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TFI chief Bedard rips into its US LTL operations, promises change
Alain Bedard, the CEO of TFI International, had been highly critical of his company’s U.S. LTL operations back in 2024, at one point referring to some of its practices as “stupid.” As recently as April, he was far more optimistic about the segment that was built largely through the TFI acquisition of UPS Freight in […]
Less than Truckload (LTL)
FedEx Freight sees volumes stabilize, eyes Q4 margin improvement
Company Earnings
First look: TFI Truckload sparkles, but OR at LTL slips
Company Earnings
FedEx cashes in on premium logistics services, fuel surcharges
Less than Truckload (LTL)
Saia’s expanded terminal network delivers record revenue, tonnage
American Shipper
Why container rates are climbing despite cooling demand
Montgomery v. Caribe
The Playbook
The Playbook
How One Trucker Turned One Video A Day Into Billions Of Views, And What It Cost Him
Larry Cothran did not set out to become what he now calls the number one trucking content creator in the world, he set out to post one video a day and then simply refused to stop, and that stubborn daily discipline, showing up on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube every single day for more than three […]
Playbook: Education and Training
Box truck carrier’s pivots show new fleets must know costs
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SONAR launches new routing guide and contract rate data, plus expanded SearchCarriers monitoring
New SONAR datasets show what shippers pay brokers and carriers when freight falls past the first tender, plus SearchCarriers watchlists and alerts.
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SONAR launches new routing guide and contract rate data, plus expanded SearchCarriers monitoring
New SONAR datasets show what shippers pay brokers and carriers when freight falls past the first tender, plus SearchCarriers watchlists and alerts.
Houthi attacks add new geopolitical risk to softening container rates
Houthi attacks on Saudi infrastructure have raised the risk of renewed Red Sea shipping disruption ahead of 2027 contract negotiations.
SONAR Rate Intelligence Adds Intermodal Rates and Truckload-to-Intermodal Conversion Savings
SONAR Rate Intelligence now includes intermodal contract and spot rates, ramp data and Conversion Savings to compare truckload vs. intermodal costs.
Chart of the Week
Chart of the Week
Truckload contract rate increases riding steady above 10%
The new index from SONAR shows that carriers have been trying to get rate increases since before the market turned, now they are getting what would have been the equivalent of a few years worth in one.
Chart of the Week
No signs of truckload capacity recovering
Chart of the Week
Truckload’s mixed signals
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Railroad
U.S. rail traffic up 7.8% as intermodal leads gainers
U.S. rail traffic rose in the latest week as gains across eight of 10 carload commodity groups showed broad — but uneven — growth.
American Shipper
Trailer Bridge appoints new CEO
Less than Truckload (LTL)
XPO’s pricing, operating initiatives drive Q3 beat
E-commerce & Fulfillment
43% of shoppers plan to spend more this peak, Kenco finds
American Shipper
Railroad
Backlog grows as 35,000 containers await rail service at LA–Long Beach
Nearly 35,700 import containers were waiting for on-dock trains at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, as record cargo volumes, reported railcar shortages slowed inland traffic.
American Shipper
Strike threat by port security workers at Los Angeles–Long Beach
Modern Shipper
Last-mile delivery
Merchants Fleet adds 113 FleetShare vehicles in Puerto Rico
Merchants Fleet launched FleetShare in Puerto Rico on Sept. 14 for an unnamed global e-commerce company. It did not disclose contract terms or pricing.
Sustainability
How Shaw backhauls turn old carpet tile into new opportunity
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