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Family-owned Sparhawk Trucking, a Wisconsin-based company that the federal government says has 178 power units, has filed for protection under chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code. The company, based …

Longtime Executive Director of the Memphis & Shelby County (Tenn.) Port Commission, Randy Richardson, will retire effective Dec. 31, 2026, the Economic Development Growth Engine (EDGE) and commission announced. A …

The U.S. Postal Service will be out of cash and unable to deliver mail, and pay vendors and employees, in less than 12 months unless Congress lifts the carrier’s statutory …

If you are watching your shop bills, you may have noticed the fourth quarter of 2025 was slightly less brutal than the third. That is not an accident, and it …

Prior to this week, there had been 32 times when the Department of Energy/Energy Information Administration average weekly retail diesel price topped $5/gallon. All of them came in 2022. That …

The deal is straightforward. Shell Rotella and Truck Parking Club are running a promotion called “Night on Us.” Drivers who get a qualifying Shell Rotella T5 Synthetic Blend or T6 …

At least one major shipping line is offering free extended storage time for containers diverted in the Persian Gulf – but charging shippers for the accommodation. At the same time, …

Freight fraud has evolved from a nagging risk into an existential crisis for the logistics sector. Bad actors now wield advanced AI tools, generative deepfakes, and sophisticated phishing campaigns to …

WASHINGTON – Port executives heard some good news for a change, that legislation to provide funding for transportation and infrastructure is making steady progress thanks to bipartisan support in a …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Clarios Connected Services introduced Battery Manager Pro at the Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) Exhibition 2026. The fully managed Battery-as-a-Service model is designed to shift fleet operators …

Nuvocargo has launched a new artificial intelligence platform designed specifically for shippers that aims to automate large portions of freight execution across North America. The New York-based logistics technology company …

A last-mile automotive parts delivery company will reclassify all its drivers as full-time employees rather from their status as independent contractors following a settlement between it and the New Jersey …

In the competitive race to equip America’s trucking fleets with the next generation of AI dashcams and telematics, courtroom drama is proving as intense as the competition on the road. …

Knight-Swift Transportation has sold assets from its semi-trailer aerodynamic products business to Transtex. Knight-Swift’s (NYSE: KNX) FleetAero assets were sold for an undisclosed sum. The deal was structured as an …

Atlas Air, the world’s largest operator of 747 jumbo jets, by decade’s end will operate non-Boeing aircraft for the first time after signing an order on Monday that makes it …

Amazon passed the U.S. Postal Service as the largest domestic parcel carrier in 2025, anchoring a broader market shift away from traditional couriers, as it in-sourced a large amount of …

Drew McElroy’s path to founding one of freight tech’s earliest venture-backed companies started long before he ever pitched an investor. The co-founder and chairman of Transfix sat down with FreightWaves …

Frank Abagnale convinced the world he was a pilot, a doctor, and a lawyer using nothing but a uniform and confidence. Elizabeth Holmes put on a black turtleneck, dropped her …

Freight volumes remained under pressure in February but rates continued to step higher, according to monthly data from Cass Information Systems. Cass’ (NASDAQ: CASS) multimodal shipments index declined 7.2% year …

Great Britain is planning to send minesweeping drones to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but won’t send ships as demanded by President Donald Trump, fearing such a move would …

Country music icon Dolly Parton has announced a groundbreaking partnership to rebrand and expand the Tennessean Travel Stop network. The initiative kicks off with the flagship location in Cornersville, Tennessee, …

White Paper- Launching AI Coworkers: A Guide to Better Visibility Freight visibility has improved greatly in recent years, but operations teams still spend time chasing updates, resolving tracking gaps, and …

International shipping partners ePost Global and ShipWise are expanding their cross-border returns capabilities as merchants face rising international return rates, stricter customs rules and growing volatility in global e-commerce logistics. …

Lufthansa Cargo last year devoted more strategic focus to serving the pharmaceutical, automotive, aviation, semiconductor and airmail sectors, creating additional avenues for profitable growth beyond general freight. The expansion of …

