Trucking Industry Safety News

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Transportation businesses face a host of dynamic risk issues that can significantly impact their financial and operational health. The news in this category focuses on the latest safety and security initiatives, resources and regulations and addresses topics that include fleet safety, claims administration, driver hiring and retention, risk management and compliance.

Government, Business, Safety

Managing Complexities of Fleet and Driver Compliance

Program Airs: July 31, 2 p.m. ET聽Join PrePass and NECS Fleet Solutions as they discuss how to effectively manage the complexities of fleet and driver compliance, maximize the use of the right fleet data to achieve your return on investment, and explore ways to uncover savings from your fleet costs.聽 聽

July 31, 2025
Business, Technology, Safety, Logistics

NMFTA Tackles Cyber-Enabled Cargo Thefts With New Framework

NMFTA has released a framework aimed at helping carriers and brokers fight back against the growing and increasingly sophisticated problem of digitally enabled cargo theft.

July 3, 2025
Government, Business, Equipment, Safety

Nissan Recalls 480,000 Vehicles Due to Engine Failure Risk

Nissan is recalling more than 480,000 of its vehicles across the U.S. and Canada due to potential manufacturing defects that could cause engine failure.

July 3, 2025
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Fuel

RNG Gains New Momentum in Longhaul Trucking

Recent data and developments indicate at least one emerging technology鈥檚 path forward is becoming clearer 鈥 renewable natural gas.

July 3, 2025
Government, Safety

Truckers Caught Smuggling People, Drugs Face Lifetime CDL Bans

A U.S. government and Texas partnership has resulted in more than 1,000 truckers losing their CDLs permanently for smuggling people and drugs across the U.S. border with Mexico.

July 3, 2025
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

Old-School Cargo Theft Surges in Mexico

In Mexico, attempts to rob truck cargo jumped by more than a third in the first two months of 2025.聽鈥淚t鈥檚 old-school crime,鈥 said Troy Ryley, Mexico president of Echo Global Logistics.

July 2, 2025
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Fuel, Logistics

Trucking Still Squeezed by High Costs and Low Rates

ATRI's latest Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking survey found that while the average cost of operating a truck dipped slightly last year, some marginal costs jumped.

July 2, 2025
Government, Business, Safety

FMCSA Aims to Improve DataQs Process

Federal trucking regulators have issued a public notice reopening a lingering 2023 proposal seeking additional comments on how to improve the DataQs process.

July 1, 2025
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

USDOT Warns States on Nonresident CDL Compliance

鈥淓very state must follow federal regulations and ensure only qualified, properly documented drivers are getting behind the wheel of a truck,鈥 Secretary Sean Duffy said.

July 1, 2025
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

US to Resume Mexican Livestock Imports in Phases Following Halt

The U.S. will start reopening ports to Mexican livestock in phases, after trade along the southern border had been halted in May by the spread of a parasitic fly.

July 1, 2025