Montgomery v. C.H. Robinson

Truckload carriers appearing at an investor conference this week laid out the thesis for a sustained period of rate recovery.

The 9th Annual Modernization of Cross-Border Trade conference highlighted how legal and operational risks are changing freight movement between the U.S. and Mexico.

(The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.) On May 15, 2026, the Texas Supreme Court issued an important decision in In re Home DepotU.S.A., Inc. The court ruled that Home Depot cannot be held liable for a fatal motorcycle crashinvolving a Werner […]

The Texas Supreme Court has taken some wind out of the sails of the sudden debate over shipper liability.

A notice has been going out to carriers in the C.H. Robinson network, and it is worth reading carefully because of what may sit behind it. The message, branded under C.H. Robinson and titled “Changes to carrier eligibility,” tells the recipient that their company “exceeds intervention thresholds for C.H. Robinson’s scoring model based on data […]

Spot rates hit $3.55 a mile yesterday — a clear signal that capacity is not flowing in to relieve the tightness we saw during road check week. And we’re heading into Memorial Day, which historically creates a surge as shippers push product out ahead of the holiday and carriers take time off with their families. […]