CSX’s third quarter landed slightly better than Wall Street expected on adjusted earnings, even as revenue edged 1% lower year over year. The Jacksonville-based railroad said adjusted EPS was $0.44 on $3.59 billion of revenue, with intermodal growth and firmer merchandise pricing helping counter softer export coal. New CEO Steve…
CSX’s third-quarter results landed with a thud on headline profit, but the underlying freight mix tells a different story for surface shippers. The railroad posted $694 million in net earnings on $3.59 billion of revenue as a non-cash goodwill impairment and other costs weighed on GAAP results. Excluding those items,…
What changed at the federal level for 2026 The IRS has released its annual inflation adjustments for tax year 2026, including new bracket thresholds and a higher standard deduction. The seven-rate structure (10%, 12%, 22%, 24%, 32%, 35% and 37%) remains in place. For single filers, the 12% bracket now…
Friday, October 17, 2025 — National Trucking Weather Overview A frontal boundary from the Mid-South into the Great Lakes will drive areas of showers and thunderstorms today, while much of the East stays cool and dry with pockets of early frost/freeze inland. Light high-elevation snow develops late day across parts…
J.B. Hunt Transport Services posted a better-than-expected third quarter, a result the carrier credited to an aggressive push to strip out structural costs while keeping service tight. On October 15, the company reported diluted EPS of $1.76 on $3.05 billion of revenue — up 18% year over year on earnings…
Border carriers in and around Laredo say the cross‑border workforce has entered a new, more fragile phase. A federal pause on new work visas for foreign commercial drivers, stepped‑up ICE enforcement, and tougher English‑language checks are converging at the busiest U.S. inland port — prompting aggressive driver recruiting, higher turnover…
A fresh push on Capitol Hill would upend how the federal government polices truck emissions hardware and software. On October 15, Sen. Cynthia Lummis introduced the Diesel Truck Liberation Act, a measure that would bar the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing requirements tied to emissions control devices and onboard diagnostics…
NEW ENGLISH EXAMS SIDELINE 6,000 TRUCKERS, TESTING SUPPLY CHAINS AND SPARKING BIAS CONCERNS Since June, stepped-up roadside English-proficiency enforcement has put about 6,000 drivers out of service; critics call the tests subjective and warn of labor shortages, while DOT says the policy improves safety. U.S. WITHHOLDS $40.6M FROM CALIFORNIA OVER…
FreightWaves’ analysis of Triumph’s payments, factoring and wallet data points to an owner-operator cohort that continues to adapt through the long downcycle, using faster access to cash and tighter cost discipline to stay in the game rather than exit en masse. The breadth of Triumph’s network data gives a rare,…
Australia Post is committing roughly US$320 million (A$500 million) to a next‑generation parcel “super‑hub” at Elizabeth in Adelaide’s north — a move that will reset South Australia’s e‑commerce linehaul and last‑mile map by the decade’s end. The 83,000-square‑meter site sits on the former Holden manufacturing grounds and is designed to…
