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Parcel Freight
FedEx doubles down on premium e-commerce, delivery surcharges
When it comes to e-commerce delivery, FedEx only wants longer-haul, heavy and high-value parcels because operating as a local courier for small packages isn’t profitable.
Truckload Carriers
J.B. Hunt ‘a little bit more positive’
Company Earnings
First look: Some US LTL indicators at TFI International turn higher
American Shipper
Port of LA containers weaker on import lull
The Playbook
The Playbook
Shining a Light on Industry Excellence: Why FreightValidate Is Flipping the Script
For the last few years, if you’ve followed trucking headlines, you’d think the entire industry is falling apart. Fraud schemes. Cargo theft. Crash investigations. CDL scandals. Bankruptcy filings. Rate collapses. Regulatory fights. Scroll your feed long enough and it starts to feel like trucking is nothing but dysfunction. But that isn’t the full story. It […]
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SONAR Delivers Elevated Global Ocean Intelligence with New Supply/Demand & Commodity Dashboards — Plus Faster, Smarter Rate Tools
Global ocean markets don’t move in isolation. Booking behavior in Asia today becomes capacity pressure in U.S. truckload networks weeks later. Port delays ripple into intermodal congestion. Commodity shifts reshape inland demand patterns. To help supply chain leaders stay ahead of those shifts, SONAR has officially replaced Container Atlas with two powerful, purpose-built dashboards: Ocean […]
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Truckload volatility reveals a fundamentally different market than previous years
Carriers are rejecting more than 13% of tendered truckload shipments.
Winter Storm Fern tightens U.S. trucking capacity, prolonging holiday season rate surge
Nationwide tender rejections are at 11.5%.
Trans-Pacific container rates becalmed in eye of trade storm
Container rates on a key U.S. route are dropping earlier than expected, suggesting retailer caution caused by trade war uncertainty.
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Will the weather shock fade into a long term shift for trucking?
Data point suggests the truckload market is both experiencing an fleeting anomaly and shifting to a different state.
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Winter storm Fern was the most disruptive in years
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Spot-contract gap collapses to near four-year low
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Warehouses empty in December
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Why do truckload order lead times keep rising?
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Railroad
Rail freight outlook waits for improved indicators
Rail freight demand hinges on sustained manufacturing, trade policy, and labor market developments, according to AAR.
Truckload Carriers
TL rates up again without help from volume
American Shipper
Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd buying Zim of Israel for $4.2 billion
Truck Driver Issues
The high-stakes fight over New York City’s renewed delivery regulation law
American Shipper
Logistics
AIT Worldwide Logistics lands new owner
AIT Worldwide Logistics traded hands again on Monday, with Greenbriar Equity Group buying a majority piece of the company.
Logistics/Supply Chains
Medlog opens new Saudi logistics park
American Shipper
Hapag-Lloyd in talks to acquire Zim for $3.5 billion
American Shipper
White House eyes fees on foreign vessels to fund shipbuilding
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Drones
El Paso airspace disruption tests counter-drone preparedness
The Federal Aviation Administration abruptly closed, then reopened the airspace around El Paso International Airport due after drone incursions Tuesday evening.
Last-Mile Delivery
Amazon to expand same-day pharmacy delivery by 80% in 2026
Last-Mile Delivery
Startup courier Gofo acquires Cirro E-commerce for access to retailers
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