Month: February 2026

Seven states declared a state of emergency prior to the blizzard, which moved into the New York metropolitan area midday Sunday. There was a travel ban ahead of a forecast calling for as much as 24 inches of snow for some locations along the coast.  At Port Newark, 13 inches of snow had fallen as… Continue reading Blizzard shuts down container terminals at northeast ports

When a truck kills someone on an American highway, we ask the obvious questions. Who was driving? Who was the carrier? Was the driver fatigued, impaired, distracted, or untrained? Was the vehicle maintained? Were the hours-of-service records real? There’s a question almost nobody asks: Who insured them? That question tells you more about what went… Continue reading Insurers Judged By The Trucking “Company” They Keep

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 $4M automotive components plant in Silao, Mexico. Violent cargo theft grips Mexican truckers, report finds… Continue reading Borderlands Mexico: Violent cargo theft grips Mexican truckers, Overhaul report finds

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation plans to ramp up oversight of drivers who are not proficient in English by requiring all knowledge and skills test be administered in English. Sean Duffy (left) with Derek Barrs Friday at DOT. “In the state of California you can take the skills test and the proficiency test… Continue reading Feds to axe multi-language testing for truckers

Executive orders, rulemakings, legislation, and court challenges all operate on different timelines with different powers and different guardrails. Yesterday’s historic Duffy-Barrs press conference was the biggest enforcement announcement in a generation, and it still has to survive the process. Here’s why, and what comes next. It happens every single day. In the comments. In the… Continue reading Why the Wheels of Trucking Reform Don’t Turn as Fast as Your Timeline