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Railroad
Rail freight slides in rare off-week
Freight on U.S. railroads saw a rare down week but still maintained a healthy lead ahead of 2025 volumes.
Truckload Carriers
Truckload carriers: Capacity exodus growing, not slowing
American Shipper
Container shipping fuel prices remain elevated as supply fears ease
Last-Mile Delivery
Amazon Shipping’s parcel delivery delights American Eagle Outfitters
American Shipper
Savannah port moves 1 million TEUs to start fiscal year
Layoffs & Bankruptcies
Layoffs and Bankruptcies
Freight bankruptcies pile up as carriers, logistics firms seek court protection
The Playbook
News
Mikargo247, Verified Carrier launch coverage for strategic cargo theft
Verified Carrier and MiKargo247 are partnering to offer brokers spot cargo insurance coverage for strategic theft, including fraud involving double brokering, carrier identity theft and fictitious pickups.
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Inside SONAR
SONAR Launches SCI Custom Insights — Free Webinar Demo October 1
See how leading shippers are using their own freight data to find where they’re overpaying, where service risk is building, and where they can save — live and in real time. Shippers have spent years being told to let the data drive decisions. The harder problem has always been getting the right data, in the […]
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SONAR Launches SCI Custom Insights — Free Webinar Demo October 1
See how leading shippers are using their own freight data to find where they’re overpaying, where service risk is building, and where they can save — live and in real time. Shippers have spent years being told to let the data drive decisions. The harder problem has always been getting the right data, in the […]
Introducing SCI: Custom Insights: Turn Your Transportation Network Into Actionable Intelligence
SONAR launches SCI: Custom Insights, combining shipper transportation data with market benchmarks to reveal savings, risk and network performance.
SONAR Upgrades Batch Rate Intelligence Into a Full RFP Pricing Engine
SONAR this week released a significant upgrade to Batch Rate Intelligence, expanding the feature from a bulk lane analysis tool into what the company describes as a complete RFP pricing workflow.
Chart of the Week
Chart of the Week
Imports and inventories stabilize in 2026, but for how long
Container import activity has been steady throughout the summer with no sharp shifts in inventories. Recent history suggests that will change.
Chart of the Week
Supply driven trucking market cycle explained in the data
Chart of the Week
Maritime rates back on the rise
Chart of the Week
Modal shift dampens trucking market
Chart of the Week
Why do tender lead times keep climbing
Company Earnings
Less than Truckload (LTL)
ArcBest sees tonnage growth accelerate in August; raises Q3 asset-light guide
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Fraud
ICE targets truck drivers at travel stops and inspection checkpoints
ICE arrested three men in separate cases as federal agencies outlined weigh-station enforcement and investigated suspected CDL-school fraud.
American Shipper
Houthi gains deepen risk as carriers restore Red Sea services
Truckload Carriers
Cass: TL rates jump 11% in August, freight shipments turn positive
3PL and Brokerage
Pink Cheetah, TQL fight it out as transparency rule awaited
American Shipper
Air Cargo
Amazon calls timeout on 21 Air cargo contract
Amazon has stopped using 21 Air, saying it’s a temporary step while it evaluates factors behind the fatal accident with one of its planes last week.
Air Cargo
Northern Air Cargo names permanent CEO
Modern Shipper
Technology
Aviro360 targets dwell time with automated yard inventory
Operators have spent years buying systems of record. Aviro360’s pitch is that none of them work when the yard data feeding them is already four hours old.
E-commerce & Fulfillment
ShipStation first to bundle LTL into parcel shipping platform
Last-mile delivery
Last-mile costs rise 12% for a second year
Last-Mile Delivery
