The Rig Dispatch
Rise and shine with new trucking safety regulations, highway hazard maps, news and victim rights.
Rise and shine with new trucking safety regulations, highway hazard maps, news and victim rights.

Mexican growers destroy 52 tons of export avocados after discovering seed weevils, raising major supply chain and cross-border trucking risks.

U.S. cabotage enforcement threatens cross-border driver capacity. Plus, Nuevo León cuts bridge tolls and Walmart builds a $400M hub

Werner Enterprises CEO Derek Leathers is named the 82nd ATA Chairman. Read his plan for CDL integrity and fair competition.

American Trucking Associations names Alabama leader Mark Colson as its 10th President and CEO to lead carriers through policy shifts and freight recovery.

A car hauler driver was arrested for DUI after a rollover on I-40 near Flagstaff damaged 9 hauled vehicles and 200 ft of guardrail. BAC registered 0.168.

A tractor-trailer crash and fuel spill closed the I-95 North Exit 37 off-ramp in Milford Friday morning. CT DEEP is on scene. No injuries reported.

An overturned tractor-trailer and hazmat response have shut down I-81 North between Exit 52 and Exit 57 in Cumberland County. Expect delays through 9:15 AM.

Both directions of FM-2517 are closed near the FM-699 intersection due to a major traffic incident. An active detour is in place with delays expected through approximately 6:00 PM.

All westbound main lanes of I-20 are closed near I-45 due to police activity, causing major traffic delays through mid-afternoon.

All eastbound main lanes of I-20 are closed near I-45 due to police activity, leading to heavy traffic delays expected through mid-afternoon.

Federal authorities arrested over 230 undocumented immigrants, including more than 40 CDL holders, during the 15-state "Operation Guardian" sweep, signaling a zero-tolerance policy on credentialing violations.