Sue LawlessFMCSAThe Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s acting deputy administrator and chief safety officer is leaving the agency this fall and will join a prominent transportation law firm’s safety practice. Scopelitis,...
Eaton’s U.S. headquarters near Cleveland, Ohio. (Eaton Corp.) Eaton Corp. saw second-quarter profit fall amid robust spending for the company’s buildout of data centers and associated power generation, even as...
Trans-Pacific rates are falling sharply, but the ability of carriers to withdraw capacity, the potential for continued diversions away from the Red Sea, and long-term changes to the global trade...
In this week’s Rail and Intermodal Update, FTR’s Joseph Towers covered a lot of ground—from potential blockbuster mergers to shifting trade policies and evolving traffic patterns. Here are the top...
You face a key question every day: “What’s a fair rate for this haul?” DAT provides tools and data to help you make informed decisions and negotiate confidently, not to...
President Trump announced on Truth Social he’ll extend the current tariff situation with Mexico for another 90 days after having a “very successful” call with Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum: I...
The for-hire trucking industry faced its fourth consecutive month of declining volumes in June, according to ACT Research’s For-Hire Trucking Index. The diffusion index is based on a survey of...
truckstop.com recently announced the launch of Truckstop Private Loads, which allows freight brokers to engage their proprietary, pre-vetted carrier networks with the same trust, security, and efficiency available on truckstop.com’s public load...
For fleet managers and operators, vehicle maintenance is often viewed as a necessary expense - one that can be costly. However, a poor fleet maintenance strategy goes beyond vehicles being...
FTR’s latest Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) remained just shy of neutral territory in May, slipping slightly to a reading of -0.9 from -0.6 in April. This marks the fifth...
