Could a Trucker Strike Work?
Perhaps you have heard in the news in the past few weeks that there were murmurs about a potential trucker strike against New York City in retribution for a ruling […]
March 2024
Baltimore Bridge Collapses
Francis Scott Key is the writer of the national anthem, the Star Spangled Banner. An important figure in our nation’s history, it is only natural that he had a bridge named after him, located in Baltimore. Disaster struck at the Francis Scott Key Bridge, however, when at approximately 1:28 AM Eastern time on March 26th […]
FMCSA To Overhaul Registration System
The Mid-America Trucking Show has come and gone, with one of the biggest entities speaking at the event being the FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration), which started the conference with some big news: they admit that there is a problem with fraud in the current system, and they are taking steps to fix it.Details”Freight […]
Judge Rules Against California AB-5 Trucking Exemption
The newest chapter in the California AB-5 saga has been released, and it is unfortunately not looking good for the owner-operator.DetailsOn March 15th, California Judge Roger Benitez ruled against the California Trucking Association’s and Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association’s (OOIDA) latest request for injunction.Does the name sound familiar? If you have been following the AB-5 story, […]
West Coast Container Imports Boom
The Freight Logistics Optimization Works (FLOW) program has confirmed that there has been an influx of imports headed to the West Coast, which makes for some interesting news for truckers operating from the ports near the Pacific Ocean.CauseThe reason for this increased rate of West Coast arrivals is two-fold. One is an increase of extremist […]
Clean Freight Coalition Estimates Cost of Electrification
It has been almost a full year since we last wrote about the Clean Freight Coalition (CFC), but in that year they have been working in the background studying to determine how much money it would cost to transition the nation’s entire medium-duty and heavy-duty inventory from diesel to electricity. The number is not pretty.DetailsThe […]
FHA Plans Electric Corridors
It is no surprise to anyone working with both electric and diesel that the refueling network for the latter grossly outperforms the former, and as such operating a fully electric fleet is currently economically unviable. To that end, the Federal Highway Administration (FHA) is working to create corridors, specific highways that have guaranteed charging for […]
Florida Passes Law to Fight Predatory Towing
We at TopMark Funding have written about predatory towing practices in the past, including steps taken by both the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Transportation. Now the states are getting involved as Florida is inches away from implementing a law in opposition to the practice.DetailsWhile the Bill, titled HB 179, has not been officially […]
Trucking on Mars
The year is 2819. The red planet has been completely terraformed and colonized as the second planet for humanity. After a shipment of the finest cheese comes from Switzerland, Earth by way of cargo ship, it must then go to its final destination on the fourth planet from the sun, and truckers are the way […]
Truck Parking Survey on Horizon for 2024
The tragedy of Jason Rivenburg is one that is hard to stomach. The abridged version for the faint of heart is that he was robbed and murdered in 2009 after parking his truck in an unsafe location due to a lack of proper truck parking. Three years after that fateful day, the Federal Highway Administration […]
FMCSA to Provide $180 Million in Safety Grants
The purported trucker shortage is partially fueled by the barrier of entry to becoming a trucker. It is fantastic that only the best and brightest should be allowed to operate a heavy-duty big rig, but at the same time, the trucking industry is imperative to the nation’s economic vitality. To that end, the FMCSA is […]
Congress Reviews Department of Labor Rule
You might remember how we wrote about the impending lawsuit coming from Louisiana regarding independent contractor classification and how it will have negative effects on the trucking industry, but the judicial branch is not the only check and balance impeding the Department of Labor. Now, Congress wants in on the action.DetailsRepresentative Kevin Kiley, a Republican […]
Diesel Approaches $4 Per Gallon Line
We do not report on diesel prices as much as we have in the past, and that is because we prefer to report when the news is something special, as is the case here. According to the Energy Information Administration, the average for diesel fuel across the nation is $4.022 per gallon, which is within […]
Texas Issues State of Emergency for Wildfires
February and March are two of the coldest months of the year, but that has not stopped wildfires from rampaging across the second-largest state in the USA, and the largest of the 48 contiguous states. To that end, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has enacted a State of Emergency.DetailsThe Declaration is extremely vague in its wording, […]
