Wyoming currently sits atop a new ranking of states with the highest per‑capita death rates in crashes involving large trucks, underscoring the hazards of long rural stretches, volatile weather and work‑zone chokepoints across I‑80. The analysis, drawn from federal data and highlighted by FreightWaves, places Wyoming at No. 1 for…
ArcBest used its Sept. 29 Investor Day in New York to detail how it intends to roughly double earnings by 2028, framing a plan that leans on less‑than‑truckload density, targeted technology deployments on the dock and in the cab, and deeper wallet share from long‑tenured accounts. The company cast the…
CSX has removed Joe Hinrichs as chief executive and installed veteran industrial executive Steve Angel, a move the Jacksonville-based railroad announced on September 29 after weeks of investor agitation and rising merger speculation across the rail sector. Hinrichs resigned effective September 27; Angel became president and CEO on September 28…
FedEx and UPS are entering peak with a familiar playbook: seasonal “demand” charges layered on top of base rates for bulky, awkward and high‑volume residential parcels. The difference this year is the level of shipper scrutiny. With margins under pressure and alternatives more viable than ever, many brands are openly…
What’s happening at the new “Truckers Paradise” All American Truckers Paradise — the sprawling truck stop created out of a former outlet mall off I‑35 in Gainesville, Texas — opened earlier this summer with big promises: free parking, mobile fueling and wash, and a plan to build a destination hub…
National Overview — Tuesday, September 30, 2025 Most inland corridors run quiet today with late‑season warmth from the Plains into the Midwest. The primary impacts focus along the Southeast and Mid‑Atlantic coast where two offshore Atlantic tropical systems are sending rough surf, coastal flooding around high tide, gusty squalls, and…
Rose Rocket is bolting an “email-native” layer onto its transportation platform, acquiring a company whose software reads freight emails and turns them into structured records inside the TMS. The deal aims to solve a stubborn, everyday bottleneck for brokers and carriers: quoting, tenders, status updates and paperwork that arrive by…
ArcBest used its Sept. 29 Investor Day in New York to spell out an earnings roadmap that would roughly double profit by 2028, anchored by a consolidated non-GAAP EPS target of $12 to $15, an 87%–90% non-GAAP operating ratio in its asset-based LTL unit, $40–$70 million in non-GAAP operating income…
FEDEX’S 2025 PEAK SURCHARGES KICK IN TODAY, WITH HIGHER FEES FOR OVERSIZE AND ADDITIONAL HANDLING FedEx’s Additional Handling, Oversize and Unauthorized Package surcharges begin Sept. 29, with amounts escalating around the late‑November to late‑December peak and running through Jan. 18, 2026, impacting shippers of bulky parcels and residential deliveries. FMCSA…
Truck drivers using a federal listening forum delivered a simple message: improve compensation and working conditions before asking for longer days. That sentiment lands just as regulators moved in the opposite direction on workforce size, unveiling emergency restrictions on who can hold a non‑domiciled commercial driver’s license — a change…
