National Overview — Monday, September 15, 2025 A generally quiet day for widespread rain and snow nationally. No organized excessive rainfall or heavy snow areas are highlighted today. Heat is building and expanding from the West toward the Midwest and the Ohio/Tennessee Valleys. Tropical moisture is beginning to focus over…
Spot Market Pulse: Week Ending September 1, 2025 Truckload spot pricing firmed across the board to close out the week ending September 1. National van averaged $2.08 per mile, up $0.05 week over week; flatbed climbed to $2.55, up $0.07; and reefer rose to $2.45, up $0.04. The magnitude and…
Diesel prices tick higher nationwide; West leads gains while Rockies hold flat U.S. on-highway diesel prices edged up in the latest week of September 8, 2025, with the national average rising 3.2 cents to $3.766 per gallon. Regional moves were mostly higher as well, led by the West Coast, while…
Mexico’s cross-border commerce with the United States rose about 5% year over year in July, even as shippers and brokers adjusted to Mexico’s newly implemented export requirements covering a narrow list of tariff codes. The trade uptick coincided with the rollout of Mexico’s “automatic export notice” regime, which industry sources…
Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena’s recent White House conversations with President Donald Trump included a discussion about deploying National Guard troops to U.S. cities — talks that preceded Trump’s decision to send Guard units to Memphis, according to FreightWaves’ reporting and the president’s own public remarks. On Friday, September 12,…
Canada’s postal system will see a new form of pressure from workers this week: the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) says it will end its nationwide overtime ban and, beginning Monday, September 15 at 12:01 a.m. local time, stop delivering Neighbourhood Mail — the unaddressed flyers many retailers use…
U.S. freight brokers are mounting a fresh push for Congress to adopt a national standard for vetting motor carriers, backing new legislation introduced this week that would establish a uniform “safety fitness” baseline for shippers and intermediaries. The House bill, filed on September 11, 2025, by Rep. Pete Stauber (R‑Minn.),…
Nikola Corp. has reached an agreement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over how to treat roughly $83 million remaining from the electric truck maker’s 2021 civil penalty, clearing a key hurdle as the company’s Chapter 11 liquidation plan moves forward in Delaware. The settlement, disclosed around plan confirmation…
Washington — A new House proposal would permanently exempt trucks hauling live animals from federal hours-of-service and electronic logging device requirements, opening a fresh battle line between agricultural shippers seeking flexibility and safety advocates warning of heightened fatigue risk on U.S. highways. The Hauling Exemptions for Livestock Protection Act —…
DHL Express has struck a strategic deal with Singapore Post (SingPost) to make international shipping easier and cleaner for consumers and small businesses across the city-state, adding DHL services to every post office and enabling daily parcel drop-offs without extra fees. The rollout follows a 14-outlet pilot that began in…
