LSTR News & Events

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today issued a final rule to stop unqualified foreign drivers from obtaining licenses to drive commercial trucks and buses. According to a statement, "These unqualified foreign drivers pose a significant safety threat to the driving public. These reforms will address safety concerns by preventing foreign drivers who have not been subject to consular and interagency screening from receiving a commercial driver's license (CDL). While U.S. drivers are subject to strict checks through national databases for past violations-such as DUIs, reckless driving, or crash involvement-states lack the ability to access the driving records of foreigners and illegal immigrants. This loophole allowed individuals with dangerous driving histories to obtain a trucking license simply by presenting an Employment Authorization Document (EAD), which does not screen for transportation safety." These reforms are a follow up to Secretary Duffy's emergency action to end the issuance of non-domiciled CDLs to truckers with unverified driving histories following a surge of deadly crashes involving non-domiciled drivers last summer. Publicly traded companies in the space include C.H. Robinson (CHRW), J.B. Hunt (JBHT), Landstar System (LSTR), Knight-Swift (KNX) and Werner (WERN), which are all trading significantly lower on Thursday.

Landstar System has named Terri Lewis as chief human resources officer, effective February 23. Lewis has over twenty-five years of human resources leadership experience in both the public and private sectors. Most recently, she served as chief people officer at One Call.