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Six months after the crash of a UPS plane and the FAA ordered the grounding of all MD-11 aircraft, FedEx has been authorized to fly the freighter jets again.

Six people were found dead inside a cargo boxcar at a Union Pacific rail yard in Laredo, Texas, as authorities launched an investigation into the incident.

Autopilot helps project44 customers build and deploy their own AI agents.

New FMCSA and CSA intelligence tool goes live as North American enforcement enters its most intense 72 hours of the year — and as the CDL crackdown reshapes the driver pool in real time CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — May 12, 2026 — SONAR today announced the launch of its new Carrier Safety Dashboard, a comprehensive intelligence […]

The U.S. Postal Service has selected a former UPS executive as chief strategy officer.

A bulk carrier managed by a U.S. company was one of several vessels hit by suspected hostile fire in the Persian Gulf.

Freight fraud exposed: $10M scam highlights logistics vulnerabilities and cargo theft risks.

Authorities across North America seized millions of dollars in narcotics, counterfeit goods and contraband in April.

COVID nearly killed the motorcoach industry. Hantavirus is not COVID but the lessons still apply. Here is what passenger carriers should be doing right now without losing their minds.

For the third time in a year, Wabash National has had its debt rating cut by Moody’s.

This week in Borderlands Mexico: Trade, trucking dominate Port of Eagle Pass annual summit; Avant Technology receives Texas grant for Pharr factory expansion; and SEG Solar to build 4 GW solar module factory in Houston.

Trucking is about to encounter its next biggest seasonal disruptor of the year in the form of increased inspection rates. What does that mean for the already tight market?

The U.S. Postal Service made strides in the second quarter reducing heavy losses, but has a long way to go to become profitable.

As the freight cycle recovers and utilization rises, the industry is confronting a massive accumulation of deferred maintenance from the prolonged freight recession of 2022–2026.

The Trump administration’s trade agenda is facing mounting legal and political pressure from importers, the European Union and automakers.

The latest jobs report shows a healthy hiring level for truck transportation jobs.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has launched an initiative to explore powering cargo ships with onboard nuclear reactors.

Forward Air’s stock was off more than 40% on Friday after it said it may lose a large customer and that a take-private bid for its entire enterprise had failed to materialize.

Greenlane brings high-power charging to Dallas and Houston on the I-45 corridor with six to eight pull-through lanes, dual CCS/MCS, and Nevoya’s multi-year commitment.

While Portland has struggled to keep the doors open at its lone container terminal, the Maritime Administration has awarded a grant to a similar project from a competing port.

Truck Parking Club appoints Victor Westerlund as CFO. The Stax Payments veteran joins as the company surpasses 5,000 truck parking locations and targets 10,000 by 2026.

FMCSA revoked two more electronic logging devices today, bringing the total to 67 noncompliant devices removed since January 2025. Carriers using Safe ELD or MYLOGS ELD have until July 7, 2026, to replace them or face out-of-service orders.

Investors liked what they saw and heard in RXO’s first quarter earnings.

Managing a supply chain shouldn’t mean choosing between cost, speed, and peace of mind — but for many businesses, it does. Amazon Supply Chain Services (ASCS) offers flexible, resilient logistics support that eliminates those tradeoffs, helping businesses of every size reduce complexity, cut costs, and reclaim time. With access to Amazon’s global infrastructure and no lock-in required, ASCS gives you the freedom […]

The Georgia Ports Authority’s annual conference showcased supply chain solutions addressing global trade challenges.

The long-awaited Tesla Semi has landed a major order. WattEV announced Tuesday at ACT Expo that it ordered 370 Tesla Semi Class 8 electric trucks. Deliveries of the first 50 Semis will begin in 2026. Once complete by the end of 2027, the deployment will be the largest single electric truck deployment in California.  The […]

Shippeo announced that it has acquired German supply chain automation company Logward for an undisclosed sum.

FedEx is in the final stages of resurrecting its MD-11 fleet after helping Boeing redesign a part that contributed to the fiery crash of a UPS jet in November, executives said during an employee briefing on Wednesday.

Maersk said first-quarter profits fell as weaker rates undercut increased volumes in the ocean container business. 

Most teams are making critical decisions with incomplete information. Not because they lack data, but because they can’t use it fast enough. Decisions are happening in motion, without a steady state. This report shows how FAP is becoming a layer for decision intelligence and financial control when it matters most.  Inside the FAP Market Radar: You’re likely in one of three […]

RXO had the type of rough quarter that might be expected given rising spot freight rates against lower contract numbers, but it foresees a significantly better second quarter. In its earnings released Thursday morning prior to an 8 a.m. EDT conference call, the company said it expected a second-quarter adjusted EBITDA of $27 million to […]

Sarah McCoy will lead the Port of Virginia as CEO and executive director after serving in an interim role this year.

