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Trade and Compliance
Canada’s Purolator buys Livingston to boost cross-border trade capacity

Trade and Compliance
US Postal Service begins accepting parcels from China again

Air Cargo
United Airlines leverages small freighter for Puerto Rico pharma exports
Maritime
Global Supply Chain
Tariffs loom over freight market, may shift supply chains, SONAR experts say
SONAR market experts say Trump’s tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico might have spurred shippers to “pull forward” orders and rethink their supply chains.

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ILA sets wage review as longshore contract nears ratification vote
Container News
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Hapag-Lloyd 2024 profit navigates disruptions
Container operator Hapag-Lloyd said preliminary results for fiscal year 2024 were improved over the previous year.

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ONE container alliance swings to profit in Q3

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Maersk wins China cargo relay extension
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Technology
Freightmate Ai raises $5M, highlights need for flexible freight forwarding tech
“We’re partnering with over three times the number of freight forwarders that we [anticipated] by this time,” said Bryan Lacaillade, co-founder and CEO of Freightmate Ai.
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Trade and Compliance
US Postal Service places embargo on parcels from China
The U.S. Postal Service has stopped accepting parcels from China and Hong Kong.
Air Cargo
Air cargo industry jolted by Trump tariffs on Chinese e-commerce
The cross-border e-commerce logistics ecosystem, including cargo airlines, is bracing for a downturn in business after the U.S. moved to ban low-value Chinese imports from qualifying for zero duties.
American Shipper
Port of Baltimore claims a first with battery-electric railcar mover
The Port of Baltimore has deployed an electric railcar mover it says is a first for the U.S. maritime industry.
Logistics/Supply Chains
Accelerated Global Solutions buys share of Malaysian logistics firm KGW
U.S.-based Accelerated Global Solutions, a sister company of parcel courier SpeedX, is beefing up its trans-Pacific ocean logistics capability by investing in Malaysia’s KGW Logistics.
American Shipper
Texas Gulf Coast ports see year-over-year gains in freight volumes
Ports in Houston and Corpus Christi, Texas, reported increased year-over-year cargo movements in 2024 versus 2023.
American Shipper
Asia-US ocean rates trend lower but Trump tariff threats shadow trade
Trans-Pacific container rates eased in the most recent week as Chinese manufacturing and logistics activity wound down for the Lunar New Year holiday, which began Wednesday. Asia-U.S. West Coast ocean rates fell 7% to $4,938 per forty-foot equivalent unit for the week ending Jan. 24, according to the Freightos Baltic Dry Index. Asia-U.S. East Coast […]
Trade Compliance
Business
Making sense of Trump’s new trade war
Border security is just as important to Trump as trade imbalances.

WHAT THE TRUCK?!?
Mexico tariffs see their shadow: Delayed; are load boards listening to truckers? | WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

Trade and Compliance
White House moves to exclude Chinese e-commerce from duty-free import

Bring It Home
Automation leader says reshoring ‘a matter of national security’
Infrastructure
Regulatory Agencies
DOT nominee Duffy vows to prioritize rebuilding I-40
President-elect Trump’s pick for transportation secretary gave Senate lawmakers a list of assurances and commitments he plans to carry out if he is confirmed.

Truck Driver Issues
ATRI: Road congestion cost trucking $108.8B in 2022
Shipping + Maritime
News
US cross-border freight stalled in November
The dollar value of cross-border freight moving between the United States, Canada and Mexico in November was unchanged from the previous year.

American Shipper
Los Angeles, the busiest US container port, plans even bigger future
Shipper's Perspective
Sponsored Insights
Delta Cargo’s DeliverDirect offers ‘e-commerce delivery at the speed of flight’
DeliverDirect serves various industries, including retail, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and related sectors.

Shippers Perspective
What it takes to streamline shipping operations and control costs
Air Cargo
Company Earnings
UPS slashing Amazon volume by 50% in push for profitability
UPS said it will cut the volumes it handles for Amazon by 50% over the next two years to boost profitability.

Air Cargo
Trump telework reversal undermines aviation security, ex-TSA official says

Air Cargo
Israel’s Challenge Group prepares to fly all-new 777 converted freighter
Fuel
News
Benchmark diesel up a tiny bit; futures markets on tariff-driven wild ride
The benchmark diesel price used for most fuel surcharges was up a small amount as oil futures went on a wild ride.

Truck Driver Issues
Love’s in California: Gauging impact of Advanced Clean Fleets rule demise

Fuel News
Benchmark diesel price up for third week as oil futures markets soar again
Rail
News
CSX reopens part of hurricane-damaged rail line to world’s top quartz supplier
CSX has reopened part of its Clinchfield Railroad through western North Carolina that was damaged by Hurricane Helene in September 2024.
Railroad
Tariff threat hits CPKC with cross-border trade disruption
How bad can it get for cross-border?
Railroad
British investor buys Pennsylvania shortline railroad
British infrastructure investor Ancala and Arkadia Rail Partners have teamed up to purchase Lehigh Valley Rail Management.
Top Stories
CN profits dip after fourth-quarter port and weather disruptions
Profits and revenue fell at Canadian National amid port work stoppages and extreme cold.
Trucking
Takeaways from State of Freight: Volatility in Washington, intermodal surge
In the first State of Freight webinar for the year, intermodal and politics were on the agenda.
Top Stories
CPKC sees higher Q4 profits, forecasts continued growth despite trade concerns
CPKC delivers on 2024 guidance of double-digit earnings growth, despite economic uncertainties and tariff threats.
News
Norfolk Southern poised for opportunistic growth in 2025
Norfolk Southern COO John Orr has the railroad running tighter and faster.
Railroad
First look: CPKC Q4 earnings improve
Canadian Pacific Kansas City said fourth-quarter revenues increased to $3.9 billion from $3.8 billion a year ago, as diluted earnings per share increased to $1.28 from $1.10 in the same quarter in 2023. The Calgary, Alberta-based company (NASDAQ: CP) said after markets closed that its operating ratio decreased by 210 basis points to 59.7% from […]
News
Norfolk Southern touts operational, service and financial improvement
Operational and other improvements helped Norfolk Southern meet or exceed financial targets it set amid last year’s nasty proxy battle with activist investor Ancora Holdings.
News
East Palestine, Norfolk Southern reach $22M settlement over derailment
A settlement has been reached between Norfolk Southern and East Palestine, Ohio, after a 2023 derailment left hazardous waste and more behind.
FreightWaves News
Legal issues
New Jersey trucking company owner charged in $4.6M overbilling scheme
A New Jersey man is the third person charged in a multimillion-dollar conspiracy to overbill home goods company Williams-Sonoma and another business for trucking services.

Less than Truckload (LTL)
XPO shares up on strong Q4 financial performance

Company Earnings
In a weak quarter for brokerages, RXO’s stock price takes a pounding after earnings

Business
TRC Cos. surpasses $2B milestone in clean transportation funding

Trucking
Senators seek answers from Ford about Jack Cooper contract cancellation

Less than Truckload (LTL)
Old Dominion poised to take share when market turns

Company Earnings
EBITDA loss at Uber Freight widens, as revenue down from 2023 and Q3

WHAT THE TRUCK?!?
Trump and trade: Method to the madness?; moving the world’s largest trainset | WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

Trucking
Border seizures of fentanyl, drug central to tariff war, fell in FY 2024

Legal issues
Iowa trucker accused of attempted murder in I-80 road rage shooting

Trucking