Month: August 2026

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found more than $9.5 million in suspected methamphetamine inside a commercial detergent shipment entering Texas. The discovery happened Aug. 11 at the Roma International Bridge, according to a CBP announcement. A 2012 tractor-trailer arrived from Mexico carrying the declared load. Officers directed the vehicle to secondary inspection for additional… Continue reading CBP finds $9.5M in meth hidden inside detergent shipment at Texas border

Two cases making their way through the federal court system on the issue of broker liability have been added to the pool of litigation closely watched by the 3PL industry following the Supreme Court’s Montgomery decision. One of them involves J.B. Hunt as a defendant in the U.S. District Court for Arizona, where it and… Continue reading The list grows: 2 more cases proceeding on broker liability

The hardest part of putting a proven engine into a new commercial vehicle has never been the engine itself. It is teaching that engine where it lives among the sensors, onboard computers and control modules that fill modern commercial vehicles. GM Powered Solutions is selling a shortcut, announced at ACT Expo earlier this year. The… Continue reading GM targets development costs with commercial vehicle ECM

If you’re a fleet operator and you’re looking to evaluate fuel options that may help lower lifecycle carbon intensity, you don’t have to commit to a single alternative fuel overnight. The smarter play, according to Dave Slade, principal biofuels scientist at  Chevron, is building flexibility into your fuel strategy and leaning on the right resources to guide those decisions.   Chevron’s portfolio of conventional… Continue reading Diversifying Fleet Fuels with Diesel, Renewable Diesel, CNG, and More  

A coalition of states scored another legal victory Thursday when a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from obtaining state-owned records containing personal information on millions of commercial driver’s license holders. U.S. District Judge Anthony J. Trenga granted the states’ request for a temporary restraining order following a hearing Thursday… Continue reading States score win in fight over federal access to CDL driver database