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The truck involved in the crash is the lessor’s. The reason that pass has held is that the law of negligent entrustment in the rental context was built for a different transaction, and it has been doing work it was never designed for. A leasing company that hands fifty tractors to a carrier is in possession of the carrier’s federal identifier, which means the carrier’s entire public safety record is one query from the desk where the lease is signed.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized suspected cocaine valued at $3,723,654 during a single enforcement action at the Pharr International Bridge. The seizure occurred June 24 at the Pharr International Bridge. CBP officers conducted a physical inspection of the trailer.

Every sponsor and cosponsor on all 79, cross-referenced against committee assignments, and then against the numbers from yesterday’s enforcement piece: the crash deaths, the inspections, and the enforcement dollars in each member’s own state. Mann’s 12 bills, Nehls’ 11, Fischer’s portfolio, nearly all of it is sitting in the same subcommittee graveyard as Duffy’s four bills from a decade ago. The two most powerful people in the House on trucking policy, with decades of combined service on the committee, did not sponsor or cosponsor a single one of the 79.

Mexico’s trucking industry is facing a growing driver shortage, with 14% of commercial driver positions sitting vacant as fleet operators struggle to recruit new workers, according to a new survey by the International Road Transport Union(IRU). Trucking moves about 81% of Mexico’s land cargo and 57% of its domestic freight, making driver availability critical to manufacturers, retailers and exporters that depend on road transportation. IRU Secretary General Umberto de Pretto said the shortage has evolved into a structural problem affecting freight capacity and supply chain reliability.

The new ground transportation offering expands the company’s hazardous materials network as battery production and demand continue to grow. Moller - Maersk has launched a dedicated lithium-ion battery ground freight service in North America, expanding its dangerous goods logistics network, according to a June 19 press release. The company is responding to three converging forces in the region: a multibillion-dollar market opportunity, rising demand from energy transition industries and the need for specialized transportation infrastructure, Bhavani Rawla, head of Maersk Ground Freight Product, North America said in an email to Trucking Dive.

While Nike is planning for additional tariff refunds during the fiscal year, it still expects duties to remain a headwind, according to EVP and CFO Matthew Friend. Nike expects to recover $986 million in tariff refunds for levies invalidated by the Supreme Court earlier this year, EVP and CFO Matthew Friend said during a June 30 earnings call. As of the end of fiscal Q4 on May 31, Nike collected more than $300 million in returns for duties that were implemented last year under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

Cargo theft is no longer just a problem of broken seals, stolen trailers and opportunistic theft on the roadside. That is where fraud is now hiding. A supply chain can have capacity, visibility, and speed, yet remain fragile if counterparty data is weak or if onboarding systems cannot reliably distinguish a legitimate vendor from a fabricated one.

Spotify Ad Exchange is now directly integrated with Amazon DSP, giving advertisers access to Spotify’s podcast inventory through the platform for the first time globally, alongside existing music inventory. Advertisers can now use Programmatic Guaranteed for audio or video ads on music inventory, which offers fixed CPMs and more predictable delivery, and Open Auction video ads for a more flexible way to buy Spotify’s inventory. The integration also expands into new markets, giving advertisers in Australia and Japan access to audio and video inventory, and in India access to video inventory.