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Trucking firms file for bankruptcy, citing $3M legal claim in dispute Original
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. A Southern California trucking company, Victory Freight Corp., filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on July 2, citing a multimillion dollar claim as a liability in a pending legal case. Victory Freight Corp. listed unsecured creditor Raul Contreras as having a nearly $3.1 million claim but also reported that the money is in dispute, according to the bankruptcy petition. The legal case involves an Aug.
California, FMCSA attorneys prepare for showdown over funding dispute
California, FMCSA attorneys prepare for showdown over funding dispute Fri, July 10, 2026 at 10:33 AM UTC Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The court issued an order against the federal government, which argued that an administrative stay should not take occur. This story was originally published on Trucking Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Trucking Dive newsletter.
California, FMCSA attorneys prepare for showdown over funding dispute
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. California’s legal challenge of a federal funding loss over approximately $160 million, slated to begin Oct. 1, is moving through a U.S. appeals court, after both state and federal attorneys laid out opening and final briefs and replies.
WattEV opens EV charging depot in Fresno, California Original
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Electric trucking business WattEV has opened its most northern charging depot, located in Fresno, as part of an expansion that includes future sites in Northern California. An opening ceremony on June 30 marked the addition to WattEV’s network, activating the site while awaiting future upgrades in grid capacity, according to a news release last week.
R+L Carriers owes $6M to family after fatal crash in Illinois Original
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. A jury delivered a verdict last month against R+L Carriers after a man driving a vehicle in Illinois rear-ended a slow-moving tractor with a double-combination trailer re-entering a highway. The jury awarded over $10 million to the family of the man, who left behind a wife, two daughters and a son.
Small business group challenges brokers’ request for FMCSA standard Original
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The Small Business in Transportation Coalition is questioning a recent petition by the Transportation Intermediaries Association in the aftermath of a noteworthy Supreme Court decision. The coalition says the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration should take a much more limited role than what the TIA is requesting with a new federal standard.
California trucking business files for bankruptcy Original
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Commodity Transporters has initiated a Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, rather than a Chapter 7 liquidation, as it seeks to preserve its rolling stock. The Merced County, California business has over $1 million in assets and liabilities, according to its petition, but it’s filing as a small business debtor, meaning key debts are limited to $3.424 million.
JK Moving Services hires enterprise-wide CFO Original
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dumitrache “Dumi” Martinez has taken on the role of enterprise-wide CFO at JK Moving Services, a newly created position spanning multiple JK businesses. The senior finance executive joined the Sterling, Virginia-based residential and commercial moving services provider in June, according to a news release last week.
Prime Inc. seeks $11M refund from IRS
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. A legal complaint says the Internal Revenue Service owes trucking business Prime Inc. over $11 million and alleges the federal government wrongfully interpreted tax regulations. The motor carrier said in its complaint that it deserves an income tax credit for its fuel purchases for refrigeration units on its trailers.
Tennessee trucking business files for bankruptcy Original
Family-owned Tucker Boyz Transportation of Tennessee filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday, according to a court filing. The company is still in business and plans to reorganize through the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, attorney John Dunlap said in an email to Trucking Dive. Memphis-based Tucker Boyz reported $126,000 in assets and $152,000 in liabilities, including a $120,000 unsecured claim to truck parking business Henco Land.
Proposed Ghostruck Act aims to restrict ELD edits
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. A new bill known as the Ghostruck Act would restrict who can modify ELD records to people physically located in North America, aiming to improve safety. U.S. Reps. Greg Steube of Florida and Dave Taylor of Ohio said they’ve introduced the proposed legislation to prevent overseas dispatchers from falsifying drivers’ hours-of-service records.
Proposed Ghostruck Act aims to restrict ELD edits
Proposed Ghostruck Act aims to restrict ELD edits Proposed Ghostruck Act aims to restrict ELD edits This story was originally published on Trucking Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Trucking Dive newsletter. Dive Brief: A new bill known as the Ghostruck Act would restrict who can modify ELD records to people physically located in North America, aiming to improve safety. U.S. Reps.
Industry groups press FMCSA after Supreme Court decision expands legal risk for brokers
Both the TIA and C.H. Robinson Worldwide made arguments in the case, saying that interstate commerce regulation protects brokers. But the high court determined a broker can potentially be found negligent in its carrier selection. The conflict was tied to C.H. Robinson brokering a load that a victim says was negligently selected, leading to a tragic crash.
