Ports and rail ramps may be running smoothly, but trucking is where the squeeze will be felt. That’s the takeaway from ITS Logistics’ latest read of U.S. gateways, highlighted by FreightWaves: with import volumes slipping, terminals have time on their side while drayage and inland carriers contend with softer demand,…
What the viral video means—and what’s changed A short video circulating on October 14, 2025, claims a truck driver from Mexico was placed out of service (OOS) in the U.S. for not speaking English. While we can’t independently verify the “first ever” label from a single clip, the scenario is…
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 — Trucking Weather Briefing National Overview A strong Pacific storm is the big driver today, delivering heavy rain to Southern California, heavy snow in the Sierra Nevada, and showers/thunderstorms spreading into the Great Basin and the Southern/Central Rockies. Along the East Coast, a coastal low is…
C.H. Robinson has rolled out a new Asset Management System inside its Drop Trailer Plus program, wiring thousands of trailers with real‑time location and status data and tying those signals directly into Navisphere, the broker’s shipper platform. The company says the upgrade knits GPS, telematics, geofencing and facility mapping into…
In trucking’s “messy middle,” where diesel realities meet net‑zero promises, fleets are turning to artificial intelligence to make practical progress. A recent FreightWaves conversation with EROAD leaders underscored how digital twins, AI safety systems and data sharing are becoming the connective tissue between sustainability targets and day‑to‑day operations. Rather than…
Port and rail ramp operations are running relatively smoothly, but import demand has thinned enough that trucking — especially drayage and inland intermodal — is set to feel the downstream pressure in the weeks ahead. That’s the core takeaway from the latest industry readout, which flags softer ocean-driven flows, tighter…
Canada Post resumed limited mail and parcel movement on Saturday, October 11, after the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) shifted from a two‑week, nationwide shutdown to rotating walkouts that start at 6 a.m. in each time zone. The change is intended to keep pressure on the Crown corporation while…
A. Duie Pyle is stepping beyond its Northeast stronghold with a new cross-border less-than-truckload service linking Mexico to the U.S., built around handoffs at Laredo and El Paso and a model that integrates Pyle’s tech with partner cross-docks. The carrier is pitching faster transits, lower claims and shipper choice on…
C.H. Robinson has rolled out an Asset Management System (AMS) inside its Drop Trailer Plus program, wiring thousands of drop trailers with real‑time location, status and inventory signals that feed directly into the company’s Navisphere platform. The upgrade is designed to shrink dwell, curb yard‑hunts and boost trailer turns by…
Canada Post employees returned to work Saturday under a rotating-strike model, ending a two‑week national shutdown but ushering in an unstable operating environment that will ripple through freight and parcel networks across Canada and the cross‑border market. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) said walkouts will rotate by location…
