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Electric Trucks
Why one zero-emission truck dealer wants big rigs to wait
Johannes Ariens sells everything from electric motorcycles to hydrogen semis. He says the industry is trying to skip a step, and that small fleets with medium-duty trucks should go first.
Truckload Carriers
Knight-Swift again eyes big rate increases as new bid season nears
Montgomery v. Caribe
The Playbook
Playbook: Education and Training
Box truck carrier’s pivots show new fleets must know costs
TLA Group’s Telly Arnold says box truck newcomers hear about revenue first, then learn about insurance deposits, freight claims and breakdowns the hard way.
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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
No signs of truckload capacity recovering
Many expected a recovering truckload market after months of rate inflation. The data suggests the opposite.
Chart of the Week
Truckload’s mixed signals
Chart of the Week
Fuel cost spike hits carrier margins
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Technology
Motive launches AI Agents as fleets weigh how to prevent problems
Motive, an AI platform for physical operations, launched Agents on Monday at the American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition (MCE) in Charlotte, North Carolina. These AI Agents act on safety and maintenance alerts under rules a fleet sets, including calling drivers, opening work orders, and bringing in managers so teams can scale without adding […]
Trucking Compliance
Highway pitches shared standards as freight fraud shifts
American Shipper
Fulfillment
Late, short deliveries cost food and CPG makers $100 billion
Cleo’s OTIF report models $10 billion to $11 billion in direct costs and $85 billion to $90 billion in indirect losses for North American CPG and food manufacturers.
American Shipper
World’s first ammonia-powered dry bulk ship completes sea trials
American Shipper
How new capacity is raising rates in chaotic ocean market
Modern Shipper
Parcel Freight
UPS automates 4 additional facilities ahead of peak shipping season
UPS has completed several facility upgrades, increasing their capacity and productivity heading into peak shipping season.
Last-Mile Delivery
Uber strikes $2.3B deal for ezCater as freight unit adds supply chain exec
Last-Mile Delivery