A request by two separate plaintiffs for a court to stay the enforcement of the federal government’s rule governing issuance of CDLs to most non-domiciled drivers has been denied. The request came from two separate groups of plaintiffs. One is Martin Luther King County in Washington state, more colloquially known as King County, home of […]

DHL is ditching the Deutsche Post corporate name and giving it to its Post & Parcel Germany unit as part of an internal reorganization.

Aurora and McLane launched driverless hauls in Texas after 280k-mile pilot with 100% on-time. Aurora and Volvo opened 200-mile route to Oklahoma City

Trimble posted stronger-than-expected first-quarter earnings and lifted guidance amid growth in transportation software.

Uber Freight management is celebrating a year-on-year increase in revenue.

Freight on U.S. railroads from intermodal to grain showed breakout strength in the latest week’s data.

Temperature-controlled facility operator Lineage said the market is stabilizing as customer food inventories return to normal levels.

The May 2026 “State of the Industry Report” — presented in affiliation with Ryder — shares an in-depth overview across the trucking, maritime and intermodal markets, as well as what to expect in the coming weeks. The data contained within the report provides breakdowns of capacity, volumes and rates. In this report, you will find:  […]

GXO Logistics CEO Patrick Kelleher said Amazon’s new supply chain services validate — rather than threaten — the long-term growth opportunity in outsourced logistics.

“Fleet managers are operating in one of the most complex environments in recent memory,” said Josh Lovan, Industry Business Advisor at J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc. “Regulation changes, driver shortages, rising equipment costs, and accelerating technology adoption are becoming increasingly challenging to deal with.” The data from the company’s sixth annual State of Fleet […]

Sun Country Airlines is preparing for a late June deployment of two new freighter aircraft provided by Amazon to increase air capacity in its domestic logistics network.

The Iran war is impacting FedEx operations in Dubai, which wants U.S. permission to pause flights there from Hong Kong so it doesn’t lose the right to fly that route.

The first weeks of the CAPE tariff refund process are exceeding expectations operationally, experts say.

An investigation found 195 active motor carriers clustered along a few miles of East Dublin Granville Road in northeast Columbus; the same corridor was just exposed for a billion dollars in Medicaid fraud. Federal inspection data shows those carriers have been involved in 275 crashes, including 4 fatal and 74 injury crashes. The world’s largest retailer appears in 175 inspections across 44 of those carriers with a 20.6% out-of-service rate.

ORBCOMM has replaced its previous debt structure with new financing.

While Panama chased a Chinese terminal operator out of its ports, U.S. companies face long odds in bidding for those port concessions, a source says. 

The Georgia Ports Authority has opened a new inland port it claims will convert 26,000 truckloads of freight to rail each year. 

The United States paused military escorts of ships in the Strait of Hormuz after a missile attack on a French container vessel injured crew members Tuesday.  

GXO Logistics reported first quarter revenue of $3.3 billion, up 10.8% year over year.

Nearly $4 million in stolen cargo was recovered in a Los Angeles County case tied to multiple companies, with one arrest made following a search warrant in Vernon.

Super Dispatch has released new data from its Fuel and Transport Cost Tracker detailing the impact of rising diesel prices on carriers, brokers and shippers.

Air and ocean freight moved in different directions at Expeditors in the first quarter.

Qatar Airways Cargo is restoring service to Baghdad despite ongoing hostilities in the Gulf region.

Amazon has opened its logistics network to outside businesses, a move analysts believe could increase intermodal volume while disrupting major industry players.

DHL Express gets four years of labor peace after Teamster union workers voted in favor of a negotiated contract.

MODE Global has expanded into Mexico with a new office in Puebla aimed at streamlining North American logistics.

Extreme supply and pricing dynamics persisted across the freight market in April, according to a monthly survey of supply chain managers.

The benchmark diesel price used for most surcharges has regained three weeks of declines.

Developers break ground on a new Baltimore container terminal they hope will spur a sea change in mid-Atlantic intermodal transportation.

American Association of Port Authorities tabs Sang Yi, second-in-command at the Maritime Administration, as its new chief executive.  

Rising fuel prices and shrinking carrier capacity are driving a rapid increase in shipper spending.

Amazon announced that same-day grocery delivery is now available to Business Prime members.

Cargo theft incidents are being linked to motor carrier authorities that appear legitimate but may be controlled by unknown operators.

Continental Tire says fleets adopting connected tire systems are seeing measurable fuel savings and cost reductions.

