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Borderlands Mexico: Violent cargo theft grips Mexican truckers, Overhaul report finds
2+ hour, 13+ min ago (809+ words) Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Violent cargo theft grips Mexican truckers, report finds; Filter King opens manufacturing and distribution facility in Dallas; and HENN Americas opens…...
Feds target sham CDL trainers in multi-state sting
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (415+ words) WASHINGTON " The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued notices of proposed removal to over 550 commercial driver's license (CDL) training schools, escalating a campaign that began late last year to purge the industry of CDL "mills" that fast-track unqualified drivers onto…...
California, Texas account for 58% of US cargo theft in 2025
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (530+ words) California and Texas accounted for more than half of all reported U.S. cargo thefts in 2025, underscoring how concentrated freight crime has become in the nation's largest logistics hubs." California alone represented 38% of all recorded cargo theft incidents last year, up from…...
Feds expand non-domiciled CDL crackdown to Illinois
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (368+ words) WASHINGTON " The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is expanding its nationwide crackdown on state-issued commercial driver's licenses (CDLs), with Illinois becoming the latest state warned of potential decertification. In a letter sent on Tuesday to Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, the…...
National gas cap could slash truckers’ diesel bills
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (402+ words) WASHINGTON " New legislation in the works by U.S. Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Calif., would impose a federal ceiling on state-level fuel taxes in a move that could dismantle one of trucking's biggest operating expenses. Under Kiley's "Gas Tax Reduction Act," any state…...
Crabs, cologne and contraband: Supply chain crime spikes across freight lanes
1+ week, 3+ day ago (509+ words) A wave of recent enforcement announcements in the U.S. and Canada illustrates how cargo crime now spans cyber-facilitated freight fraud, bulk narcotics concealment inside commercial trailers, and export smuggling schemes embedded within legitimate logistics flows. From stolen truckloads of frozen seafood…...
The Non-Domicile CDL Final Rule Isn’t Perfect. It’s Still a Win.
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1396+ words) Rob Carpenter is an independent writer for FreightWaves, "The Playbook," TruckSafe Consulting, Motive, and other companies across the freight, supply chain, risk and highway accident litigation spaces. He is an expert in accident analysis, fleet safety, risk and compliance. Rob…...
FMCSA finalizes new era for non-domiciled CDLs
1+ week, 3+ day ago (360+ words) WASHINGTON " The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has finalized its sweeping overhaul of non-domiciled regulations by reaffirming the core intent of the 2025 Interim Final Rule (IFR) and introducing key refinements. The final rule, which becomes effective 30 days after publication in…...
As Non-Domiciled CDL Rules Face Litigation, Trucking Still Needs an Honest Conversation
1+ week, 4+ day ago (846+ words) There's a lot of discussion right now about non-domiciled CDLs. Headlines are flying, social media is dialed, and everybody's got an opinion. But for the people actually holding the steering wheel " the drivers " much of what's being said doesn't line…...
Sam Express, AJ Partners, and Sham CDL School Aydana in Investigation of Fatal Indiana Amish Crash
2+ week, 12+ hour ago (1675+ words) U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed Friday that federal investigators have expanded the scope of their inquiry into the Feb. 3 Indiana crash that killed four members of an Amish community, naming the employing carrier, the broader network, and the CDL training…...