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In this edition: Pharma world catches a short-term break, and frozen pizza combos get a trend forecast.

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Container traffic at the busiest U.S. import gateway is expected to drop by 10% in the second half of the year.

Truck transportation jobs in March rose by the largest amount since the start of 2022.

China is retaliating against President Trump’s reciprocal tariffs with 34% duties on U.S. imports.

A partnership of BNSF, Norfolk Southern and the Northwest Seaport Alliance are offering expedited service from the Pacific Northwest to the Chicago rail hub.

The Trump administration is ratcheting up regulation of e-commerce shipments from China by removing a pathway for duty-free, expedited entry that critics say has been exploited by drug gangs and counterfeiters to smuggle illegal products into the U.S.

Independent owner-operator pay rose in 2024 but not by a lot, according to the president of ATBS.

Illinois-based LTI Trucking Services notified its 250 drivers Wednesday that the company was closing immediately.

Nationwide truckload carrier C.R. England recently announced it has chosen safety and telematics provider Lytx to equip its 3,500-truck fleet with driver-facing cameras.

Trump eases pain on trucking and rail by excluding from reciprocal tariffs goods that comply with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

Supply chain visibility topped a relevancy survey of logistics providers by shipping giant Maersk, while AI brought up the bottom of the list.

Inside the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? newsletter: the industry reacts to Liberation Day tariffs

Investors have responded to the revelation, disclosed in a late Wednesday 8-K filing, with Landstar’s stock taking a hit over the past 24 hours.

Stellantis said on Thursday it paused production at assembly plants in Canada and Mexico and temporarily laid off 900 U.S. employees.

Railroad stocks dropped after President Trump’s announcement Wednesday of tariffs on U.S. trading partners.

FreightWaves sat down with Ventagium’s founder, Arturo Torres Arpi, to explore barriers preventing companies from embracing data-driven strategies and solutions that can drive operational excellence.

Retail sales are forecast to total as much as $5.48 trillion in 2025, according to a new forecast by the National Retail Federation.

Ten-year Treasury yields fell below 4% in a classic flight to safety.

While businesses continue to play a role in setting trends, consumers are now the driving force behind product demand.

Turvo said Thursday that SMC3’s less-than-truckload freight management tools can now be accessed through its TMS.

Weekly U.S. rail carloads surged to the strongest year-on-year improvement in nearly three months.

The U.S. Senate adopted a resolution to repeal the emergency declaration that allowed President Donald Trump to place tariffs on Canada.

Choosing the right TMS platform is not just a matter of convenience; it’s a strategic decision that can significantly impact a trucking company’s bottom line.

Tariffs that President Trump announced Wednesday will vary, but he said that as a starting point, new levies on imports from many nations will equal half what those nations charge on exports from the U.S.

BNSF’s group vice president for industrial products has been named chief executive of shortline rail operator OmniTRAX.

Proficient Auto Logistics has acquired a Pennsylvania auto hauler.

Truckers are getting a new opportunity to tell the Trump administration what regulations are hurting their business.

Vertical Cold Storage has acquired Arctic Logistics and its warehouse serving the Detroit-Ontario, Canada, region.

Haley Evans, senior vice president of client delivery for TriumphPay, sat down with FreightWaves’ Timothy Dooner on the What the Truck?!? Podcast to discuss what kinds of automation and simplification TriumphPay is using to further expand the limits of payment optimization.

Now on demand Dooner is joined by Bissinger’s Dan Abel Jr.; XPO’s Alyssa Briggs

President Donald Trump is expected to announce on Wednesday afternoon massive tariffs against every major U.S. trading partner.

CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific Kansas City (NYSE: CP) and the Lanco Group/Mi-Jack have sold the Panama Canal Railway to APM Terminals, a global terminal operator and an independent division of A.P. Moller-Maersk (XCSE: MAERSKa). The 47.6-mile railway provides ocean-to-ocean freight and passenger services along the Panama Canal and has been a 50/50 joint venture […]

The difficulty in comparing “hard” versus “soft” data is that sentiment influences decisions that will eventually bear out in the hard data.

