25 posts tagged with “regulation”

A practical framework for comparing Class 8 carrier bids as federal engine-efficiency policy changes, with fuel, maintenance, residual value, and regulatory exposure separated.

A practical framework for modeling how New York City's proposed Delivery Protection Act could affect parcel costs, route productivity, and service promises.

Learn how shippers can distinguish regulation-driven trucking capacity loss from seasonality, demand shifts, carrier exits, and equipment constraints.

The FRA two-person rail crew rule survived appellate review. Learn how rail shippers can separate compliance risk from congestion and build practical service contingencies.

The Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger secrecy fight is more than a legal sideshow. It is a direct risk signal for fertilizer, chemical, fuel, and industrial shippers that depend on rail service.

FMCSA's March 16 final rule restricts non-domiciled CDL eligibility to three visa categories, putting 200,000 drivers — 5% of the U.S. truck driver workforce — on a path to losing their commercial licenses. Here's what shippers and carriers need to know about the capacity impact.

The Trump administration's 60-day Jones Act waiver allows foreign-flagged vessels to move fuel, fertilizer, and coal between U.S. ports. Here's what domestic shippers need to know about cabotage relief, rate impacts, and what happens when the waiver expires.

The PROTECT USA Act would bar U.S. companies from complying with the EU CSDDD, creating contradictory ESG mandates for shippers running transatlantic supply chains.

California's DMV is finalizing autonomous trucking regulations expected by April 2026. Learn how opening the nation's largest state freight market could reshape national supply chain strategy.

New York's Assembly Bill A.10364 would force insurers to disclose how telematics data drives fleet insurance pricing. With telematics-equipped fleets already saving 15-30% on premiums, this legislation could fundamentally change the carrier-insurer relationship nationwide.