Trucking News -- Page 9

US diesel fell 17.3 cents to $5.35/gallon for the week of June 1, the fourth straight weekly decline, EIA data shows.

SONAR data: spot rates hit $2.80/mile, tender rejections 13.4%, carrier capacity contracting as freight market tightens.

Intermodal rail volume jumped 10% as a tightening trucking market pushes shippers to rail, AAR data shows.

FMCSA offers $217M in grants for trucking safety, CDL modernization and driver training. Applications due June 17, 2026.

US refinery output to drop 180,000 bpd in 2026; utilization hits 94.5% as fuel inventories head to 25-year lows.

DOE/EIA benchmark diesel fell 17.3 cents to $5.35 a gallon, the lowest since March, as futures slide then rebound.

AAR data via FreightWaves: rail carloads averaged 230,401 weekly in March, strongest since 2019; intermodal up 1.4%.

Norfolk Southern partners with Jaguar Transport to expand truck-to-rail freight capacity in Doraville, DeKalb County.

Texas Supreme Court rules shippers are not liable for carrier accidents, blocking claims against Home Depot.

FMCSA announces $217 million in safety grants for US trucking and bus industries with a June 17, 2026 deadline.

Georgia Governor signs HB 297 updating GRTA jurisdiction across Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton

Q2 2026 truckload market data shows tightening supply from driver shortages and FMCSA rule changes, pushing rates higher

FMCSA withdraws speed limiter mandate, advances autonomous truck rulemaking and drug testing expansion in 2026 regulator

Texas moves to English-only CDL testing as FMCSA enforces new language proficiency out-of-service rules for commercial d

ATA For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index held at 117.8 in April 2026, up 3.5% year-over-year and the highest sustained level sin

FreightWaves SONAR National Truckload Index shows reefer spot rates up 33.3% during Roadcheck week as enforcement tighte

FedEx Freight listed on NYSE as FDXF on June 1, 2026, targeting SMB, food and beverage, and data center markets with 500

CVSA 2026 International Roadcheck inspected 1,580 trucks on day one with a 31.4% OOS rate; reefer spot rates surged 33.3

US truckload capacity is tightening, with the Texas to North Carolina lane near a 116-to-1 load-to-truck ratio.

C.H. Robinson raised its 2026 US dry van and reefer cost-per-mile forecasts to 23 percent year over year.