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ORLANDO–It’s easy when sitting through another panel at a meeting like the Truckload Carriers Association annual convention here to become slightly bored when the executives on the stage give yet …

Startup Global Crossing Airlines is indefinitely parking two of its four Airbus A321 converted freighters to defer expensive safety upgrades because there is little interest for narrowbody airlift in an …

SONAR Launches New Geopolitical Alert and Fuel Dashboards to Help Supply Chains Navigate Iran Conflict Volatility SONAR, the leading provider of event-driven supply chain intelligence, announced new platform enhancements designed …

North American fleets sharply increased orders for new heavy-duty trucks in February, signaling strengthening demand across the freight market. Preliminary data from FTR Transportation Intelligence shows Class 8 net orders …

Faced with economic uncertainty and increasing competition, wholesale distributors are planning significant shifts in their inventory strategies for 2026, according to Phocas Software’s first annual 2026 Inventory Trends in Wholesale …

Wabash recently debuted a cargo assurance solution that transforms the trailer itself into a secure, connected system designed to prevent cargo theft rather than simply document losses after they occur. …

WASHINGTON – The railroad industry swarmed Congress Wednesday in an annual lobbying event aimed at taking their concerns directly to elected representatives. The agenda was a familiar wishlist for railroads …

(Editor’s note: FreightWaves streamed news and commentary from the arguments before the Supreme Court in Montgomery vs. Caribe II earlier Wednesday. That can be found here). There was a stretch …

WASHINGTON — A controversial hearing on the Trump administration’s crackdown on foreign truck drivers was used to push for more coordination between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and local police …

Target Corp. is expanding next-day delivery to 20 additional metropolitan areas, bringing the total number of cities where consumers can quickly receive online orders to more than 50. The nation’s …

Cart.com, a Houston-based e-commerce platform and provider of logistics services, announced Wednesday it has secured a $180 million investment from Springcoast Partners to support its growth as it, and other …

(UPDATED 1 p.m. ET) Teamsters workers at DHL Express in the United States, by an overwhelming majority, have authorized union leadership to call a strike if the express delivery giant …

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has removed more than two dozen electronic logging devices from its list of registered products since the start of 2026, intensifying federal scrutiny of …

Declines in Old Dominion Freight Line’s key metrics moderated in February. A 3.3% year-over-year decline in revenue per day during the month was better than the 6.8% drop the less-than-truckload …

The trucking industry has always been a wild ride, from free-rein chaos prior to 1935, overbearing regulation from 1935 to 1980, that ultimately gave way to deregulation in 1980. Following …

Good morning. Editor at large John Kingston and Washington bureau chief John Gallagher will be following the oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday in Montgomery vs. Caribe, the …

ORLANDO–While so much focus on battery technology in trucks has been on the prospect of possibly displacing what’s under the hood now, Dragonfly Energy took its wares to the Truckload …

Torc Robotics is taking its autonomous trucks where few competitors have ventured: the snow, ice and rain of Michigan’s humid continental climate. The Daimler Truck subsidiary announced it will expand …

US-Mexico trade hits new high of $872B in 2025 Mexico remained the United States’ largest trading partner for the third consecutive year in 2025, with two-way commerce reaching a record …

Generating audio… ACT Expo has announced its speaker lineup for 2026. Nearly 400 executives, fleet operators and technology leaders will gather May 4-7 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. FedEx …

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is planning to replace a nearly two-decade old speed limit for large commercial vessels transiting the U.S. East Coast with technology-based measures to accomplish the …

The budding Middle East war is sending diesel prices soaring in the futures market, with the usual lagging retail market already posting significant gains. The Department of Energy/Energy Information Administration …

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation is putting motor carriers and Substance Abuse Professionals (SAPs) on notice that the SAP role as “gatekeeper” for returning drivers to the road …

A turbulent geopolitical environment headlined by proliferation of global tariff regimes and weak shipping demand took a toll on Kuehne +Nagel in the fourth quarter, as core operating income fell …

