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Motive and Highway Restore ELD Data Access, Leave Key Broker Questions Unanswered
The integration is back, but the joint statement does not resolve whether anyone pays for ELD data or whether Highway's ...
Mubadala Capital to Acquire Majority Stake in Arrive Logistics
The alternative investment arm of Mubadala Investment Company will take majority control of North American freight broke...
Mubadala Capital Strikes Majority Deal for Freight Broker Arrive Logistics
Arrive Logistics has agreed to sell a majority stake to Mubadala Capital, with ATL Partners and Lead Edge Capital retain...
Rhine at 6cm: Barge Loads Tumble to 400 Tonnes and Surcharges Pass €1,000
The historic low at the Kaub bottleneck is forcing barge operators to cut loads and charge steep low-water surcharges, w...
Ryder CEO Expects Used Truck and Tractor Prices to Jump at Least 10% in 2027
Ryder System's John Diez says recovering spot freight and upcoming EPA emissions rules will push used truck and tractor ...
Strait of Hormuz Traffic Hits Record Low as Attacks on Tankers Mount
One vessel crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Aug. 16 — a record low — as attacks hit ADNOC-linked tankers and traffic thro...
Cass Freight Index: July Shipments Drop 4.8% Annually as Expenditures Rise 9.1%
July Cass data shows freight volumes fell for a second straight month while expenditures kept climbing on rate gains; an...
China Tests Arctic Container Route to Europe as Red Sea Risks Persist
A Chinese container ship is using the Arctic route to reach Germany, cutting sailing time but shifting supply-chain expo...
Hormuz Commodity Transits Collapse After Tanker Attacks as US-Iran Talks Stall
Kpler data showed five commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday and none on Sunday, down from 31 the...
Colombia's ANI Keeps Toll Exemption for Official Earthquake Relief Vehicles on Five Corridors
Free passage covers authorized machinery and humanitarian shipments on five key corridors; private donations require pri...
Lithuanian Truck Ownership Rights Survive Belarus Storage Deadline, Lawyer Says
A Moscow-based international law expert says expiry of Belarus's special-parking deadline does not strip Lithuanian owne...
Data Center Cargo Thefts Hit $110.6M as 'Bump-and-Run' Targets Security Escorts
Scott Cornell says cargo thieves used staged collisions against security escorts, exploiting poorly vetted drivers and p...
Prologis IBI at 59.3: U.S. Logistics Real Estate Moves Into Growth Mode
Q2 2026 net absorption of 66 million square feet was the strongest since 2022, while Prologis says supply is tightening ...
FTR Trucking Conditions Index Slips to 17.4 in June but Stays Strong for Carriers
FTR's June TCI dipped from May's record 20.4 to 17.4 as lower diesel partly offset softer rate growth; contract rates ar...
Truckload Rates Hold Higher Floor in July as Capacity Trumps Softer Freight Volumes
DAT's July index shows van and reefer contract rates gaining while loads fell, and analyst Dean Croke sees capacity, not...
Shipper Groups Ask STB to Reject Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern Merger Application
Chemical and fertilizer shippers say Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have not shown their proposed rail merger meets ...
US Rail Carloads Rise 1.8%, Intermodal Up 4.1% in Week Ending Aug. 8
AAR data show grain and metals gains offset coal and auto declines, while intermodal marks its third straight weekly imp...
DB Cargo Plans to Reactivate Retired Freight Wagons as Rhine Low Water Cuts Shipping
Germany's rail freight operator says up to 900 parked wagons could be brought back — 300 immediately — to help replace R...
Truck Driver Pay Pressure Builds as Capacity Tightens Ahead of 2027
Sign-on bonuses and pay hikes are returning as carriers compete for drivers amid falling capacity, tougher FMCSA enforce...
DHL Express Reports 9.4% Q2 Weight Surge as Geopolitics Push Heavy Cargo to Express
DHL Express says second-quarter Time Definite International shipment weight rose 9.4% year on year, with Europe up 2.9%,...
Hormuz Outbound Traffic Drops 30% as Shipowners Face Sanctions-Security Dilemma
Lloyd’s List data shows Hormuz transits down 18% week on week, while shipowners weigh US-Iran safe-passage payments agai...
Arctic Route Open 10 Months a Year as China Cuts Europe Transit to 20 Days
Melting sea ice has turned the Arctic corridor into a 10-month shipping season. A Chinese vessel reached Europe in 20 da...
Grain and Chemical Shippers Push to Reject Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Rail Merger
The National Grain and Feed Association is the latest shipper group urging the Surface Transportation Board to reject th...
22 States Sue Trump Administration to Block Federal Access to 17 Million CDL Records
State attorneys general seek an emergency court order to stop DOT, FMCSA and DHS from obtaining names, Social Security n...
Six Republican AGs Urge STB to Reject $85 Billion Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern Rail Merger
State attorneys general and shipper groups contend the rail deal fails the public-interest test and would raise captive ...
DAT July Index: Record Contract Rates as Falling Truckload Volumes Meet Tight Capacity
The DAT Truckload Volume Index shows July load declines across van, reefer and flatbed, but contract rates hit records a...
DHL Express Opens $204M Shenzhen Gateway Expansion, Triples Daily Capacity
DHL has tripled capacity at its Shenzhen airport gateway to 900 tonnes a day and added a daily Shanghai-Bangkok-Bahrain-...
Truckload Volumes Slip in July, But Contract Rates Set Fresh Records
DAT's July index shows seasonal volume declines alongside record contract-rate gains, as tighter capacity rather than st...
DHL Express Completes $204M Shenzhen Gateway Expansion, Tripling Daily Capacity
The expanded Shenzhen gateway can process about 900 tons of shipments a day, and a new daily Boeing 767 cargo route link...
Six GOP State Attorneys General Push STB to Block $85B Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern Merger
State attorneys general and shipper groups argue the proposed rail combination would not meet the public-interest test a...