National Overview — Tuesday, November 11, 2025 An unseasonably cold Arctic air mass grips the eastern two-thirds of the country today. Downwind of the Great Lakes and across the central Appalachians, lake-effect and upslope snow continue with bursts of heavy snow, whiteouts, and blowing snow. Record or near-record early-season cold…
With winter arriving early for large swaths of the country on Monday, November 10, 2025, a new Senate bill is zeroing in on a headache familiar to many fleets: engines that derate or shut down in extreme cold. A report in the trade press highlighted the move as temperatures plunged…
Radiant Logistics is digging in for an extended stretch at the bottom of the cycle. Management’s message: stay selective on freight, protect yields, and keep costs tight while waiting for demand to firm. That stance reflects what many asset-light providers are seeing on the ground — a mix of steady…
FAA GROUNDS MD-11 JETS AFTER DEADLY UPS CRASH; UPS AND FEDEX FLEETS IDLED The FAA ordered all MD-11 cargo aircraft grounded after a UPS jet crashed at Louisville, killing 14, prompting UPS and FedEx to suspend MD-11 operations that account for 9% and 4% of their fleets, respectively. Investigators are…
Universal Logistics Holdings booked a large noncash write-down on its intermodal business that turned the September quarter into a loss, underscoring how weak import-driven freight and high fixed costs are pressuring drayage networks. The impairment totaled about $81 million, primarily tied to goodwill and customer-relationship intangibles in the intermodal unit,…
United Parcel Service and FedEx have temporarily stopped flying their McDonnell Douglas MD‑11 freighters while safety checks proceed in the wake of last week’s deadly UPS crash in Louisville. The pause began after Boeing urged all MD‑11 operators to suspend operations and the Federal Aviation Administration issued an emergency directive…
The Federal Aviation Administration has halted flights of all McDonnell Douglas MD-11 cargo jets in the U.S. and ordered inspections before any return to service, an emergency step taken after last week’s fatal UPS crash in Louisville. The directive effectively grounds the aging trijets until operators complete required checks and…
Retail buyers are signaling that the containerized import slowdown won’t just linger into the new year — it’s set to deepen. The latest Global Port Tracker outlook shows year-over-year declines accelerating through the first quarter of 2026, a warning shot for domestic trucking networks that depend on steady seaborne inflows…
UPS and FedEx have temporarily halted flying their McDonnell Douglas MD‑11 freighters while they conduct safety reviews in the wake of last week’s fatal UPS crash in Louisville. UPS said the pause was effective immediately and part of a contingency plan to protect service, while FedEx said it is flexing…
Tariffs are no longer an abstract policy risk on the U.S.–Mexico lane; they’re a forcing function. Industry sources in Mexico’s borderlands say the new duty landscape is pushing manufacturers to rewire supply chains around North American content, dual‑sourcing and multi‑country assembly — shifts that will favor cross‑border trucking networks built…
