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CBP seizes 1,000-plus pounds of meth in produce truck at Texas border
A canine alert led customs officers to nearly $1 million in methamphetamine hidden inside a produce shipment crossing the Texas border.
Drivers & Workforce
October truck transportation jobs = September truck transportation jobs
Drivers & Workforce
Teamsters say they’ve organized Amazon employees in Indiana; company demurs
Technology & Startups
Harbinger raises $240M to expand EV platform beyond trucks
Trade & Tariffs
US Army enlists FedEx to modernize logistics at depots
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SONAR SCI: Custom Insights Now Includes Conversion Optimization: Shows Shippers Where to Switch Modes and What They Can Save
SONAR’s SCI: Custom Insights now uses a shipper’s own data to identify which lanes should change mode or pricing strategy, and how much a shipper stands to save.
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SONAR SCI: Custom Insights Now Includes Conversion Optimization: Shows Shippers Where to Switch Modes and What They Can Save
SONAR’s SCI: Custom Insights now uses a shipper’s own data to identify which lanes should change mode or pricing strategy, and how much a shipper stands to save.
SONAR launches new routing guide and contract rate data, plus expanded SearchCarriers monitoring
New SONAR datasets show what shippers pay brokers and carriers when freight falls past the first tender, plus SearchCarriers watchlists and alerts.
Houthi attacks add new geopolitical risk to softening container rates
Houthi attacks on Saudi infrastructure have raised the risk of renewed Red Sea shipping disruption ahead of 2027 contract negotiations.
Chart of the Week
Chart of the Week
Freight cycles are anything but regular
We call them freight cycles, but the term implies a regularity the data doesn’t support. Since 2000, the domestic transportation market’s turns have looked less like clockwork and more like a series of random shocks
Chart of the Week
Truckload contract rate increases riding steady above 10%
Chart of the Week
No signs of truckload capacity recovering
Chart of the Week
Truckload’s mixed signals
American Shipper
FreightWaves Playbook
Behind The Capitol Christmas Tree Is A Kenworth, Four Drivers, And A 2,000 Mile Haul Only Trucking Can Pull Off
Every December a towering evergreen rises on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol and gets called the People’s Tree, but before a child from its home state flips the switch to light it, the tree has to survive something most of the public never stops to consider, a journey of more than 2,000 miles […]
American Shipper
ONE lifts profit forecast to $2 billion as earnings surge
Modern Shipper
Parcel & Last Mile
Shippers spread parcel volume as carrier surcharges climb
Surcharges on big and bulky packages land unpredictably. Tractor Supply’s final-mile chief says multiple carriers let the retailer redirect shipments when cost rises
Parcel & Last Mile
Parcel shipping demand to increase 4% during holidays, ShipMatrix says
American Shipper
Ocean line sale expands Europe logistics reach for US shippers
Parcel & Last Mile
Merchants Fleet adds 113 FleetShare vehicles in Puerto Rico
Parcel & Last Mile