Industry groups press FMCSA after Supreme Court decision expands legal risk for brokers
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Business groups are pressing the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to implement changes in the wake of a Supreme Court decision that expanded legal exposure to brokers that select unsafe motor carriers. The groups, including the Small Business in Transportation Coalition and Transportation Intermediaries Association, say the aftermath of the Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II et al. decision requires federal intervention.
Swift Transportation expands CDL school network to Alabama Original
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Swift Transportation has partnered with CDL educator FleetForce Truck Driver Training at the carrier’s Mobile, Alabama, terminal, expanding the carrier’s network of schools, according to a June 16 news release. The partnership seeks to meet growing demand for truck drivers in the Southeast and help Swift grow its workforce, anchoring to its Alabama terminal along I-10, a news release said.
Pocketed demand helps trucking industry Original
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Demand is showing up in pockets and even showing some solid strength overall, according to multiple trucking leaders. Trucking customers are showing stability and resiliency, Schneider National and J.B. Hunt Transport Services executives said June 9 at the Wells Fargo Industrials & Materials Conference.
Texas-based carrier files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Original
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Triple RRR Carriers this month filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and notified Texas’ secretary of state that it has ended operations. The Laredo, Texas-based firm reported nearly $1.2 million in liabilities and $2,000 in assets for office equipment, supplies and furniture. The document also listed payments to creditors for 48 tractors, mostly for 2018-2022 model years, as well as trailer equipment.
Sparhawk Trucking seeks buyer, warns of mass layoffs Original
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Sparhawk Trucking employees could face mass layoffs amid bankruptcy proceedings, the company's trustee said in a May 28 notice. The company is seeking a buyer but also continuing operations after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March. Nevertheless, there’s no guarantee a buyer will be found or that a new owner would keep all of the existing workforce, according to the notice.
LTL carriers report gains in shipment weights Original
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Weights per shipment saw improvement in May across carriers, reflecting a healthier industrial environment. ArcBest’s asset-based segment, which features ABF Freight, led a group of mega carriers reporting results with a weight per shipment increase of 9% compared to a year ago. Old Dominion Freight Line, Saia and XPO also reported percentage point gains in the low- to mid-single digits.
ABF Freight adds Tesla Semis to fleet, evaluates expansion Original
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. LTL carrier ABF Freight is adding two Tesla Semis to its operations to evaluate long-term and potentially scalable integrations, the carrier announced Thursday in a news release. The equipment will initially support linehaul operations in California, with a planned extension to Reno, Nevada, and possibly other lanes.
Amazon grows LTL freight offerings for shippers Original
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Amazon Supply Chain Services is expanding its less-than-truckload freight offering, allowing shippers to utlize the service when transporting LTL goods to any destination, not just the e-commerce giant’s own facilities, according to a Wednesday announcement. The shift means freight can arrive at places such as third-party warehouses, distribution centers and retail partners.
NMFTA launches threat-reporting portal
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The National Motor Freight Traffic Association launched a new resource to improve awareness and responsiveness to cyber threats and freight fraud, the organization announced June 3. The free Threat Report Portal seeks to improve sharing anonymously between businesses about incidents and suspicious activity.
NMFTA launches threat-reporting portal
A warehouse in Houston in the evening. Public and private efforts, including a new online tool from the NMFTA, are seeking to curb freight fraud. This story was originally published on Trucking Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Trucking Dive newsletter. The National Motor Freight Traffic Association launched a new resource to improve awareness and responsiveness to cyber threats and freight fraud, the organization announced June 3.
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This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Kroger and multiple trucking carriers asked a court to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that U.S. Xpress, Swift Transportation and Werner Enterprises carried out illegal no-hire agreements of former union drivers. A complaint by former unionized Quickway Transportation drivers challenges their rejected job applications by the three carriers.
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Former Amazon Freight General Manager Ari Silkey has joined the Transportation Equipment Network, according to a news release. He’s tasked with modernizing operations, particularly with data and artificial intelligence, and improving service delivery and operations, the company said. “Ari has built and scaled transportation operations at a level that very few people in this industry have,” Hooman Yazhari, CEO at TEN, said in the release.
