Commercial Trucking News, Events & Information
Top 10 Reasons Why Owner-Operators Fail
The statistics are sobering: approximately 85% of owner-operators fail in their first 24 months. But understanding why they fail is the first step to ensuring you're among those who succeed.
Freight Data & Route Optimization for Shippers: Navigating Trends and Maximizing Margins
Shippers are leveraging freight data, load boards, and TMS platforms to navigate rate trends and optimize routes, securing better margins and building resilience in a dynamic logistics market.
Fleet Electrification & AI-Driven Digitalization: The Next Chapter in Trucking Innovation
Electric trucks and AI-powered fleet tools are reshaping trucking. Fleets are embracing these next-gen technologies to boost efficiency, cut emissions, and gain a competitive edge in a rapidly evolving industry.
ACT Research’s 2025 Industry Forecast: Rebalancing Begins as Trucking Eyes Gradual Recovery
ACT Research’s 2025 forecast signals trucking’s slow climb from 2023’s low point, with high interest rates and inventory pressures shaping a cautious, gradual recovery and a new era of industry rebalancing.
Energy-Efficient Autonomous Truck Routing: How Smart Trajectory Planning Drives Billions in Fuel Savings
New autonomous routing methods boost diesel truck fuel economy by over 7%. Smart trajectory planning powered by AI and real-time data is saving billions, cutting emissions, and setting a new standard for sustainable, profitable freight.
Transfer Learning for Predictive Safety Analytics: Smarter Accident Prevention Through Shared Data
Transfer learning is ushering in a new era of trucking safety analytics by enabling AI models to learn from safety data pooled across multiple companies.
Greenlane EV Corridors: Powering the Future of Trucking with High-Speed Charging Infrastructure
As the world moves toward decarbonization and sustainability, electrification is no longer just a buzzword—it’s a business imperative.
Inside Torc Robotics’ 2025 Playbook
At the heart of this transformation is Torc Robotics, a company with deep expertise in self-driving technology and a clear mission: to make autonomous trucking safe, scalable, and trusted.
How Penske’s AI and Telematics Are Transforming Preventative Fleet Maintenance
Every minute a truck is off the road for maintenance or repair translates into lost revenue, missed deadlines, and frustrated customers.
Multi-carrier relay networks optimize cost, speed, and sustainability
The less-than-truckload (LTL) sector faces mounting pressure to deliver more value with fewer resources.
How Organized Crime Is Targeting Copper Shipments in 2025
Copper theft has surged by 61 percent this year, turning the humble metal into a hot commodity for organized crime rings.
Reduced Trucking Oversight: How Changing Politics Shaped FMCSA Enforcement and Highway Safety
Under the Trump administration, the number of enforcement cases initiated by the agency dropped by almost 60 percent compared to previous years.
The Real Story Behind Surging U.S.– Mexico and Canada Trucking Rates
As tariff deadlines approached and trade negotiations heated up, both shippers and carriers found themselves in a race against the clock.
When Innovation Hits a Red Light: Aurora’s Fight Against Legacy Truck Safety Rules
Discover why Aurora Innovation is suing the U.S. Department of Transportation over 1970s-era reflective triangle rules.
How TruckProtect™ Saves Fleets Thousands in Unexpected Repairs
Unplanned repairs, towing, and downtime can quickly spiral into thousands of dollars in losses, not to mention the ripple effects on customer commitments and driver morale.
The Future of Trucking Insurance: Trends and Innovations
The future of trucking insurance is here, bringing with it a wave of innovation and customer-focused solutions.
Emerging Trends in Truck Protection Plans & Warranties
The trucking industry is on the brink of a new era in protection plans and aftermarket warranties. By embracing technological advancements and adapting to emerging risks, truck owners and operators can ensure comprehensive protection and peace of mind.
Unveiling Aftermarket Coverage: Understanding Hidden Truths
TruckClub™ provides comprehensive aftermarket coverage for trucks, focusing on clarity and fairness, and explicitly detailing coverage for each part, including those prone to progressive damage, to avoid the common industry pitfalls of hidden limitations and vague terms.
Unveiling the Truth Behind Aftermarket Warranty Caps: A TruckClub Guide
This blog highlights the complexities of aggregate and package caps in aftermarket vehicle protection, and introduces TruckClub's simplified approach to liability limits.
The Nature of Truck Warranties
This article discusses the complexities of OEM and aftermarket vehicle warranties, emphasizing the importance of being well-informed when navigating these options, and introduces TruckClub™, a company aiming to provide transparent and fair aftermarket coverage.
Top Reasons Aftermarket Providers Deny Your Claim
TruckClub™ counters common aftermarket coverage pitfalls by covering wear, aligning with OEM maintenance intervals, providing continued operation protection, and maintaining transparency about initiation period requirements.
TruckClub's Innovative Approach to Continued Operation Coverage
TruckClub™ is revolutionizing the trucking industry with flexible policies like FinalStretch™ coverage, acknowledging the need for continued operation, thus truly supporting and empowering truckers on their journeys.
Decoding the Fine Print: Uncovering Warranty Pitfalls
This blog highlights the importance of understanding the fine print in aftermarket coverage, detailing common pitfalls, and offering insights to help owner-operators make informed decisions, with a focus on TruckClub™'s commitment to transparency and comprehensive coverage.
