Wednesday, October 15, 2025 — Nationwide Trucking Weather Briefing A large western trough is pushing east today. Expect valley rain and heavy mountain snow from California into the Great Basin, with showers and thunderstorms spreading from the central and southern Rockies into the central Plains and toward the Upper Midwest/Great…
Between Oct. 2 and Oct. 10, five transportation companies sought Chapter 11 protection — a burst of filings that compressed into less than two weeks, according to a review highlighted by FreightWaves. The wave spans multiple regions and business models, underscoring how tighter credit and persistent cost pressure continue to…
Canada Post has begun the slow process of powering its network back up after a two-week shutdown, switching to rolling strikes that keep parts of the system moving while others pause. The phased restart is aimed at clearing trapped volumes and restoring basic service, but on-time guarantees remain suspended and…
Less-than-truckload carriers just notched a new high in third-quarter pricing, even as freight demand stayed lackluster. The latest AFS/TD Cowen index readings behind today’s report point to disciplined yield management — not volume — as the engine of LTL revenue in 2025. For shippers, it means the cost of moving…
C.H. ROBINSON UNVEILS AI SYSTEM TO MANAGE DROP TRAILER FLEET The 3PL launched an AI-powered Asset Management System that fuses GPS, telematics and operational data to boost visibility and utilization across one of the nation’s largest drop-trailer networks. MAERSK OPENS DALLAS-AREA FACILITY, TARGETS TL/LTL GROWTH Maersk Ground Freight opened a…
Introduction The latest USDOT registration data for the week of October 6–12, 2025 shows a modest step down in total new filings, with a sharper pullback among motor carriers offset by pockets of growth in broker and “other” registrations. Midweek activity dominated, Texas and California led state-level additions most days,…
C.H. Robinson has rolled out an Asset Management System (AMS) inside its Drop Trailer Plus program, wiring thousands of trailers with real‑time telemetry and feeding that data into its Navisphere platform to sharpen decisions on pool size, placement and turns. The move, first reported in trade outlets this week, aims…
Trucking’s digital transformation is no longer theoretical. On one front, fleets are using AI to squeeze waste out of today’s diesel operations; on another, they’re modeling when and where cleaner propulsion pencils out. That dual-track strategy—what industry leaders have called the “messy middle”—is increasingly pragmatic, not hype. Recent guidance from…
Truckload and drayage carriers are staring at a softer-than-normal peak season at U.S. ports and inland rail ramps. The cooling pulse of containerized freight is arriving just as a new layer of geopolitical and regulatory risk lands on ocean trades—factors that could further dilute volumes available to trucking in the…
C.H. Robinson has rolled out an Asset Management System (AMS) inside its Drop Trailer Plus program that aims to end the guesswork around where trailers are, how long they’ve been idle and when they’ll be available again. The technology—announced on October 13 and now live across Robinson’s trailer pool with…