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Baltimore’s port could be fully functional by end of May, Maryland’s governor says A key Baltimore shipping lane could be fully functional by the end of May, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Sunday. A massive container ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge sending tons of rubble into the river below in late March. […]

Positive Drug Tests for Truck Drivers Down, FMCSA Says But Evaders Cause Violations to Increase Slightly The number of positive drug tests for marijuana and nearly all other substances identified among truck drivers declined in calendar year 2023 compared with 2022, according to year-end numbers recorded in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Drug & Alcohol

NHTSA: Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities Declined in 2023 Early projections from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration indicate that motor vehicle traffic fatalities declined by 3.6 percent in 2023 versus 2022. The agency said it estimates 40,990 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes in 2023, compared to the 42,514 fatalities that occurred in 2022.

Love’s opens 5 new Speedco locations; 2 more are remodeled  Love’s Travel Stops recently opened five new Speedco locations. Love’s Truck Care and Speedco also completed upgrades to two existing maintenance shops. Love’s said these investments add 23 service bays and 10 service trucks to the nation’s largest over-the-road preventive maintenance and total truck care network. 

Truckload carriers still lag, but showed “green shoots” of improvement in Q1 FTR’s Shippers Conditions Index was still in positive territory, but weakened to worst showing since September as market slides toward neutral. March 28, 2024DC Velocity StaffNo Comments A measure of shippers’ leverage over carriers in the freight market is still barely positive after