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2026 STATE OF LOGISTICS REPORT: VOLATILITY IS THE NEW NORMAL CSCMP’s annual report by Kearney and Penske pegs 2025 U.S. business logistics costs at $2.4T (7.8% of GDP) and says volatility is now a permanent operating condition as AI adoption…
ROUTING GUIDES ARE CRUMBLING AS CARRIERS PUSH MULTI-YEAR RATE HIKES Truckload contract rates set earlier this year aren’t holding, with tender rejections rising and carriers signaling double‑digit increases over the next two years amid tighter capacity and regulatory pressures. CASS…
BORDERLANDS: LAREDO SUMMIT FLOATS DRIVERLESS FREIGHT CORRIDOR, NEW CROSS-BORDER TRUCKING WORKAROUNDS At a Laredo trade summit, officials discussed a private “Green Corridors” automated freight link to Monterrey and a pilot allowing U.S. drivers to run loads into Nuevo León to…
DOT EYES CONTAINER PRE-SCREENING TO SPEED CARGO AND CUT COSTS DOT unveiled the American Supply Chain Sovereignty Initiative to pre-screen import boxes and link stakeholders via a national dashboard, aiming to reduce port dwell and lower logistics costs that ripple…
DOT WANTS TO PRE-SCREEN CONTAINERS TO SPEED SUPPLY CHAIN USDOT unveiled the American Supply Chain Sovereignty Initiative to pre-screen import containers and link logistics hubs on a national dashboard, aiming to cut dwell times and lower costs across U.S. freight…
AMAZON EXPANDS LTL SERVICE TO DELIVER TO ANY DESTINATION Shippers can now use Amazon’s LTL network for deliveries to third‑party warehouses, DCs and retail partners—an expansion of its recently opened end‑to‑end logistics services. ([truckingdive.com]()) TRUCKING STOCKS SLIDE AS AMAZON OPENS…
AMAZON OPENS FULL-SCALE LTL SHIPPING TO ALL BUSINESSES Amazon expanded its palletized less‑than‑truckload service beyond inbound-only to door-to-door nationwide, offering next-day live pickups, drop-trailer options and real-time tracking—posing fresh competition for LTL carriers and some brokers. ANALYSTS: AMAZON’S LTL MOVE…
FRONTLOADING KICKS OFF EARLY PEAK SEASON AS NEW U.S. TARIFFS LIFT ASIA–US CONTAINER RATES Importers are pulling freight forward ahead of fresh tariff deadlines, sending Trans‑Pacific rates sharply higher and hinting at an unusually early peak season that will ripple…
ARCBEST LIFTS LTL RATES 5.9% AS GENERAL RATE INCREASES COME EARLY ArcBest will implement a 5.9% GRI on June 22, about six weeks earlier than last year, signaling firmer LTL pricing as industrial indicators improve and the carrier raises Q2…
UBER FREIGHT FLAGS EARLIER PEAK AS CROSS-BORDER DEMAND TIGHTENS; PHOENIX LANDS 1.1M-SF LOGISTICS PROJECT Uber Freight’s Q2 outlook points to a faster‑than‑expected squeeze in U.S.-Mexico capacity and rising reefer rates; meanwhile, developers broke ground on a 1.14M‑square‑foot Glendale, Arizona logistics…