Month: September 2025

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced two pilot programs Monday aimed at giving truck drivers more flexibility in hours-of-service regulations, marking the latest effort in the Trump administration’s pro-trucker agenda as questions persist about the effectiveness of existing electronic logging device mandates. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will test split-duty period options and flexible sleeper… Continue reading Transportation Secretary Launches HOS Flexibility Pilot Programs

The August Logistics Manager’s Index (LMI) saw a slight increase of 0.1 points from July, reaching 59.3. This minor change resulted from opposing trends within its sub-components, with inventory and warehousing metrics rising while transportation metrics fell. Notably, Transportation Capacity is now expanding faster than Transportation Prices, signaling a mild negative freight inversion (see chart… Continue reading Dry van report: August LMI signals potential market slowdown

A World War 1 era tax, the Truck FET has long been an issue for buyers of new trucks.  The tax currently adds an additional $20,000 to more than $50,000 to the cost of each new truck purchased, thus acting as a strong deterrent to new truck and trailer sales. 

ATRI has released updated versions of its Sustainability and Idling Regulations Compendiums. The ATRI Sustainable Freight Practices Compendium first launched in 2014 to serve as a one-stop shop for information on sustainable freight practices that can be implemented by motor carriers and their drivers. 

The freight industry has long struggled with a fundamental problem: messy, fragmented data. Manual check calls, siloed platforms, and limited visibility still define how billions of dollars’ worth of freight moves across the U.S. every year. Catena, a New York–based startup, believes it has found the solution, a neutral data infrastructure layer designed to connect,… Continue reading Why Catena’s Approach to Freight Data Matters Now