Trucking by the numbers:

  • Trucks deliver about 73% of the nation’s freight.
  • Trucks pay $36.48B in federal and state fuel taxes.
  • Trucks represent 5% of all registered vehicles.
  • Trucks travel 195 billion miles per year.
  • Trucking employs 8.5 million people, excluding the self-employed.
  • There are 577,000 active motor carriers.

95.5% of those motor carriers have 10 or fewer trucks, and 99.6% have 100 or fewer trucks.

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TARIFF(Y)

International Emergency Economic Power Act (IEEPA) tariffs were invalidated by the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) back in February of this year. Importers and other entities who paid these tariffs are eligible for refunds via the ACE Secure Data Portal. Thus far, more than...

CARGO THEFT

The Combating Organized Retail Crime Act (CORCA) overwhelmingly (348-60) passed the US Congress and is now in the Senate. The bill creates visibility across law enforcement to combat the growing in both numbers and sophistication of cargo theft. Case in point, here...

CLEAN UP

Speaking of bad actors, we applaud the administration's crackdown on bogus Commercial Driver's License (CDL) schools, English language proficiency, chameleon carriers (carriers who shut down and reopen under a different name to avoid fines or enforcement),...

SQUIRREL

It is time for a little distraction with literally a squirrel. This little guy created a whole new category of game delay. Check out the video above.

INCENTIVE PRINCIPLE

In a case that will empower the Federal Maritime Commission's (FMC) oversight of ocean carrier detention and demurrage practices, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled unanimously Evergreen's charging of detention charges over a holiday...

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