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Truckload market’s upswing ushers in driver pay hikes
Some fleets are implementing pay raises for drivers early in the truckload market’s recovery.
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Coming weeks will see multiple factors reset ocean rates
Truckload Carriers
Routing guides are crumbling: ‘It is different this time’
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U.S.-Iran peace deal reopens Strait of Hormuz
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The Faster Labor Contracts Act passed the House
H.R. 5408 gives employers 120 days to reach a first union contract or a government arbitrator writes one for them. The House passed it 230-193 on June 9. The Senate is the last wall. If you run trucks, this is not someone else’s problem.
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The Driver remains the box truck’s Achilles heel
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The Iron Insurance Disaster
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Inside SONAR
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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Calling devs: SONAR launches Driver App Shortage Hackathon
FreightWaves SONAR will launch its first virtual Driver App Shortage Hackathon on June 15-22 to address the lack of software built primarily for truck drivers.
SONAR Sitrep: Fleet safety behind the curb post-freight recession
As the freight cycle recovers and utilization rises, the industry is confronting a massive accumulation of deferred maintenance from the prolonged freight recession of 2022–2026.
The heartland’s revenge: how AI is reindustrializing the American interior
AI investment is increasingly driving construction growth in the U.S.
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LTL’s paper gains
LTL revenues appear to be strengthening in Q2, but is this a product of fuel or something more structural?
Chart of the Week
Truckload’s shrinking miles
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Ocean rates creeping higher ahead of peak season
Chart of the Week
What Roadcheck week means for the freight market
Trade War
Trade and Compliance
U.S. cites 60 countries for forced labor failures, imposes new tariffs up to 12.5%
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Borderlands: Mexico
Borderlands Mexico: Laredo summit debates driverless freight corridors, B-1 truckers
This week in Borderlands Mexico: Laredo summit debates driverless freight corridors, B-1 truckers; Cadogan Tate expands Southwest footprint with Phoenix acquisition; and Toyo plans $357M solar manufacturing expansion in Houston.
American Shipper
Port of Los Angeles forecasts 7% container volume decline
Autonomous Vehicles
Volvo Autonomous Solutions to remove safety drivers in Q1 2027
Top Stories
Amazon’s LTL gap has a name: Forward Air
American Shipper
PostalMag
Canada Post to end door-to-door delivery for 620K addresses by 2027
Canada Post announced it plans to transition nearly 500,000 more people to centralized community mailboxes because home delivery is too expensive.
American Shipper
Long Beach awards $54M in small business contracts
Truck Driver Issues
UPS meets deadline for retrofitting delivery vans with air conditioning
American Shipper
For 1st time, U.S. approves controversial LNG production ship
Modern Shipper
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.
Last-Mile Delivery
Hungry? Get a Subway sandwich with your Walmart parcel delivery
E-commerce & Fulfillment
2 e-commerce logistics providers expand capacity in Great Plains
Last-Mile Delivery
Amazon tests e-cargo bikes in Washington, D.C.
Last-Mile Delivery