We have a carrier-quality problem with a specific geographic signature, an enforcement problem documented for decades, and a financial problem for American carriers competing against operators who pay their drivers 35 cents a mile to do work that American drivers expect 78 cents a mile to perform.

A Maersk vessel under U.S. military contract made a safe exit from the Strait of Hormuz Monday, escorted by American warships.  

WEX and an activist investor ended their proxy battle with Impactive to get three board seats.

Both FMCSA and outside companies are spurring carriers to get ready for the next phase of Motus.

Amazon announced it has stitched together logistics services into a unified supply chain product for manufacturers and retailers to move and distribute heavy freight and parcels, which poses a potential threat to other freight management and transport companies.

Pamt Corp.’s first-quarter real estate gain helped offset a loss in its core truckload operation.

Real-time spot rates, a built-in margin calculator, and a Chrome Extension — available to any individual user for $24.99/month, no demo required. SONAR has launched a self-serve pricing tier that gives individual users direct access to its desktop rate intelligence tools — no sales call, no demo, and no contract required. The new offering, called […]

If your trucks are running but your margins aren’t growing, the problem isn’t effort. It’s visibility. Operating costs hit $2.26 per mile in 2024 — the highest non-fuel cost ever recorded. And rates haven’t kept up. Dispatch teams are making high-impact load decisions every day without clear insight into which freight actually protects margin — and which quietly erodes it. In today’s market, that gap is […]

AI investment is increasingly driving construction growth in the U.S.

With its $95M raise, Loop is building the foundational data platform that turns trapped operational data into strategic decisions across logistics, finance and supply chain.

Universal logistics’ intermodal struggles overshadow contract logistics growth, pushing the company into a quarterly loss.

Union Pacific could walk away from its proposed merger with Norfolk Southern if federal regulators impose onerous conditions for approval. 

DHL Global Forwarding is partnering with sister units DHL Aviation and DHL Express to provide dedicated transport service for customers with non-parcel, heavy freight cargo moving from Asia to the U.S. and Europe.

e2open’s Logistics as a Service is proving that companies don’t have to choose between execution capacity and strategic control when it comes to outsourcing logistics operations.

BNSF Railway saw first-quarter profits strengthen on higher freight volume and more efficient operations.

This week in Borderlands Mexico: Nearshoring fuels 800K-square-foot industrial build in El Paso; Hutchison Ports adds electric cranes at Port of Manzanillo; and Burlington breaks ground on distribution center near Phoenix.

LTL rates are experiencing their strongest upward move since the Yellow exit in 2023.

Schneider National said price renewals are currently at the highest levels since 2021 and that it expects to capture mid- to high-single-digit increases on one-way contracts this year.

Port Houston secured a $48 million grant to expand Bayport Container Terminal to boost capacity and truck flow.

Rep. Morgan McGarvey of Kentucky has asked the Federal Aviation Administration to ban MD-11s from flying again following the November crash of a UPS jet in Louisville last year.

Broker warns shippers not to expect a return to 2025 conditions.

We have never seen a twelve-month period in which the White House, the Department of Transportation, and FMCSA moved as aggressively, as comprehensively, and as effectively on the specific safety failures that haunt our highways and our industry. Before we sit down with Derek Barrs on Monday, here is the year that got us here.

FBI warns of rising cyber cargo theft, as cybercriminals increasingly target freight industry operations

Hirschbach Motor Lines plans to own 500 Aurora Driver-powered trucks as part of an expanded partnership that will let the Iowa carrier run a hybrid network

April’s State of Freight discussion suggests the current freight lull is more seasonal than structural.

Schneider National beat first-quarter expectations and reiterated its full-year earnings outlook.

DHL Express led DHL Group to a profitable first quarter as the integrated logistics provider navigated through Middle East supply chain disruptions.

While global competitors in Europe and Asia are grappling with surging gas prices and heavy war-risk premiums, the United States is emerging as a structural winner in heavy manufacturing.

Ocean freight rates remain high despite low seasonal demand due to increased fuel costs amid ongoing Strait of Hormuz closure.

Self-help initiatives at XPO are being met with better demand, pushing the less-than-truckload carrier’s financial results meaningfully higher.

A major U.S. alcohol distributor is closing facilities and laying off almost 4,700 workers across seven states.

Less-than-truckload carrier Saia’s margins appear to be turning the corner following a multiyear expansion.

The North American rail industry is at a crossroads due to reshoring and tech growth. This symposium provides a forum to align strategy, policy, and execution for the future.

Four months after their January agreement, Kodiak and Bosch have moved to engineering execution. Kodiak is testing Bosch camera samples and has completed early SensorPod integrations.