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Rail and truck data highlight a strong industrial economy
5+ hour, 35+ min ago (645+ words) U.S. freight railroads delivered one of their strongest performances in years during March 2026, signaling that the goods-producing economy is regaining meaningful momentum across multiple sectors. According to the Association of American Railroads" (AAR) latest Rail Industry Overview, total U.S. rail carloads averaged…...
Volvo Pushes new VNR as U.S. tractor fleet nears 7-Year average age
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (887+ words) Volvo Trucks North America is pushing hard into the regional trucking market with its new VNR series, betting that an aging national fleet and record diesel prices will drive carriers to replace equipment faster than freight demand alone would suggest....
Truck transportation jobs running at an 8-year low: BLS
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (791+ words) There haven't been this few workers in the truck transportation sector of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' employment data since the end of 2017. That doesn't mean there might not have been fewer total workers in trucking at other times, because…...
Contract premium shrinks as truckload market reprices higher
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (546+ words) Spot rates reached $2.01 per mile in February, rebounding from $1.65 in November 2025. Contract rates ticked up to $2.12 per mile from $1.99 over the same period " marking a fourth consecutive month of increases across both pricing mechanisms. "What we're seeing in early 2026 is…...
Some Indiana CDL drivers woke up today without a license
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (814+ words) Indiana just became the first state in the country to revoke commercial driver's licenses from undocumented immigrants on a mandatory basis. The law went into effect at midnight on Wednesday. If you run trucks in Indiana, hire from Indiana, or…...
Indiana’s new CDL rule pushes ahead on English proficiency
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (778+ words) Indiana moved out ahead of other states in restricting CDL ownership based on language proficiency and residency, and the results of that are being implemented beginning Wednesday. Indiana's legislature passed through both houses, later signed by Governor Mike Braun, a…...
Autonomous railcar builder signs short line operator
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (267+ words) Intramotev, the builder of autonomous freight railcars, announced that it has signed short line operator" R. J. Corman Railroad Company as its latest customer. The maker's TugVolt railcars will be deployed in industrial switching operations on Corman's Memphis Line, a 113-mile railroad…...
Why CSA scores have become trucking’s public report card
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (1226+ words) A single burnt-out taillight can cost a carrier tens of thousands of dollars in higher insurance, lost freight and extra DOT inspections. For many fleets that pain starts long before the roadside stop " in the 27 seconds it takes some drivers…...
Freight bankruptcies mount in March as trucking, logistics firms file Chapter 11
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (267+ words) Bankruptcies across the freight transportation and logistics sector continued to mount in March, with trucking companies, logistics providers, last-mile delivery firms and marine operators filing for Chapter 11 protection, continuing a trend that began in January and February as financial pressure…...
U.S. rail freight narrowly up despite flat intermodal
1+ week, 3+ day ago (295+ words) Chemicals and grain helped offset weaker industrial and intermodal traffic as freight on U.S. railroads stayed narrowly ahead of year-ago levels. U.S. weekly rail traffic totaled 502,252 carloads and intermodal units, up 1.2% for the week ending March 21 from the same period a year…...