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Port of Los Angeles forecasts 7% container volume decline
The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners has approved a $3.4 billion annual budget for fiscal 2026-2027 for the Port of Los Angeles. The increase comes as the port, which along with neighboring Long Beach comprises the busiest U.S. container gateway, is forecasting a 7% decline in box volumes, to 9.3 million twenty foot equivalent […]
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TIA asking FMCSA for guidance on approved carriers post-Montgomery
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Truckload carriers eyeing multiyear rate upcycle
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Einride begins trading on Nasdaq after completing de-SPAC
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UPS meets deadline for retrofitting delivery vans with air conditioning
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He Walked Away From 28 Years Behind the Barber Chair for a $10,000 Box Truck With 500,000 Miles. Five Years Later, Here Is What He Wishes Someone Had Told Him.
There is a version of trucking that lives on YouTube. Somebody stands next to a box truck and explains how they made six figures in their first year, and the comments fill up with people saying they are about to quit their jobs and do the same thing. Some of them actually do it. Victor […]
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SONAR Launches Accepted Truckload Volume Index to Close the Gap Between Tendered and Moving Freight
Tender acceptance rates have long signaled stress in the truckload market — but until now, users had no direct index tracking the volume of freight that actually cleared that process and moved. SONAR’s new Accepted SONAR Truckload Volume Index (ASTVI) fills that gap. The dataset family isolates accepted truckload demand by stripping out rejection activity, […]
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Long Beach awards $54M in small business contracts
The biggest U.S. container port leveraged a program to award $54.4 million in materials and services contracts to small businesses.
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Port Houston’s hurricane playbook: Safety first, cargo moving fast
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Containers say ‘hold my disruptions’ as ocean rates surge
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Robots drive $10B Amazon investment for European fulfillment centers
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Parcel Freight
DHL Express offers luggage storage as World Cup travelers descend on US
DHL Express and digital platform Stasher are partnering to provide luggage storage for travelers in the United States who are in-between accommodations or destinations and need a convenient, secure drop point.
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Hungry? Get a Subway sandwich with your Walmart parcel delivery
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2 e-commerce logistics providers expand capacity in Great Plains
Last-Mile Delivery
Amazon tests e-cargo bikes in Washington, D.C.
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