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TDTrucking Dive TTTransport TopicsAug 27, 2026Walmart exec Jane Ewing takes Nike CCO post
Nike said it hired Jane Ewing from Walmart to become the sportswear company’s chief commercial officer.
Read at Transport TopicsTTTransport TopicsAug 27, 2026Walmart exec Jane Ewing takes Nike CCO post
Nike said it hired Jane Ewing from Walmart to become the sportswear company’s chief commercial officer.
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FWFreightWavesAug 27, 2026FMCSA, New York ready to rumble over non-domiciled CDL rules
The state of New York and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration are headed toward oral arguments at the end of next month in their legal battle over…
Read at FreightWavesTDTrucking DiveAug 27, 2026‘A real foothold in the Southeast’: Behnke Dedicated & Logistics buys AG Freight
The Michigan-based 3PL s CEO said the purchase of a truckload, LTL and drayage service provider expands the company s market reach, giving access to a…
Read at Trucking DiveTTTransport TopicsATA: Military shipment awards may violate department policy
American Trucking Associations is warning the Trump administration about possible weaknesses in the oversight of military freight transportation.
Read at Transport TopicsFWFreightWavesFMCSA, New York ready to rumble over non-domiciled CDL rules
The state of New York and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration are headed toward oral arguments at the end of next month in their legal battle over…
Read at FreightWavesTTTransport TopicsMaine, Alaska net relief as Canada drops fish tariffs
Canada canceled planned tariffs on about C$1.1 billion of American fish and seafood products, a break for Maine and Alaska, both major fish exporters.
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Averitt expands logistics network with Jackson, Mississippi, facility
Less-than-truckload carrier Averitt said Thursday it has opened a 100,000-square-foot distribution and fulfillment facility in Jackson, Mississippi. The…
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FMCSA tests giving truckers power to pause 14-hour clock
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is moving ahead with two programs that could eventually give truck drivers more flexibility in how they…
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FedEx to invest $150M for air cargo terminal in Delhi
FedEx Corp. on Thursday made its second major commitment this year for air freight expansion in India, saying it will spend $150 million to equip a dedicated…
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$100M Acquisition: How Descartes & Tai Boost Broker Efficiency
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Cab Clutter Can Cost Fleets Millions
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Tender Rejections at 13.5%: Is Freight Bottoming?
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Cargo Theft Changed: Fewer Loads, Higher-Dollar Targets
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Drewry index edges lower on decline in trans-Pacific rates
The Drewry World Container Index (WCI), a widely followed benchmark for global container freight rates, fell 1% this week to $4,473 per forty-foot container.…
Read at FreightWavesTTTransport TopicsTrump cuts tariffs on ground beef products to lower prices
Lean beef trimmings will be temporarily exempted from a higher tariff rate if they exceed a pre-set quota. The duty relief will last for 90 days, and is…
Read at Transport TopicsTTTransport TopicsCanada adds 50% tariffs to U.S. copper wire, wood charcoal
Other new items facing a 50% levy include certain glass containers, printed pictures and plaster tiles from the U.S.
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700 pounds of meth hidden in cucumber load leads to 15-year prison sentences
Two men will spend 15 years in federal prison after agents found more than 700 pounds of methamphetamine. Traffickers hid the drugs inside a tractor-trailer…
Read at FreightWavesTTTransport TopicsU.S. goods-trade deficit widens to largest since March 2025
Merchandise imports climbed 3.7%. The advance was fueled by the largest increase in capital goods — a category that includes computers and accessories,…
Read at Transport TopicsTTTransport TopicsOil prices steady on Iran-Oman talks over Hormuz
Oil prices are steady as talks between Iran and Oman on increasing energy flows in the Strait of Hormuz helped ease prices this week. Brent crude, the…
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Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern defend rail merger application as STB review advances
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern said Thursday that their proposed combination has met the Surface Transportation Board’s threshold requirements, urging…
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“This May Not Be the Right Time to Jump Into the Small Carrier Market.” Two Top Transportation Attorneys on Whether the Small Carrier Has a Future.
