Month: April 2026

The federal government is playing catch-up on a crisis this industry has been screaming about for years. The question isn’t whether the crackdown is welcome. The question is whether it goes deep enough to actually fix the broken licensing infrastructure that made all of this possible in the first place. America’s highways have become a… Continue reading Secretary Duffy prioritizes barriers to entry in trucking

If you’ve been feeling like the math just doesn’t work anymore, you’re not alone. At the time of writing, diesel has jumped nearly $1.28 per gallon in just two weeks following the Middle East conflict, pushing the national retail average to $5.38 a gallon. For the average long-haul dry van owner-operator, gross profit per mile… Continue reading The Carrier Survival Guide: How to protect your margins when diesel won’t stop climbing

California citrus is the week’s biggest story. South/Central CA citrus (blood oranges, grapefruit, lemons, oranges, tangelos) jumped from Adequate to Shortage on all nine destinations in a single week — the first Shortage for any California commodity in 2026. Rates surged: Seattle +12%, Atlanta +11%, Boston +11% ($8,800–$9,400), New York +10% ($8,700–$9,300), Miami +5%. Storm-damaged… Continue reading Reefer Produce Report: California citrus hits shortage, Yakima tightens, and the border keeps climbing