IKEA is moving the brains of its home delivery network under its own roof. Ingka Group, the largest IKEA retailer, has acquired U.S.-based logistics software provider Locus to orchestrate planning, capacity, and last‑mile execution across key markets — a shift aimed at faster service, tighter control of SLAs, and lower…
Tariff policy is moving faster than freight. In the span of a few days, Washington set a 25% duty on imported medium- and heavy-duty trucks to begin November 1, Beijing tightened controls on rare earth exports, and U.S. import flows showed clear signs of pre‑tariff front‑loading giving way to a…
Kodiak AI is now a public company, a milestone that moves the long-running debate over driverless freight from prototypes and pilots to the discipline of quarterly results and customer delivery. As FreightWaves reported, the company is framing public ownership as the capital base it needs to scale its “driver-as-a-service” model…
With Washington’s new port charges on China-linked ships set to start on October 14, Chinese state carriers executed an unexpected play: rather than tack on new surcharges or change rotations, COSCO and OOCL told customers they would hold the line on pricing and service. That stance coincided with a sharp…
US containerized import demand is poised to run below seasonal norms through the remainder of 2025 — a cooling that will ripple from the marine terminals to drayage yards, transload docks and over-the-road networks. That outlook aligns with FreightWaves’ assessment of a weaker back stretch for imports and is being…
What’s happening at the IRS right now The federal government shutdown that began on October 1, 2025, has now forced the Internal Revenue Service to furlough a large share of its workforce. After operating for five business days using Inflation Reduction Act funding, the IRS initiated an agency-wide furlough on…
National Overview — Thursday, October 9, 2025 Moisture from Tropical Storm Priscilla feeds into the Southwest today, boosting the risk for slow-moving downpours and localized flash flooding. A developing coastal low along the Southeast tightens the pressure gradient, bringing onshore gusts, coastal flooding at high tide, and bands of rain…
Cox Automotive is consolidating its fleet maintenance businesses into one organization, combining roadside, mobile and managed maintenance services under a single umbrella. The move brings the company’s Fleet Services and FleetNet America operations together with the aim of giving shippers and motor carriers one point of contact, one platform and…
IKEA’s biggest franchisee, Ingka Group, has bought U.S.-based logistics software provider Locus, moving route planning and delivery orchestration under its own roof just as home delivery volumes and expectations keep rising. The Oct. 7 acquisition is aimed at tightening control over the most failure-prone stretch of fulfillment and speeding up…
New tariff moves are rippling through freight markets just as peak bid season ramps up. A fresh round of duties on imported medium- and heavy‑duty trucks, announced this week, adds another variable to equipment budgets and cross‑border routing at a moment when shippers and carriers already face volatile demand and…
