Strategic Cargo Theft Keeps Evolving to Evade Vetting: TT This Week

April 27, 2026

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Strategic Cargo Theft Keeps Evolving to Evade Vetting

One emerging method involves an organized crew getting one of its members hired as a driver at a legitimate carrier to circumvent industry vetting processes. Read more…

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M: THIS WEEK | T: SAFETY | W: GOVERNMENT | T: AUTONOMOUS | F: LOGISTICS

ATA Truck Tonnage Continues to Show Signs of Turnaround

Truck tonnage posted its largest year-over-year gain in more than three years in March and delivered the best quarterly result in almost a decade, ATA said. Read more…

What Fleets Can Do About Rising Insurance Costs in 2026

Theft is becoming more sophisticated and members of Congress are trying to help carriers, but fleets can protect themselves and their customers. Read more…

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Unpaid Truck Tolls Total $5.2 Million on Ohio Turnpike

Ohio Turnpike officials have identified 315 alleged “rogue” trucking companies accused of failing to pay $5.2 million in tolls during the past two years. Read more…

Florida Man Faces Federal Charges in Onion Cargo Theft

In total, produce and transportation costs resulted in losses of more than $600,000 to the victim companies, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Read more…

Knight-Swift Posts Q1 Net Loss as Market Conditions Improve

Knight-Swift Transportation reported a first-quarter net loss but cited improving conditions as excess and invalid capacity exit the freight market. Read more…

Used Truck Sales Lift Ryder Q1 Results, 2026 Guidance

“Outperformance was driven by higher retail volumes relative to our expectations, and retail pricing was stable sequentially,” said Ryder CEO John Diez. Read more…

Indiana-Based Sagepoint to Launch RNG-Powered TL Carrier

Sagepoint Logistics is launching a dedicated truckload carrier in June, using 60 Freightliner Cascadias equipped with Cummins’ X15N engines. Read more…

US Trailer Orders Defy Seasonal Slowdown With March Gain

U.S. trailer orders showed a sequential gain that defied seasonal expectations, given the historically expected slowdown that starts around March. Read more…

ATRI President Rebecca Brewster to Retire in 2027

American Transportation Research Institute President Rebecca Brewster will retire in early 2027 after 34 years with the organization, including 25 as its leader. Read more…

EDITOR’S PICK

Top 100 3PLs Adapt to Market Pressures, Trade Upheaval

The largest 3PLs in North America continued to face volatile business conditions last year, from compressed margins to tariff-driven supply chain upheaval. Read more…

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