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Driversby StaffSeptember 10, 2025

Are Entry-Level Driver Training Rules Making Trucking Safer?

How well are mandatory entry-level driver training requirements working to improve trucking safety? The American Transportation Institute’s new research project aims to get some insight into that question.

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Volvo Load Matching.
Fleet Managementby News/Media ReleaseSeptember 10, 2025

Volvo Trucks Introduces Load Finder Load Board

Load Finder is free to Volvo customers and designed to maximize freight miles and boost fleet efficiency.

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Fleet Managementby News/Media ReleaseSeptember 9, 2025

Container Imports Drop Following Summer Pre-Tariff Surge

Following a near-record peak this summer, import cargo volume at the nation’s major container ports is expected to steadily decline for the remainder of the year amid rising tariffs.

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Fleet Managementby News/Media ReleaseSeptember 9, 2025

Volvo Announces a Million Connected Trucks

Volvo announced it now has over one million connected trucks on the road worldwide – including 218,000 vehicles in North America.

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Daimler GenH2 trucks.
Fuel Smartsby News/Media ReleaseSeptember 8, 2025

Daimler Fuel Cell Trucks Log More than 225,000 Operational Kilometers

Five Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Trucks have successfully completed more than 225,000 kilometers in initial customer trials with Air Products, Amazon, Holcim, INEOS Inovyn, and Wiedmann & Winz.

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Equipmentby News/Media ReleaseSeptember 8, 2025

International Begins Autonomous Truck Fleet Trials in Texas

International and PlusAI are piloting second-generation autonomous LT Series tractors with fleets along Texas’ I-35 corridor.

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Fleet Managementby News/Media ReleaseSeptember 8, 2025

Heavy Duty Trucking: New Look, Renewed Commitment

Heavy Duty Trucking has an all-new look as it embraces the future of trucking and media, while honoring its 100-plus-year legacy.

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Safety & Complianceby Deborah LockridgeSeptember 7, 2025

Trump Administration to Revisit Proposals on Emergency Braking, Broker Transparency, ELDs, Side Underride, Hair Testing and More

The Trump Administration has released the semi-annual regulatory agenda, which gives some clues to what regulations are being considered by the administration, are likely to be revised, or dropped altogether.

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Safety & Complianceby StaffSeptember 4, 2025

FMCSA Revokes Three ELDs, Removes From Registered List

Beginning November 3, motor carriers and drivers who continue to use the revoked electronic logging devices will be cited for operating without an ELD and enforcement officials will place the driver out-of-service.

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Fleet Managementby StaffSeptember 4, 2025

Geotab ELD Integrates With Latest Freightliner Factory-Installed Telematics

Geotab announced it’s the first telematics company to certify its electronic logging device with Daimler Truck North America’s new factory-installed CTP3 (Connected Truck Platform) telematics hardware.

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