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 …
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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 …
Parts and Labor Costs Dipped in Q4 2025 — But the Five-Year Trend Is Still Telling a Different Story
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 …
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