The Trump administration has arguably been more active on trucking safety and fraud than any in history. Secretary Duffy has been active, not just vocal. FMCSA Administrator Barrs has moved …

Frank Abagnale convinced the world he was a pilot, a doctor, and a lawyer using nothing but a uniform and confidence. Elizabeth Holmes put on a black turtleneck, dropped her …

Universal Logistics Holdings reported sharply weaker financial results for the fourth quarter of 2025, as declines across several transportation segments — particularly intermodal — weighed on the company’s earnings. The …

WASHINGTON — The newly-appointed chief of the Maritime Administration called for a complete rebuild of the American industrial shipping complex, in order to reclaim its position as a world power …

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is warning the trucking industry that buying, selling, or leasing MC numbers may violate federal regulations and could lead to enforcement action. The agency …

There is a legal process in the United States called civil asset forfeiture, and if you drive a truck, carry cash, or run a small business that deals in either, …

Sanjay Singh founded Royal Bengal Logistics, Inc. in 2018 in Coral Springs, Florida. He built a website that described a company with 250 employees, a fleet of over 200 semi-trucks …

For most of the past year, two federal agencies have been doing more to reshape the trucking driver pool than anything else in the industry: the Department of Transportation with …

Federal regulators denied requests from Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific to investigate Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s handling of UP-NS interline intermodal trains on a critical shortcut connecting the West Coast …

Dalilah Coleman is a seven-year-old girl from California’s San Bernardino County who, on June 20, 2024, was five years old and riding in her family’s car when a commercial 18-wheeler …

Borderlands Mexico is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week in Borderlands Mexico: GM, Stellantis drive auto exports to US …

Chart of the Week: SONAR Truckload Rejection Index – Midwest, West Coast, Northeast, Southwest, Southeast SONAR: STRI.URMW, STRI.URWT, STRI.URNE, STRI.URSW, STRI.URSE Regional truckload tender rejection rates typically move in sync, …

Let’s start with something that sounds simple but changes everything about how you should read the freight market: retail is the engine that drives truckload freight. Not manufacturing alone. Not …

When a federal agency leads a formal, dated, publicly addressed warning with the words “DO NOT” in all capital letters, it means the behavior they are describing is already happening …

FMCSA does not publish emergency bulletins for hypothetical problems. When a federal agency puts out a formal, dated, publicly addressed warning that begins with the phrase “DO NOT” in all …

Three times in five years. That is how many times the federal standard governing whether an owner-operator is legally classified as an independent contractor or an employee has fundamentally shifted …

Ocean carrier CMA CGM of France will re-flag more than two dozen ships under its home flag, a year after its chief executive appeared in the Oval Office as President …

Farmers are warning President Donald Trump that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz could send fertilizer prices higher as planting season starts, potentially leading to higher food prices for …

Diversions by container carries away from the war-torn Strait of Hormuz expose the region’s structural vulnerability, a new analysis finds, as decades of underinvestment in bypasses severely limit the capacity …

Amazon’s in-house cargo airline has expanded its network in India to the northeast, launching new routes connecting the cities of Kolkata and Guwahati to Delhi and other regions with fulfillment …

Artificial intelligence was the talk of the town at Manifest, but for venture capital investments, the machines themselves took center stage. FreightWaves spoke with Mike Plasencia, group director of new …

Uber Freight says the freight market could be entering a more volatile phase, with tightening truckload capacity, elevated cargo theft and policy-driven disruptions. According to Uber Freight’s report Q1 freight …

Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York introduced the Trucking Security and CCP Disclosure Act of 2026 on February 25th, and if you work in government freight at any level of …

New York–Flexport’s public introduction of its winter technology release could not have been more opportune, and one part of its timeliness wasn’t even known when the presentation took place. At …

The freight market is improving. That part is true. Spot rates on the Sonar National Truckload Index climbed from around $2.60 per mile in mid-January to nearly $2.82 by February …

The Port of Los Angeles processed 824,323 twenty foot equivalent units (TEUs) in February, second-busiest in port history and an increase of 3% from a year ago. “Retailers and manufacturers …