How Uncertainty Defined Trucking in 2025: TT This Week

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December 22, 2025

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How Uncertainty Defined Trucking in 2025

President Trump’s aggressive approach to trade policy, alongside other market disruptions, left trucking looking for clarity on a market recovery, investments and equipment. Read more…

TODAY’S PREMIUM CONTENT

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

States Deepened ICE Ties in 2025 as Trucking Rules Tightened

The 2025 crackdown reflects a federal shift that more tightly links commercial driver licensing and English-language standards with immigration enforcement and roadway safety. Read more…

Spear Voices Support for Cargo Theft Bill

The pending legislation would establish an Organized Retail and Supply Chain Crime Coordination Center at the Department of Homeland Security. It awaits congressional approval. Read more…

LTL Market Disappoints in 2025

LTL was something of a latecomer to the downturn, with the August 2023 demise of the then-No. 3-ranked LTL player Yellow shielding its peers from excessive headwinds. Read more…

Health Care Logistics Shines Through 2025’s Cloudy Market

From dedicated transport contracts to medical device, clinical trial, biopharma, cell and gene therapy logistics, there is a growing awareness of the opportunities available. Read more…

THIS WEEK’S CARTOON: "We’re Bringing a Freight Recovery, Higher Rates and Lower Tariffs"

Trump Orders Move to Ease Federal Cannabis Restrictions

President Donald Trump on Dec. 18 signed an executive order directing his administration to move cannabis into a less restrictive federal category, a shift ATA has long been wary of. Read more…

Rush Enterprises CEO Outlines Path to Recovery

Rush Enterprises founder and CEO W.M. “Rusty” Rush sees positive signs in the spot rate market, but don’t expect a complete turnaround for trucking just yet. Read more…

Duffy Takes Tough Stance With N.Y. on Noncompliant CDLs

“Fifty-three percent of New York’s non-domiciled [commercial driver licenses] were issued unlawfully or illegally," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says. Read more…

California Sues DOT Over $33 Million Grant Cut

California is suing the U.S. Transportation Department over the permanent loss of more than $33 million in safety grants tied to English-language rules for truck drivers. Read more…

Highway Safety Emerged as a Bright Spot in 2025

2025 was marked by a sharpened focus on highway safety as well as potential challenges for the freight industry associated with tariffs and the economy. Read more…

EDITOR’S PICK

Top 50 Global Freight Companies Persevere Amid Trade Shift

The world’s largest transportation and logistics providers have been operating in a highly volatile business environment this year as tariffs and shifting trade policies have altered international freight flows. Read more…

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