Straightship and Dragonfly recently announced a strategic partnership that aims to simplify northbound e-commerce by offering U.S. retailers a single integration point into the Canadian market. The collaboration pairs Straightship’s …

Facing tough comparisons to a year ago, less-than-truckload carrier Saia’s tonnage declines moderated in February as daily shipment counts turned positive. The Johns Creek, Georgia-based company reported Tuesday that tonnage …

The modern commercial vehicle is one of the most prolific data generators in the transportation industry. Between ELDs, cameras, trailer sensors, reefer monitors, engine diagnostics, and OEM telematics platforms, a …

Even as major shipping lines withdraw some services and the Iran war widens across the Middle East, the Suez Canal Authority said vessel traffic was humming along through the Middle …

A monthly report compiling sentiment among supply chain managers said February provided more evidence “that the long-awaited freight market comeback is in full-swing.” The Logistics Managers’ Index—a diffusion index in …

The Texas Transportation Commission has awarded $160.4 million from a new state rail fund — with Laredo landing the largest share at $58.51 million for a major transportation corridor project. …

CMA CGM on Tuesday became the latest global container line to suspend all cargo bookings to the Middle East as Iranian attacks brought shipping to a halt in the Persian …

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo announced Tuesday that is has entered into an agreement to acquire 3PL WWEX Group. Following the acquisition, Thoma Bravo will combine WWEX Group with a …

Lila Kate Trucking LLC, a Roanoke, Alabama-based carrier, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Friday. The company is seeking to reorganize under Subchapter V of Chapter 11, a provision …

Berkshire Hathaway said a lot more than usual about Pilot Travel Centers in its latest quarterly earnings report. Pilot became a fully-owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway early in 2024 after …

Florida didn’t just get cold this winter. It got cold in a way that most growers working those fields hadn’t seen in over a decade, and the damage to the …

Less-than-truckload carrier XPO’s tonnage officially returned to positive territory in February for the first time since June 2024. The Monday update from the Greenwich, Connecticut-based company followed a second consecutive …

ORLANDO–Derek Barrs received a standing ovation when he completed his address to the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) and it felt completely spontaneous and genuine. The new administrator of the Federal …

On Saturday, the United States and Israel struck Iran. By Monday, Iranian drones had hit Saudi Arabia’s Ras Tanura refinery, one of the world’s largest, handling 550,000 barrels per day …

IKEA’s China subsidiary has begun using self-driving vehicles in Hefei to ferry products from the nearby warehouse to the store for customers to pick up orders and to restock shelves, …

WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is calling on a select group of commercial truck drivers who could help shape future hours-of-service regulations. The agency is seeking 18 …

Progress Rail and Wabtec said they have settled the former’s lawsuit alleging the latter engaged in anti-competitive measures after its acquisition of GE Transportation in 2019. Progress Rail, a unit …

New Berkshire CEO: BNSF needs to improve its profitability BNSF Railway needs to close the operating-ratio gap with the other Class I railroads, new Berkshire Hathaway Chief Executive Greg Abel …

Leading container carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. on Monday said it was suspending all cargo bookings to the Middle East. The move by the world’s largest liner operator marks a significant …

A bulk tanker sailing under the American flag was hit by projectiles at Bahrain port, the first U.S. merchant ship to come under fire in the Iran war. The crew …

Small and medium-sized businesses are navigating a new wave of uncertainty following the Supreme Court’s recent decision on tariffs — and in some ways, the ruling has made planning even …

Flying for UPS and redeploying the fleet to areas like South America where demand is strong helped Canadian all-cargo airline Cargojet mitigate the loss of a large transport contract related …

Freight fraud rarely begins with obvious deception. It begins with conversation. A phone call over the weekend provided an unusually direct window into how modern freight fraud operations are functioning …

While tanker vessels came under fire in the Strait of Hormuz, container lines were suspending operations to Persian Gulf ports following the joint Israel-U.S. attack on Iran. Media reports said …

Oil prices soared in the first few hours of trading Sunday evening U.S. time, the first opportunity to react to the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and the latter …

The war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran on Saturday is already disrupting air cargo traffic in the Middle East, a key freight corridor between Asia and …