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Trucking Regulation
DOT cuts funding to NY, cites non-domiciled CDL policies
New York transportation funding is cut after dispute with feds over non-domiciled CDLs.
Truckload Carriers
Knight-Swift cuts Q1 guide; remains upbeat on TL fundamentals
Parcel Freight
Fuel surcharges trigger spike in parcel shipping costs
The Playbook
The Playbook
Gord Magill wrote the book trucking needed
Gord Magill has been behind the wheel since high school. So was his father. So was his grandfather. That lineage gives “End of the Road: Inside the War on Truckers” something most books about trucking fundamentally lack: the credibility that comes only from someone who actually lived it.
The Playbook
How the worst of trucking failed Athena Strand
The Playbook
Diesel is $5.62 a gallon. Hire the right Driver.
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SONAR Launches Sitreps:
Expert-Authored Situation Reports Integrated Directly Into the Freight Intelligence Platform SONAR Research team delivers deep market analysis on macro forces reshaping freight and supply chain — with live data built in SONAR, the leading real-time freight market intelligence platform, today announced the launch of SONAR Sitreps — a new research product that delivers deep, expert-authored […]
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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.
Chart of the Week
Chart of the Week
Spot to contract rate spread contraction tests 3PLs
Freight brokerages serve as the quintessential middlemen of the freight market, managing shipper transportation networks during stable periods while scrambling to fill capacity gaps when conditions tighten. It is a continuous balancing act — near-term underperformance can actually signal longer-term success, and vice versa.
Chart of the Week
Produce season’s prodigal return
Chart of the Week
Does the price of diesel drive truckload rates?
Chart of the Week
Truckload’s tightness persists into spring
Chart of the Week
Midwest and West Coast rejection rates showing unprecedented disparity
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News
The VIN was the lie: how 23 trailers became a $287K fraud scheme
Discover how a $287K VIN fraud scheme exploited the trucking industry using false identities.
Truck Driver Issues
ATBS: average truck driver earnings in 2025 held mostly stable from ‘24
American Shipper
Commentary: FedEx and UPS need to move up the e-commerce food chain
Less than Truckload (LTL)
Yield discipline, fuel price surge driving LTL rates to new highs in Q2
American Shipper
Parcel Freight
UPS projects to boost capacity at 3 Asia air hubs
UPS is investing large sums of money to expand capacity at three key air hubs in its Asia-Pacific network despite a lower capex budget for the corporation as a whole.
Parcel Freight
FedEx CFO John Dietrich resigns
Modern Shipper
Last-Mile Delivery
Ace Hardware taps Uber Eats for last-mile delivery
Ace Hardware is now offering fast in-store delivery on the Uber Eats app.
Last-Mile Delivery
Amazon takes delivery convenience to next level
Last-Mile Delivery
FedEx to compete in same-day delivery with Amazon, Walmart and UPS
American Shipper
