Logistics
Shipping, freight, supply chains and transport.
150 articles
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...
German Mineral Water Bottlers Face Bottle-and-Crate Shortage in Hot Summer
Trade bodies say there is no supply emergency, but some brands may be briefly unavailable as heat lifts demand and fewer...
El Niño and Hormuz Closure Push Panama Canal Transit Fees to a Record
Daily auctions for Panama Canal locks averaged US$1.1 million in August as drought and rerouted oil demand squeeze the w...
EU Packaging Regulation: The August 2026 Deadline That Can Block Your Products
From August 2026, EU packaging rules impose PFAS restrictions, heavy-metal caps and importer-level verification — non-co...
E-Invoicing in Logistics: Fewer Manual Errors, Faster Payments, Smoother Supply Chains
Replacing paper and email invoices with standardised digital records can cut payment disputes and give logistics finance...
USPS Air Transport Costs Rise as UPS Contract Forces Mail Off Trucks
Higher jet fuel and a UPS air cargo volume commitment pushed USPS transportation expenses up in Q3, even as a temporary ...
Why AI Citations Are Making Freight Press Releases Matter Again
A LeadCoverage test logged 1,058 AI citations in one quarter and found releases built around hard numbers earned 3.5x mo...
Low Water Forces Berlin, Brandenburg and Thuringia to Lift Sunday Truck Bans
Berlin, Brandenburg and Thuringia temporarily allow Sunday truck shipments until 31 August as Rhine, Elbe and Danube low...
UPS-Teamsters 2028 Labor Showdown Could Redraw the U.S. Parcel Market
Analyst Satish Jindel says UPS's next Teamsters contract will determine whether the carrier dominates or withers, sendin...
Trimble's Freight Unit Attracts Unsolicited Interest as Revenue Rises 5%
Trimble's transportation segment grew revenue to $141 million and ARR to $533 million, while unsolicited interest trigge...
FTR Trucking Conditions Index Eases to 17.4 in June, Still 'Favorable' for Carriers
The June TCI fell to 17.4 from May's record 20.4, still far above the 10 threshold for a strong carrier market. FTR sees...
Warehouse AMRs Shift From Pilot Projects to Mainstream Operations
A roundtable featuring Beckhoff Automation, Ocado Intelligent Automation, Mecalux and Locus Robotics reflects how autono...
Amazon Promotes ASCS as an End-to-End Supply Chain Service for Any Business
Amazon is opening its internal logistics network to all businesses through Amazon Supply Chain Services, but the webinar...
Transportation Software Pitch Shifts From Visibility Dashboards to Decision Latency
Infios executives argue that logistics data is no longer the constraint; the real gap is how quickly teams act after a d...
Warehouse Automation Moves From Point Solutions to Software-Led Orchestration
A logistics roundtable with enVista, Oracle NetSuite, Paccurate and Locus Robotics reframes warehouse automation as a so...
Class 8 Orders Jump 75% Annually in July, but 2026 Production Slots Are Nearly Gone
Preliminary Class 8 orders rose 68-75% year over year in July, while a roughly 30% sequential drop signals full 2026 bac...
USPS Fiscal Q3 Loss Narrows to $2.5 Billion as Cash Cliff Moves Toward 2031
The Postal Service's $19.9B quarter underscores a still-unsustainable model: package revenue grows, mail volume shrinks,...
US Rail Freight Extends Growth Streak in July as Intermodal Sets Record
Carloads rose for the seventh straight month and intermodal set a July record, according to AAR data, strengthening rail...
National Diesel Average Falls 9.1 Cents to $5.257 After Four-Week Run
Diesel eased 9.1 cents to $5.257 after a four-week climb, but WTI's rise to $82.95 keeps the annual fuel-cost increase a...
Pony.ai Aims for 500–1,000 Autonomous Freight Trucks in China Within Three Years
Pony.ai says its Robotruck business is leaving testing behind: 500–1,000 Gen-4 heavy-duty trucks in two to three years, ...