impact 100,000 full-time truckers hauling 85% of cross-border Mexico shipments and 67% of Canada shipments, ATA President and CEO Chris Spear said.

  • Two trucks pass each other at night on a rain-covered highway near Chicago.
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    5 ways truck brokers are using AI to boost efficiency

    Companies like C.H. Robinson and ITS Logistics are turning to the technology to improve freight matching, trailer management and more.

  • President Donald Trump addresses reporters during a press briefing at the White House on March 3, 2025.
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    Trump’s trade war heats up as countries retaliate against tariffs

    Mexico, Canada and China all announced they would counter the president's orders after additional duties went into effect this week.

  • FedEx Freight expands South Dakota terminal

    The Sioux Falls service center, located off Interstate 29, has 35% more capacity and a new fleet maintenance shop.

  • A protester holds up a sign that says "equal pay for equal work."
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    Only 1 in 3 women say they feel empowered to perform at their best

    Less than 10% of women surveyed by HiBob said they have a formal mentor at work, compared to 15% of men.