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This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. ArcBest and subsidiary ABF Freight will have general rate increases of about 5.9%, the transportation conglomerate announced Monday. The changes go into effect June 22, but specific lanes and shipments may vary, the company said. The LTL carrier’s rate increases typically occur in the back half of the year as opposed to Q2. Its last general rate increase was 5.9% in August 2025.
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This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Trucking industry icon Kevin Knight resigned on Wednesday as executive chairman of the Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings board of directors to step back from the company he led for decades. He’ll still advise the company through a two-year retirement and consulting agreement, bringing an end to his work with the company that he co-founded in 1990.
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This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The Supreme Court’s decisive opinion against C.H. Robinson Worldwide on May 14 represents a shakeup to how the brokerage industry can defend itself in future lawsuits. The court unanimously delivered a landmark decision, finding that brokers can be held liable for negligent hiring. “A state law negligent claim can be brought against you. You can defend it,” law firm McCarter & English Partner Ron Leibman told Trucking Dive.
Saia opens Northwest, Midwest terminals Original
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Saia opened additional terminals in Washington and Indiana last week to help bolster its network. The sites at 12801 State Ave. in Marysville, Washington, and 12995 N. Executive Drive in Edinburgh, Indiana, reflect the company’s long-term infrastructure investment.
Battery-electric trucks demonstrate longhaul potential
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Editor’s note: This is the second part in a four-part series about NACFE’s Run on Less – Messy Middle demonstration and findings about ways to decarbonize and improve fuel efficiency. Read the first part here. A Windrose sleeper with Joyride Logistics logged 400-plus miles across multiple days last year during a September demonstration run, and it even drove an 875-mile stretch when strategically planning where to charge.
Battery-electric trucks demonstrate longhaul potential
Editor’s note: This is the second part in a four-part series about NACFE’s Run on Less – Messy Middle demonstration and findings about ways to decarbonize and improve fuel efficiency. Read the first part here. A Windrose sleeper with Joyride Logistics logged 400-plus miles across multiple days last year during a September demonstration run, and it even drove an 875-mile stretch when strategically planning where to charge.
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The Supreme Court decided against Wonder Bread maker Flowers Foods regarding an arbitration case, backing lower courts that also sided with a truck driver seeking to resolve a contract dispute over allegedly insufficient wages. The high court rejected Flowers’ arguments, notably whether a truck driver engaged in an intrastate final-mile delivery was considered to be part of an interstate commerce clause under the Federal Arbitration Act.
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This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Two small carriers filed for varying levels of bankruptcy relief in May and April, according to court filings. Notably, two bankruptcies involved Dukay Trucking of Illinois, which filed a Chapter 7 petition on May 26, and S&P Trucking of Idaho, which filed a Chapter 11 petition on April 27. Chapter 7 is generally to liquidate a business, and Chapter 11 is generally for reorganization.
Supreme Court sides with truck driver in arbitration dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 5, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images) This story was originally published on Trucking Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Trucking Dive newsletter. Dive Brief: The Supreme Court decided against Wonder Bread maker Flowers Foods regarding an arbitration case, backing lower courts that also sided with a truck driver seeking to resolve a contract dispute over allegedly insufficient wages.
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This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Averitt is planning to open new facilities in 2028, one near Louisville, Kentucky, and another in Charlotte, North Carolina, investing hundreds of millions of dollars to secure an expanded footprint. The investment numbers, which total $313 million between the sites, are projections, a company spokesperson said in an email. As construction progresses, which will begin soon, those numbers are likely to change.
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This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Atlas Van Lines promoted longtime financial executive Greg Williams to corporate controller, according to a news release last month. The promotion recognizes Williams’ consistency and performance, including the ability to raise standards across the organization and the trajectory of the company’s broadening financial operations, the release said.
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This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The Supreme Court’s decisive opinion against C.H. Robinson Worldwide last week represents a shakeup to how the brokerage industry can defend itself in future lawsuits. The court unanimously delivered a landmark decision, finding that brokers can be held liable for negligent hiring. “A state law negligent claim can be brought against you. You can defend it,” law firm McCarter & English Partner Ron Leibman told Trucking Dive.
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Debtors tied to a shuttered Northern California-based trucking business, NTL Truck Line, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on April 24. The company, located 74 miles east of San Francisco in the Central Valley, had financial problems as early as May 1, 2025, when it failed to make payments on trailers it acquired in 2020 and 2023, according to a lawsuit by BMO Bank. The bank made demand letters for the property on Sept. 26, but the business also shuttered that month, according to legal filings.
