Month: January 2026

Pittsburgh-based R&R Family of Companies abruptly shut down its trucking subsidiary Taylor Express earlier this week, laying off all employees and leaving some drivers stranded far from home with no company support, according to multiple interviews conducted by FreightWaves. A former employee at Taylor Express said all the workers at the Hope Mills, North Carolina,… Continue reading Taylor Express closure leaves drivers sleeping in trucks, employees jobless

When Verizon’s network collapsed Wednesday afternoon, leaving tens of thousands of customers staring at “SOS” icons instead of signal bars, most Americans were worried about missing calls or losing their group chats. But in the trucking industry, the implications ran far deeper than a few dropped calls. That ELD mounted in your cab? It needs… Continue reading How Verizon’s Cellular Outages Expose Trucking’s Technology Achilles’ Heel

The last defendant connected to the deadliest commercial vehicle crash in New Hampshire history will finally face a jury this spring. Dartanyan Gasanov, co-owner of Westfield Transport Inc., is scheduled for trial beginning March 2, 2026, in U.S. District Court before Judge Mark G. Mastroianni. The case represents the final chapter in a tragedy that… Continue reading The Trucking Fraud Network That Killed Seven Marines and The Last Defendant in The Crash Faces Trial

Traffic congestion across the United States mounted significantly in 2025, according to INRIX, costing the national economy over $85 billion in lost time—an 11.3% increase from the previous year. The typical U.S. driver lost an average of 49 hours to traffic jams, up six hours from 2024, resulting in a personal cost of nearly $894… Continue reading Dry van report: The $85 billion bottleneck, America’s most congested corridors

The freight market can look deceptively calm from a distance. You glance at the year-over-year numbers, see minimal movement in topline rates, and might be tempted to think things are “stable.” But any veteran of the supply chain knows that “stable” rarely means “predictable.” To navigate this complexity, you need more than just data points;… Continue reading U.S. Bank and DAT launch a new index to reveal hidden freight rate trends