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Likely 1st AB5 trucking enforcement action in California snags 3 companies

One carrier and two larger companies–Ryder and Costco–find themselves in what looks like a groundbreaking enforcement action

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TRUCKING

Fuller, Adamo clash over freight recession, CDL enforcements, trucking outlook

FreightWaves’ Craig Fuller and DAT’s Ken Adamo debate the present and future of freight

 

MARITIME

Trucking exodus: A new threat to US ocean logistics

ITS: Truck issues loom as weaker ocean volumes de-stress container operations

 
 

TRUCKING REGULATION

FMCSA launches crash-risk study on driver schedules

Agency wants 60 motor carriers to participate in the data collection

 

PARCEL

USPS reports 5.7% decline in parcel volumes, $9B loss

Peak shipping season expected to provide much needed revenue boost

 
 

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California CDL fight signals national enforcement scrutiny

Liability, freight capacity should be top concerns for carriers, industry experts warn

 
 

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Market Movers

Gateway to the West has a congestion problem 

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Highlights

Capacity is St. Louis, MO, stays moderately tight as outbound tender rejections drop 0.53% week over week. 

Assisting in relieving some of the capacity constraints is outbound tender volumes dropping 8.65% w/w. 

With the OTRI double the national average of 5.95% St. Louis does have decreasing spot rates, but capacity that isn’t relatively available. 

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