National Overview Thursday, September 25, 2025 — A cold front is pushing showers and thunderstorms from the Gulf Coast into the Mid-Atlantic and New England, with pockets of heavy rain capable of urban and poor‑drainage flooding. The Atlantic basin remains active: Hurricane Gabrielle is well east of the U.S., and…
AI in freight tech is shifting from pilots to production, and the battleground is no longer model choice—it’s workflow design. For carriers, brokers, and shippers, the practical question is how to stitch AI into the day-to-day: quoting and tendering, appointment setting, track-and-trace, exception management, and payables. The goal isn’t a…
Regulators are widening the spotlight on sham freight brokerages—those that play shell games with identities, payments and paperwork—by pairing policy work with a newly upgraded channel for complaints. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Sept. 24 opened the first phase of a modernization to its National Consumer Complaint Database,…
The National Transportation Safety Board is pressing federal regulators to require driver-monitoring technology in heavy trucks, arguing that tools capable of detecting distraction, drowsiness or impairment should be standard across commercial fleets, according to new reporting from FreightWaves. The call seeks to move the industry beyond voluntary adoption toward a…
ATA SAYS AUGUST TRUCK FREIGHT TONNAGE HITS HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE DECEMBER 2023 ATA’s For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose in August, marking back-to-back monthly gains even as economists warn of downside risk from tariff and housing headwinds. The report offers cautious optimism heading into Q4. NHTSA PROBES RIVIAN DELIVERY VANS OVER…
Introduction As of September 22, 2025, U.S. spot markets are navigating the seasonal transition into Q4 with a mix of softer month-over-month volumes and sharply tighter year-over-year capacity. National load postings fell 2.1% week over week and 13.0% month over month, while truck postings also eased 2.5% WoW and 1.9%…
Echo Global Logistics has planted a flag in Monterrey, adding on-the-ground capability in northern Mexico to support shippers riding the nearshoring wave. The move expands Echo’s Mexico footprint alongside its Mexico City division hub and Laredo, Texas operations, with industry veteran Troy Ryley steering the Mexico business. For carriers, the…
Gatik and Loblaw have moved from proving ground to scale-up, inking a five-year expansion that will put 50 autonomous, cold‑chain‑capable box trucks into Loblaw’s Greater Toronto Area distribution network by the end of 2026. The rollout starts with 20 vehicles this year and another 30 next year, and comes alongside…
With the U.S. set to begin phasing in new fees on Chinese-linked vessels on October 14, Maersk told customers it will not add a surcharge or alter service plans — even as major shipowner Seaspan moves to reflag roughly 100 ships, a sign that owners are reshuffling compliance risk ahead…
What’s actually new about X‑ray inspections? A fresh round of headlines has truckers asking if roadside X‑ray scans are coming to every weigh station. Not quite. The latest concrete move came north of the border: Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation (MTO) said this week it is rolling out X‑ray units to…