A truck driver has won a victory at the U.S. Supreme Court in a case that traces back to a failed marijuana test.

Rapid policy decisions are transforming freight flows.

Railroads in January saw their share of North American transborder trade slip as trucks posted double-digit gains.

Ocean carrier CMA CGM continues to invest in air cargo. The latest moves include the acquisition of troubled Air Belgium and its logistics subsidiary launching a China-U.S. air charter service.

With an international intermodal surge winding down, analyst Larry Gross pins his hopes on domestic intermodal share gains.

Class 1 railroads saw mixed results in Q4 of 2024, but consultant Oliver Wyman sees a steadier year ahead.

The freight and transportation industry saw another big round of layoffs at the end of the first-quarter.

Cold storage facility operator Lineage has acquired Bellingham Cold Storage and its three warehouses.

Consumers want fresh fruits and vegetables year-round. Grupo Mas and Cimcorp are seeking to address the challenges that demand places on the supply chain.

Reflecting the tariff pull-forward, rail intermodal takes share from truckload.

Trans-Pacific container rates to the United States were narrowly mixed in the latest Freightos index.

In this edition: Planning for possibly significant supply chain disruption with tariffs on 15 countries, and manufacturers are getting creative with ways to mitigate the impacts of tariffs.

BlackRock Chairman Larry Fink says container shipping infrastructure is as critical to the future global economy as data centers and power grids.

Coinciding with $400 million funding rumors, Agility Robotics has announced a series of enhancements to its flagship humanoid robot, Digit.

A supply chain sentiment survey logged its third-fastest rate of decline during March, with transportation datasets seeing further cooling.

The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors has expressed concerns over President Donald Trump’s impending tariffs – set to go into effect on Wednesday.

Businesses would be required to treat truck drivers like their own employees when it comes to bathroom facilities if Congress can get a law passed.

The operators of a tanker that the U.S. military contracted to haul jet fuel are suing a subsidiary of the owners of a shipping company whose container ship struck the tanker in March.

The Trump administration is considering imposing a 20% universal tariff on almost all goods imported into the U.S.

Why More Trucks Won’t Fix the Problem – And Could Actually Wreck the Spot Market A new bill just dropped in Washington – the Strengthening Supply Chains Through Truck Driver Incentives Act – and it’s being pitched as a solution to fix the “driver shortage,” unclog the supply chain and lower costs for American families. […]

The benchmark diesel price used for most fuel surcharges rose Monday for the second consecutive week.

Federal trucking regulators have declined to investigate whether truck trailers built without side guards should be deemed unsafe.

A UPS modernization project will require its Portland, Oregon, package hub to temporarily close for more than a year, putting some jobs at risk.

Representatives of ocean carriers and shipbuilding interests testified at a hearing on proposed port fees on Chinese ships.

Details around final distributions to Yellow Corp.’s creditors are out, but the company’s largest shareholder may not be on board.

Gulf Coast ports’ February cargo volumes declined in Houston but rose in New Orleans and Corpus Christi, Texas.

Now on demand on WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is joined by Elizabeth Simpkins; Charles Bowles; Ben Tschirgi

Germany’s DHL Group is acquiring U.S.-based CryoPDP to boost its health care logistics business.

Jonathan Salama, co-founder and CEO of Transfix, emphasized during a conversation with FreightWaves the two primary challenges facing brokers today: securing more freight and maintaining strong margins.

A new Senate resolution calls for Congress to ensure the Trump administration doesn’t make any drastic changes to the U.S. Postal Service.

For small and midsized shippers and brokers, the best LTL rates often require buying power that’s out of reach. By equipping the supply chain with an easy-to-use, integration-friendly TMS and freight marketplace, Logistically is making it easier for shipping operations of all sizes to compete.

This week in Borderlands: Apparel maker eyes Dominican Republic to save on tariffs; Mexico’s exports to US fell 2.9% in February; Texas city tightens parking restrictions on tractor-trailers; and Border agents seize almost $24M in drugs at Texas port of entry.

Until recently, surface transportation demand in total was relatively flat with shippers utilizing the rails more frequently. Annual intermodal growth has stabilized, with truckload demand eroding beyond the modal shift offset.

