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Carriers, prep for new Motus registration system: FMCSA
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (687+ words) Trucking news and briefs for Wednesday, April 8, 2026: With the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration finally rolling out its new Motus registration system this year, the agency asks asking motor carriers and other entities operating authority numbers to take action in…...
Monkey business: Small fleet keeps getting violations for handling lab animals
18+ hour, 59+ min ago (476+ words) A Nevada-based small fleet has come under fire from animal rights activists after getting two new citations from the U. S. Department of Agriculture relating to the carrier's transport of live monkeys." JKL Secure Freight (the dba name for LR Transport LLC) racked…...
In-cab showers for the masses? Be Camper Sleeper's drive to deliver
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (924+ words) Sometime during the COVID lockdown, after being turned away from yet another truck stop whose showers were closed due to staffing issues, I found myself wondering, "When are they ever going to figure out how to put a full bathroom…...
FMCSA floats UCR fee hike for 2027
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (568+ words) Trucking news and briefs for Tuesday, April 7, 2026: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is proposing to adopt a recommended registration fee increase from the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) Board of Directors for the 2027 registration year. Even after the proposed increase,…...
Diesel keeps climbing -- can rates keep up?
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (571+ words) After diesel's surge slowed during the week ending March 30, the most recent week saw diesel's national average jump by nearly a quarter to the highest weekly average since July 4, 2022, when prices were falling from the all-time high of $5. 81 seen in…...
Hey Bubba, why hasn't AI taken over trucking?
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (1080+ words) Last year at the Mid-America Trucking Show, Tapan Chaudhari introduced Hey Bubba, a voice AI dispatcher and assistant made for owner-operators and small fleets. Bubba looked like it had the potential to seriously shake things up." Bubba promised to handle…...
Overlooked maintenance: Owner-ops stress tools for prevention
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (1319+ words) And plenty small things that add up big on the bottom line. Owner-operator Joel Boelman of the Trucking Solutions Group emphasized overlooked-maintenance items as part of a panel discussion at the 2026 Mid-America Trucking Show. Flanking Boelman, other TSG member owner-operators,…...
FMCSA closer to truck parking shortage survey | Fake-invoicing scheme: Guilty verdicts for fleet owner, broker
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (615+ words) Trucking news and briefs for Monday, April 6, 2026: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration took another step toward a new survey of truck drivers about their experience with finding truck parking spaces. The agency first announced its plans for the survey…...
High time truckers vet the brokers: Opening MATS panel on fraud fight, AI, more
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (647+ words) Ask questions, that is, to "vet the brokers," noted Prax, freight fraud watcher, FMCSA's onetime "worst critic," Truckstop. com advisor, and proprietor of Freight Validate, a vetting tool offered to both carriers and brokers -- unique in that regard. Prax spoke…...
'Smart tech for the long haul': New Gear Guide From: Road Pro
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (192+ words) overdriveonline. com 'Smart tech for the long haul': New Gear Guide The April/May Edition of the Overdrive-Truckers News Truckers' Gear Guide from the Road Pro Family of Brands has arrived, and it is loaded with information that'll improve your…...