When I was a teenager working at a Subway in Sumter, South Carolina, I used to get corrected for something that seemed small at the time. I would build a sandwich, stack it high, and make it look generous. My boss would walk by and say, “That’s too many tomato slices.” I didn’t understand it […]
New tool allows users to intuitively analyze trucking capacity by geography.
The freight market is entering 2026 with cautious optimism replacing the extreme volatility of recent years. As market dynamics evolve, shippers and carriers are approaching the year with notably different strategies, according to new survey data from Echo Global Logistics. Echo surveyed 1,024 shippers and 832 carriers between October and November 2025, capturing expectations that […]
Medlog has opened Medlog 1, a major integrated logistics park in Saudi Arabia, strengthening the country’s position as a global logistics hub.
Zim, Israel’s flag ocean carrier, confirmed it will be acquired by Hapag-Lloyd of Germany for $4.2 billion.
For the better part of three plus years, most small carriers and owner-operators have felt like they’ve been grinding uphill in soft dirt. Rates fell, truckload volumes cooled and tender rejections disappeared. All while new authorities flooded in and every time it looked like things might turn, something else pushed it back down to a […]
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has approved 17 changes to the 2026 North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria that will take effect April 1, 2026, and while some updates are technical, several directly affect how drivers and small fleets will be inspected on licensing, ELDs, brakes, cargo securement, wheels and even hazardous materials placarding. On December […]
A closely-watched container price index fell for the fifth consecutive week as lower freight on benchmark ocean routes pressured global rates.
GXO Logistics expects North American freight demand to remain stable in 2026, guiding for flat volumes while leaning on new contract wins.
GXO’s revenue increased to $13.2 billion in 2025 amid a confident outlook tied to outsourcing, e-commerce and automation trends.
For most owner-operators and small carriers, the conversation about survival usually starts with rates. Fuel prices come next. Then brokers. Then regulations. But during a recent episode of The Long Haul, one reality kept surfacing over and over again: many carriers don’t fail because they can’t run freight — they fail because they never fully […]
In this episode of What the Truck?!?, host Malcolm Harris sits down with Dan Brink to break down how Fleet Owl is reshaping fleet management through AI dispatch, collective buying power, and automated safety and maintenance compliance tools.
Pacific northwest ports have signed an agreement to create an inland logistics hub to boost Washington state trade.
A new Toyota processing center at the Port of Jacksonville is expected to boost vehicle volume by 6%.
The goods moved and costs associated with food and beverage consumption for Super Bowl LX are staggering, supported by a highly coordinated supply chain.
TravelCenters of America’s (TA) most recent charity golf tournament did more than set a fundraising record. It showed that industry support for driver health and hardship relief is not only growing, but becoming more intentional. The tournament raised more than $100,000 for the St. Christopher Truckers Relief Fund, the largest single-year contribution since the partnership […]
Spot and contract rates climb amid tighter capacity and stricter regulatory pressures on carriers
GenLogs provides a visual, objective source of truth. You can put your eyes on what a carrier is actually doing: where they’ve been, when they last hauled freight, whether they ever hauled freight, and for whom. Instead of asking carriers what they claim to do, GenLogs shows you what they actually do.
The CEO of King of Freight, a shipping company based in Wichita, Kansas, has been charged with felony child abuse and has stepped down from his leadership position as legal proceedings begin, according to court records and company communications. Michael Ricklefs, who served as CEO and was listed as part owner of King of Freight, […]
At FreightWaves’ 2025 F3: Future of Freight Festival, Christopher Clemmensen, Executive Vice President of Marketing at Echo Global Logistics, sat down with Brad Guinane, Chief Revenue Officer at SONAR, to discuss how shippers are navigating today’s increasingly complex freight environment and building more resilient, end-to-end supply chain strategies.