Now on demand Dooner and Reed Loustalot are coming to you live from the Mid-America Trucking Show

In the March State of Freight webinar, Craig Fuller and Zach Strickland talked about a freight market on the verge of auto tariffs.

Wallenius Wilhelmsen announced a contract renewal and extension that combined are worth more than $2 billion.

A new tool for calculating import fees for international online orders aims to differentiate UPS from other parcel carriers.

Regulators in China will review the sale of port operations linked to the Panama Canal to a consortium led by a U.S. investor.

Federal transportation officials at the Mid-America Trucking Show discussed a deregulatory approach that aligns with the Trump administration’s policy of eliminating 10 regulations for every new one introduced.

Canada’s WestJet is backing out of the cargo business after two years because of a difficult competitive environment.

For years, the narrative around freight brokerage technology has centered on automation freeing up employees to focus on relationship-building and high-level tasks. But what does that mean in practice?

Trevor Milton, founder and former executive chairman and CEO of Nikola Corp., was issued a full pardon by President Trump.

Aurora Innovation recently released its Driverless Safety Report, laying out its road map for deploying its self-driving trucks on public highways.

Truck drivers will benefit from thousands of dollars in tax cuts and incentives if Congress can pass the latest versions of previous bills.

Union Pacific is partnering with Jaguar Transport Holdings to establish a new shortline railroad in Kansas City, Missouri’s West Bottoms industrial district.

A Henderson, Texas, business owner has filed bankruptcy for three businesses, including a trucking company.

For a fourth straight week, U.S. rail traffic has recorded an increase of more than 5% over the same week a year earlier. Statistics from the Association of American Railroads for the week ending March 22 show total traffic was 496,214 carloads and intermodal units, a 5.5% increase over the same week in 2024. That […]

Recent data from ACT Research’s March For-Hire Trucking Index showed fleet purchasing intentions at 35% compared to a historical average of 56% for February.

In this edition: The Fridge Act debuts in Congress, a hockey puck aims to tackle cargo theft, and peanut butter cones at your fingertips.

Canada’s largest railroads see mixed progress at the country’s busiest container gateway.

Moody’s has affirmed its speculative debt rating for Orbcomm, a provider of ELDs and Internet of Things applications.

President Trump is threatening higher tariffs on Canada and the European Union if they work together to retaliate in response to U.S. tariffs.

Roughly 1,400 U.S. and Canadian steelworkers have been laid off due to tariffs, company officials said.

President Trump said he will impose 25% duties on vehicles and certain parts assembled outside the country, including American brands.

In this Small Fleet & Owner-Operator Summit keynote address, Adam Wingfield, founder of Innovative Logistics Group, talks about what makes a successful fleet and what to consider when navigating volatile freight markets.

Susquehanna Financial Group lowered its earnings forecasts for the truckload, intermodal and logistics companies it follows.

Trucking interests are weighing in on their priorities as Congress begins planning the next highway bill.

An internal memo at liquid bulk hauler MC Tank Transport shows the company has been sold to Kenan Advantage Group.

BNSF Railway said customers invested $4.2 billion in industrial projects on its network in 2024.

FedEx is simplifying returns for merchants and consumers with a new tech-enabled service that doesn’t require a box or shipping label.

Trust between carriers and freight brokers is paramount. Truckstop is on the front lines helping to enhance these relationships.

The Port of Savannah, Georgia, marked the busiest February on record with volume of almost a half-million TEUs.

Uncertainty over President Trump’s plans for more tariffs punctuated a week that saw trans-Pacific container rates fall more than 20% below 2024 lows.

As marijuana usage becomes more culturally accepted and legalized across the U.S., the trucking industry faces new challenges—particularly around driver retention. Navigating the complex relationship between state-level legalization, federal regulations, and Department of Transportation (DOT) policies is proving to be a critical issue for carriers and drivers alike. In this white paper, we break down […]

A week after a tractor-trailer crash killed five people on Interstate 35 in Austin, Texas, a survivor of the 19-vehicle wreck has sued the transportation companies and truck driver involved.

Traders and brokers are seizing on arbitrage opportunities.