California trucking business shutters, pair files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
The California Aqueduct running through the Central Valley, where a business in San Joaquin County shuttered amid financial challenges. · Trucking Dive · JasonDoiy via Getty Images Wed, May 20, 2026 at 4:52 AM MDT 1 min read The company, located 74 miles east of San Francisco in the Central Valley, had financial problems as early as May 1, 2025, when it failed to make payments on trailers it acquired in 2020 and 2023, according to a lawsuit by BMO Bank.
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This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Saia has named Gautam Bhat as VP of data and AI, a new leadership role, according to a news announcement this month. Gautam Bhat is VP of data and AI for Saia. Permission granted by Saia He’ll be focused on “advancing the company’s enterprise data strategy and responsible use of AI across the business,” the announcement said.
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This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings’ LTL segment is bringing on more industrial customers, leading to heavier and longer loads, CEO Adam Miller said on an earnings call last month. In the company’s LTL segment, average weight per shipment increased 5.2% to 1,033 pounds in Q1 2026 compared to a year ago, and average length of haul increased 8.5% to 693 miles, according to an earnings report.
Top carriers hold steady on CapEx plans
Larger carriers tended to keep their full-year capital expenditure forecasts the same when reporting their Q1 results this year, suggesting some stability in trucking markets. That’s a switch from last year when J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Old Dominion Freight Line, Schneider National and Saia used Q1 earnings to tweak forecasts they made months earlier in 2025.
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This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. A monumental Supreme Court opinion released Thursday sided with a trucking crash victim’s case, aiding states’ abilities to regulate the brokerage industry in safety matters. The Supreme Court opinion brings clarity to the judicial system, determining a safety provision empowering states means brokers are not immune from negligent hiring claims.
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This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. ArcBest investors approved a move last month that’s slated to occur on or around May 15: switching the company’s incorporation from Delaware to Texas. Shareholders voted on the measure at the company's annual meeting, approving it with 13.9 million votes compared to 6.9 million against it. The move seeks to better protect directors and officers.
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This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. A federal judge approved a $3 million settlement on Thursday involving Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, helping to finalize a case over allegedly high 401(k) fees. Roughly 100,000 workers could receive money. The payout involves workers participating in Knight-Swift’s retirement plan from Oct. 26, 2016 to Nov. 26, 2025. Two named plaintiffs will each get $10,000.
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This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Larger carriers tended to keep their full-year capital expenditure forecasts the same when reporting their Q1 results this year, suggesting some stability in trucking markets. That’s a switch from last year when J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Old Dominion Freight Line, Schneider National and Saia used Q1 earnings to tweak forecasts they made months earlier in 2025.
Court OKs $3M payout in Knight-Swift employee retirement case
A Swift Transportation tractor-trailer drives down a road in May 2024 next to the company's Lancaster, Texas, terminal. · Trucking Dive · David Taube/Trucking Dive Wed, May 13, 2026 at 4:41 AM CDT 1 min read Trade KNX on Coinbase Trading disclosure Dive Brief: The payout involves workers participating in Knight-Swift’s retirement plan from Oct. 26, 2016 to Nov. 26, 2025. Two named plaintiffs will each get $10,000.
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This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is expanding the rollout of a new, unified registration system in Q2, part of an overhaul to make the process simpler. The new system, Motus, pledges increased security that includes new business verification aimed at mitigating fraud and aims to save time for carriers, according to a notice filed last month.
PAMT posts Q1 operating loss
Dive Brief: PAMT reduced its operating loss to the closest level of profitability in six quarters, but it also reached a $30 million legal settlement in Q1 and sold property in Texas. The auto supply chain and Walmart carrier posted a Q1 operating loss of $271,000 on May 1. Before that the carrier’s quarterly operating losses beginning in Q4 2024 though Q4 2025 ranged between $5.7 million and $38.1 million.
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PAMT reduced its operating loss to the closest level of profitability in six quarters, but it also reached a $30 million legal settlement in Q1 and sold property in Texas. The auto supply chain and Walmart carrier posted a Q1 operating loss of $271,000 on May 1. Before that the carrier’s quarterly operating losses beginning in Q4 2024 though Q4 2025 ranged between $5.7 million and $38.1 million.
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