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Suez return speeds up Savannah India service by 10-14 days
Two major liners are returning India-Savannah services to the Suez Canal, cutting transit times by up to 14 days.
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No mention of U.S.-China ship taxes in trade truce
Autonomous Vehicles
Aurora plans 30,000 driverless trucks as carriers weigh cost
Truck Driver Issues
Per diem: one approach is stable, other is higher
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New lawsuit approach: accusing C.H. Robinson, TQL of RICO violations
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Freight Distress Report: Logistics, manufacturing cuts put 1,850 jobs on chopping block
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Layoffs and Bankruptcies
Freight bankruptcies pile up as carriers, logistics firms seek court protection
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Interrupted authority and written vetting rules at center of New Mexico crash lawsuit
This article is contributed content from an independent writer. It does not represent the views or opinions of FreightWaves or any of its subsidiaries. A trucking company hauling an Amazon Prime trailer had lost its operating authority, returned to service and accumulated safety violations before a crash injured three people on a New Mexico interstate, […]
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Economics of the New Canadian Tit-for-Tat Tiff Tariffs On September 8, the disagreement escalated past tariffs entirely. The U.S. announced it would outright ban imports of Canadian dairy, alcohol, and large-displacement motorcycles, effective September 29. Not another rate hike, a straight prohibition. It’s the newest turn in a dispute that’s been building for months: on […]
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Economics of the New Canadian Tit-for-Tat Tiff Tariffs On September 8, the disagreement escalated past tariffs entirely. The U.S. announced it would outright ban imports of Canadian dairy, alcohol, and large-displacement motorcycles, effective September 29. Not another rate hike, a straight prohibition. It’s the newest turn in a dispute that’s been building for months: on […]
The Fed Just Raised Rates Again: Here’s What It Means for Freight
On September 16, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised the federal funds target range by 25 basis points to 3.75%–4.00%, its first hike after a run of cuts, citing inflation that Fed Chair Kevin Warsh called “too high and has been for too long.” Effective September 17, the Fed also moved its full set […]
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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Trans-Pacific rates soar, Mediterranean sinks, and demand doesn’t explain either
Rates are once again a poor indicator of demand in the maritime space. Comparing data on the Mediterranean and trans-Pacific lanes highlights this.
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Fuel cost spike hits carrier margins
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Imports and inventories stabilize in 2026, but for how long
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Supply driven trucking market cycle explained in the data
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Maritime rates back on the rise
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American Shipper
As charter rates soar to $1M a day, crude oil trader pivots to buying ships
Trading house pivots, buys tankers amid soaring costs and tight capacity.
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Hapag-Lloyd revises Zim offer as Israeli approval concerns persist
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But no pandemic high: Asia-US container rate at $9,600
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Air Cargo
Lufthansa Cargo pauses all-cargo flights to Mumbai over congestion
Lufthansa Cargo has responded to congestion at Mumbai airport in India by halting flights with freighter aircraft for several days.
Global Supply Chain
China lead-time concerns surge as shippers widen global sourcing networks
American Shipper
New data shows Suez route transits rose 27% in August
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3PL and Brokerage
A Conversation With EAIGLE’s Leadership on Cargo Theft, Data Ownership and What a Smart Gate Actually Knows
The pitch for automated gate technology is almost always throughput, and the numbers are genuinely impressive, but a gate that clears a truck in three seconds is also a gate that has removed a human being from the one moment where somebody might have looked at a document and thought something about it felt wrong, […]
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Lowe’s test drives drone delivery
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