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U.S. Bank: Contract rates open 22-cent gap over spot freight
Contract dry van rates rose every month since April to $2.39 a mile while spot slid to $2.17, reversing June’s inversion in the U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index – Rates Edition.
Electric Trucks
Daimler Truck maps what it takes to scale electric trucks
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Dockworkers protest at Port of Vancouver over automation, AI
American Shipper
Savannah port project passes 60% complete mark
Layoffs and Bankruptcies
R&R Family of Cos. CEO Rich Francis files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Layoffs & Bankruptcies
Layoffs and Bankruptcies
Freight Distress Report: Logistics, manufacturing cuts put 1,850 jobs on chopping block
Layoffs and Bankruptcies
Freight bankruptcies pile up as carriers, logistics firms seek court protection
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Technology
Geotab launches fleet card as diesel prices pressure trucking
Geotab has launched a fleet card that uses vehicle telematics data to authorize fuel purchases, monitor spending and prevent unauthorized transactions. The company said diesel prices can vary by as much as 77 cents per gallon between stations in the same town.
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CAFE Standards Reset: Can Looser Fuel Economy Rules Restart Auto Freight?
Looser fuel economy rules help Detroit’s truck-heavy lineups, but SONAR data shows accepted truckload volume is flat to down while tender rejections nearly tripled.
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Ocean rates highest in a year amid US-China trade truce
Trans-Pacific trade armistice temporarily easing uncertainty for carriers and importers as rates hit yearly highs.
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Economics of the New Canadian Tit-for-Tat Tiff Tariffs On September 8, the disagreement escalated past tariffs entirely. The U.S. announced it would outright ban imports of Canadian dairy, alcohol, and large-displacement motorcycles, effective September 29. Not another rate hike, a straight prohibition. It’s the newest turn in a dispute that’s been building for months: on […]
The Fed Just Raised Rates Again: Here’s What It Means for Freight
On September 16, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised the federal funds target range by 25 basis points to 3.75%–4.00%, its first hike after a run of cuts, citing inflation that Fed Chair Kevin Warsh called “too high and has been for too long.” Effective September 17, the Fed also moved its full set […]
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Chart of the Week
Trans-Pacific rates soar, Mediterranean sinks, and demand doesn’t explain either
Rates are once again a poor indicator of demand in the maritime space. Comparing data on the Mediterranean and trans-Pacific lanes highlights this.
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Fuel cost spike hits carrier margins
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Imports and inventories stabilize in 2026, but for how long
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Supply driven trucking market cycle explained in the data
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Maritime rates back on the rise
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American Shipper
New UN data: China widens lead in liner-shipping connectivity
China pressed its dominance in shipping connectivity while country-level gains and losses became increasingly uneven in the third quarter, a UN report finds.
Trucking Regulation
FMCSA’s Elison: ‘weeks’ away from fixing Motus user experience
Global Supply Chain
CMA CGM finalizes $1.4B acquisition of FedEx Supply Chain
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Port of Oakland August volumes fall year over year as exports edge up from July
While export shipments improved, the Port of Oakland saw total container volumes trail year-ago levels year-to-date.
American Shipper
ONE restructures in key ocean region
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3PL and Brokerage
A Conversation With EAIGLE’s Leadership on Cargo Theft, Data Ownership and What a Smart Gate Actually Knows
The pitch for automated gate technology is almost always throughput, and the numbers are genuinely impressive, but a gate that clears a truck in three seconds is also a gate that has removed a human being from the one moment where somebody might have looked at a document and thought something about it felt wrong, […]
Last-Mile Delivery
Lowe’s test drives drone delivery
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