Transfer Learning for Predictive Safety Analytics: Smarter Accident Prevention Through Shared Data
Transfer learning is ushering in a new era of trucking safety analytics by enabling AI models to learn from safety data pooled across multiple companies.
Reduced Trucking Oversight: How Changing Politics Shaped FMCSA Enforcement and Highway Safety
Under the Trump administration, the number of enforcement cases initiated by the agency dropped by almost 60 percent compared to previous years.
When Innovation Hits a Red Light: Aurora’s Fight Against Legacy Truck Safety Rules
Discover why Aurora Innovation is suing the U.S. Department of Transportation over 1970s-era reflective triangle rules.
Trucking Regulations to Watch Out for in 2025
Key trucking regulations to watch out for in 2025, strategies for maintaining compliance, resources for staying updated.
Understanding the Benefits of Predictive Maintenance in Trucking
We'll take a deep dive into what predictive maintenance is, how it works in the trucking industry, its key benefits, the tools and software available.
Essential Preventive Maintenance: Keeping Trucks Rolling
Every dollar spent on preventive maintenance saves multiple dollars in emergency repairs and downtime.
Understanding Your Truck's ECM: The Brain Behind the Engine
The most successful operators treat their ECM as a partner in their operation, learning its language and responding to its warnings.
Guide To Maintaining Your Aftertreatment System
Modern aftertreatment systems work like a three-stage filter for your exhaust. The DOC starts the process, the DPF catches the particles, and the SCR system handles the NOx emissions. When properly maintained, these systems remove up to 98% of harmful emissions – but they require
Freight Data & Route Optimization for Shippers: Navigating Trends and Maximizing Margins
Shippers are leveraging freight data, load boards, and TMS platforms to navigate rate trends and optimize routes, securing better margins and building resilience in a dynamic logistics market.
ACT Research’s 2025 Industry Forecast: Rebalancing Begins as Trucking Eyes Gradual Recovery
ACT Research’s 2025 forecast signals trucking’s slow climb from 2023’s low point, with high interest rates and inventory pressures shaping a cautious, gradual recovery and a new era of industry rebalancing.
Multi-carrier relay networks optimize cost, speed, and sustainability
The less-than-truckload (LTL) sector faces mounting pressure to deliver more value with fewer resources.
How Organized Crime Is Targeting Copper Shipments in 2025
Copper theft has surged by 61 percent this year, turning the humble metal into a hot commodity for organized crime rings.
The Real Story Behind Surging U.S.– Mexico and Canada Trucking Rates
As tariff deadlines approached and trade negotiations heated up, both shippers and carriers found themselves in a race against the clock.
2025 Outlook: Moderate Freight Growth and Persistent Challenges in Trucking
Analysts predict moderate freight growth for 2025, but the industry faces ongoing disruptions from regulation, labor shortages, and supply chain volatility, shaping a year of cautious optimism and complex adaptation.
Freight Recession or Realignment? What Carriers Must Watch in 2025
The U.S. freight market has always been cyclical, but 2025 is shaping up to be a year of dramatic transition.
Fleet Electrification & AI-Driven Digitalization: The Next Chapter in Trucking Innovation
Electric trucks and AI-powered fleet tools are reshaping trucking. Fleets are embracing these next-gen technologies to boost efficiency, cut emissions, and gain a competitive edge in a rapidly evolving industry.
Energy-Efficient Autonomous Truck Routing: How Smart Trajectory Planning Drives Billions in Fuel Savings
New autonomous routing methods boost diesel truck fuel economy by over 7%. Smart trajectory planning powered by AI and real-time data is saving billions, cutting emissions, and setting a new standard for sustainable, profitable freight.
Greenlane EV Corridors: Powering the Future of Trucking with High-Speed Charging Infrastructure
As the world moves toward decarbonization and sustainability, electrification is no longer just a buzzword—it’s a business imperative.
Inside Torc Robotics’ 2025 Playbook
At the heart of this transformation is Torc Robotics, a company with deep expertise in self-driving technology and a clear mission: to make autonomous trucking safe, scalable, and trusted.
How Penske’s AI and Telematics Are Transforming Preventative Fleet Maintenance
Every minute a truck is off the road for maintenance or repair translates into lost revenue, missed deadlines, and frustrated customers.
CDL Training 2.0: How Tech and VR Are Shaping Tomorrow’s Drivers
From immersive virtual reality (VR) simulators to AI-driven learning platforms, CDL training is entering a new era.
The Role of Blockchain in Revolutionizing Freight Management
In this blog, we’ll explore what blockchain is, its applications in freight management, the benefits it offers, the challenges of implementing it, and how it could shape the future of trucking.
Nutrition and Healthy Eating on the Road for Owner-Operators
Maintaining a balanced diet is one of the biggest challenges for owner-operators who spend long stretches on the road. With limited healthy options at truck stops and unpredictable schedules, it’s easy to fall into the trap of fast food and snacks.
Integration of Wearable Technology for Truck Drivers
Wearable technology, like fitness trackers and smartwatches—is quickly becoming a must-have for truck drivers. These devices help monitor health, track sleep, and encourage movement, empowering drivers to make smarter choices and maintain their well-being while on the road.
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