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Borderlands Mexico: Tesla plans massive Texas distribution center
This week in Borderlands Mexico: Tesla plans massive distribution center near Austin and Danfoss launches new production line in Mexico for North American market.
Global Supply Chain
Federal probe into diversion of F-35 parts to Hong Kong
American Shipper
Asia-US container rates soar past $11,000, near pandemic records
Truck Driver Issues
Trucks hauling fuel get HOS waiver for 3 months
Layoffs & Bankruptcies
Layoffs and Bankruptcies
Freight bankruptcies pile up as carriers, logistics firms seek court protection
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Mikargo247, Verified Carrier launch coverage for strategic cargo theft
Verified Carrier and MiKargo247 are partnering to offer brokers spot cargo insurance coverage for strategic theft, including fraud involving double brokering, carrier identity theft and fictitious pickups.
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SONAR Launches SCI Custom Insights — Free Webinar Demo October 1
See how leading shippers are using their own freight data to find where they’re overpaying, where service risk is building, and where they can save — live and in real time. Shippers have spent years being told to let the data drive decisions. The harder problem has always been getting the right data, in the […]
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SONAR Launches SCI Custom Insights — Free Webinar Demo October 1
See how leading shippers are using their own freight data to find where they’re overpaying, where service risk is building, and where they can save — live and in real time. Shippers have spent years being told to let the data drive decisions. The harder problem has always been getting the right data, in the […]
Introducing SCI: Custom Insights: Turn Your Transportation Network Into Actionable Intelligence
SONAR launches SCI: Custom Insights, combining shipper transportation data with market benchmarks to reveal savings, risk and network performance.
SONAR Upgrades Batch Rate Intelligence Into a Full RFP Pricing Engine
SONAR this week released a significant upgrade to Batch Rate Intelligence, expanding the feature from a bulk lane analysis tool into what the company describes as a complete RFP pricing workflow.
Chart of the Week
Chart of the Week
Fuel cost spike hits carrier margins
Fuel costs are possibly one of the most misunderstood items in transportation. Its impact on carriers is uneven and more nuanced than most expect.
Chart of the Week
Imports and inventories stabilize in 2026, but for how long
Chart of the Week
Supply driven trucking market cycle explained in the data
Chart of the Week
Maritime rates back on the rise
Chart of the Week
Modal shift dampens trucking market
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Railroad
Union Pacific blasts rival railroads’ trackage rights requests
Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena is critical of rival railroads’ plans to request trackage rights over a combined UP-Norfolk Southern system. “The idea to give up tracks of your railroad for no reason at all just goes against the fundamental principle of how … business should work,” Vena told an investor conference. Last week BNSF […]
Electric Trucks
Tesla targets end-2027 Europe deliveries for the Semi
Railroad
Rail freight slides in rare off-week
Truckload Carriers
Truckload carriers: Capacity exodus growing, not slowing
American Shipper
Container shipping fuel prices remain elevated as supply fears ease
American Shipper
Railroad
Container delays by rail increase at busiest U.S. ports
Growing delays for rail-bound boxes reflect continuing pressure on intermodal capacity.
American Shipper
Savannah port moves 1 million TEUs to start fiscal year
American Shipper
Houthi gains deepen risk as carriers restore Red Sea services
Modern Shipper
Technology
Aviro360 targets dwell time with automated yard inventory
Operators have spent years buying systems of record. Aviro360’s pitch is that none of them work when the yard data feeding them is already four hours old.
E-commerce & Fulfillment
ShipStation first to bundle LTL into parcel shipping platform
Last-mile delivery
Last-mile costs rise 12% for a second year
Last-Mile Delivery
