Driver says trucking company threatened his family after he uncovers illegal practices
Story by: Clarissa Hawes, Senior Editor, Investigations and Enterprise at FreightWaves Investigative: Drivers were forced to drive seven days a week, 20 hours a day, Likanov said A former car hauler said he and his family were forced into hiding after blowing the whistle on his trucking company’s alleged illegal business practices, which […]
Learn More
Biden administration kills Trump rule on independent contractor classification
Story by: John Kingston at FreightWaves After delays and withdrawal of letters tied to the rule, Labor Department takes step seen as inevitable In a move that had numerous precursors to its ultimate implementation, the Biden administration has formally withdrawn a Trump administration rule on the definition of independent contractors under the Fair Labor […]
Learn More
Diesel prices rising 18 weeks straight, read the in-depth report
Article by: John Kingston at FreightWaves The Department of Energy/Energy Information Administration average retail diesel price rose Monday for the 18th consecutive week–another record–while the commodity diesel markets Monday rode up and down on the back of the latest wild oil market swings. According to the latest DOE/EIA number, the average retail price […]
Learn More
Over $1.3 Million Worth of Methamphetamine was found in trailer with spinach
By: iTrucker / Mario Pawlowski Over $1.3 Million Worth of Methamphetamine was found in the trailer with spinach OTAY MESA, Calif. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa commercial facility discovered over $1.3 million worth of methamphetamine hidden within a shipment of fresh spinach, wrapped in paper with pictures of spinach on Wednesday. […]
Learn More
Trucker wins $2 million scratch-off lottery prize: ‘I went numb’
Story by: FreightWaves Staff Trucker David Partain was in the parking lot of the Eagle Travel Center in Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, when he scratched off the lottery ticket on the hood of his long-haul truck. A few moments later, he became a multimillionaire. The ticket he scratched was the third ticket in a string […]
Learn More
Most Americans want $2M liability insurance for trucks, according to survey
Story by: FreightWaves Staff Commercial trucks are required to carry a minimum of just $750,000 in liability insurance — a figure that hasn’t increased in nearly 40 years. But in recent research by U.S. Xpress (NYSE: USX), 76% of U.S. adults agree or strongly agree the government should increase the minimum amount to […]
Learn More
Autonomous trucks may negatively affect truckers, at least temporarily according to FMCSA chief
Story by: John Gallagher, Washington Correspondent at FreightWaves Acting Administrator Meera Joshi sees ‘major shift’ in trucker workforce How the move toward driverless trucks will affect the truck driver workforce is a challenge that must be addressed whether the timeline toward full automation ends up short or long, according to the nation’s top […]
Learn More
Autonomous and electric trucks are the reason why women are increasingly interested in trucking career
Story by: Alyssa Sporrer at Freightwaves.com Autonomous and electric trucks are the reason why women are increasingly interested in a trucking career, survey says. The future of trucking is here Emina Nilsson is a very social person. So when an opportunity arrived in her native Sweden to drive a truck for a living, she […]
Learn More
Oilfield manager pleads guilty after the tanker-trailer explosion killed an employee
By: iTrucker / Mario Pawlowski A Montana man pleaded guilty in federal court in the District of North Dakota to a felony charge of obstructing an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) proceeding stemming from the 2014 death of an oilfield worker in Williston, North Dakota. Stephan Todd Reisinger, 50, of Kalispell, was a maintenance manager […]
Learn More