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(freightwaves) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation plans to ramp up oversight of drivers who are not proficient in English by requiring all knowledge and skills test be administered in English.

Sean Duffy (left) with Derek Barrs Friday at DOT.
“In the state of California you can take the skills test and the proficiency test in 20…[Read more]

California’s trucking industry is hitting a breaking point as Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) effectively dismantles the independent owner-operator business model. After a four-and-a-half-year legal battle, the California Trucking Association (CTA) has officially dropped its challenge, leaving over 70,000 independent truckers in a state of u…[Read more]

Federal authorities have dismantled what officials describe as the largest cartel-linked trucking operation ever uncovered in the United States. In Operation Highway Harvest, the FBI and DEA targeted a seemingly legitimate logistics company that investigators say was secretly moving narcotics across multiple states.
Court documents detail hundreds…[Read more]

Bill imposes 10% surcharge on contracts with violation-prone trucking companies.

WASHINGTON — New legislation threatens to transform the way truck brokers do business, replacing voluntary vetting practices with a stiff federal penalty for contracting “unsafe” motor carriers.

Introduced by U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., the Patrick and Barba…[Read more]