3+ day, 8+ min ago   (556+ words) And while the issue of federal denial of some highway funding to California was not discussed extensively in the oral arguments, it too was in the background. That funding was withheld as a result of the dispute over California’s practices,…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (358+ words) A cartel network involving truckers sent cash loads carrying at least $1 million apiece back into Mexico. Its cocaine operation supplied Atlanta, Georgia, Memphis, Tennessee, and other U.S. cities. Weekly shipments totaled up to 300 kilograms. Roberto Lopez managed logistics, including driver payments....

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (380+ words) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has launched a tip line for reporting suspected commercial driver’s license fraud, expanding the federal government’s escalating crackdown on alleged fraud and unsafe practices in the trucking industry. ICE announced Tuesday that its Homeland Security…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (648+ words) The FBI is examining a dark-web service that claimed access to 153 million driver’s license records. The Nexus collection covered people across the United States and Canada. Some entries carried labels reading “CDL” or “ECDL.” Researchers warn that stolen credentials could…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (618+ words) Texas authorities placed nearly half of the commercial vehicles inspected during a recent enforcement operation in the Permian Basin out of service, part of a series of truck-safety initiatives conducted across six states. The Texas Department of Public Safety conducted…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (307+ words) Two Mexican nationals were arrested and multiple firearms and a tractor-trailer were seized at a truck driving school in Nogales, Arizona, as federal authorities investigate suspected illegal hiring practices and cabotage violations. Homeland Security Investigations Arizona announced the arrests on…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (225+ words) CBP conducted the effort with local Stonegarden law-enforcement partners, according to its news release. Officials did not identify every participating agency or name individual arrest subjects. The release did not state whether every CDL holder drove a commercial vehicle at…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (413+ words) Federal transportation officials are removing more than 110 commercial driver training schools from a federal registry and targeting another 160-plus schools for removal as part of a sweeping new crackdown on fraud in the trucking industry. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago   (733+ words) The liability case involving parts of the Penske network of companies that has bounced from a federal court in Texas to a Penske loss at the appellate level is being viewed by two key industry associations as so important it…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (473+ words) Butts County authorities intercepted approximately 1,800 pounds of marijuana Tuesday morning, Sheriff Gary Long announced. Long posted a public statement at 12:13 p.m. Tuesday. The shipment originated in Sacramento, California. It carried marijuana toward destinations in Atlanta and Orlando. Long wrote that roughly…...