There is a question hanging over the small carrier world right now, and two of the most knowledgeable transportation attorneys in the country did not flinch…
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AMD lands Kodiak, a first in autonomous truck compute
AMD EPYC processors will power Kodiak AI’s seventh-generation autonomous truck platform, the two companies announced Wednesday. Kodiak ( Nasdaq: KDK ) is the…
Read at FreightWavesTTTransport TopicsU.S. looks to Canada for oil, aluminum and pickup trucks
The two economies remain intertwined, and much could be at stake if Trump’s trade war reaches more of the energy, materials and supply chains that the U.S.…
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Freight bankruptcies pile up as carriers, logistics firms seek court protection
Why it matters: The latest bankruptcy filings show financial pressure continuing to work through the freight economy, with both small carriers and larger…
Read at FreightWavesTTTransport TopicsReopening Hormuz shifts to top of U.S. goals in Iran war
As the shape of the war has morphed over the past half year, so, too, have the goals. One of the prime goals now — reopening the Strait of Hormuz — was not one…
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DP World reportedly shutting down SeaRates digital freight platform
Port terminal operator DP World is discontinuing SeaRates, its standalone digital logistics platform, according to a published report. A LinkedIn post by…
Read at FreightWavesTDTrucking Dive‘A real foothold in the Southeast’: Behnke Dedicated & Logistics buys AG Freight
The Michigan-based 3PL s CEO said the purchase of a truckload, LTL and drayage service provider expands the company s market reach, giving access to a…
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APM Terminals to add 96 Orange EV yard trucks in New Jersey
The addition follows a recent expansion of the electric equipment at APM Terminals Los Angeles port.
Read at Trucking DiveTTTransport TopicsHormuz oil flows rising as Middle East producers ramp up
About 6 million to 8 million barrels a day of crude are now being shipped through the world’s key oil chokepoint, according to estimates from oil traders…
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Gofo parcel network quickly mushrooms in 2026
Parcel delivery startup Gofo has doubled the capacity of its Dallas processing center after moving into a new building and installing automated sortation…
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Arrive Logistics plans 1,000 hires after Mubadala majority investment
Arrive Logistics plans to accelerate hiring, technology investment and expansion into additional freight services after Mubadala Capital agreed to acquire a…
Read at FreightWavesTTTransport TopicsU.S. disputes Canada’s account of heavy-truck tariff talks
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said he was clear that medium- and heavy-duty trucks would be excluded from tariff relief, as officials sparred over…
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DeepFabric lands Kenco as It scales supply chain agents
In the enterprise AI agent space, there’s a common problem: a gulf in outcomes between the first agent demo and the invoice that follows a successful…
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Diesel Prices: It’s a Refining Crisis, Not Crude
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Autonomous Trucks Are Here: Einride’s 27% Revenue Jump
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Reefer Rejections Stay Hot as Intermodal Wins 33%
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AI for Supply Chain Needs 3 Things: Goods, Data, Money
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One man paints challenging outlook for brokers’ insurance
It’s just a single report and the words of one person quoted in it, but an outlook by TD Cowen on what broker insurance might do in the wake of the Montgomery…
Read at FreightWavesTTTransport TopicsU.S., Canada aluminum groups oppose tariff fight
The U.S. and Canada should stop targeting each other with aluminum tariffs, according to industry groups, and instead forge a common front against China.
Read at Transport TopicsTTTransport TopicsTennessee advances $9.2 billion toll lane expansion
A major interstate project in Tennessee that will add toll lanes to help ease congestion on crowded corridors has taken a key step forward.
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President Trump suggested he was open to changing federal regulations on beef processing, as the administration continues to target high meat prices as a…
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Georgia authorities intercept 1,800 pounds of marijuana in shipment headed toward Atlanta, Orlando
Butts County authorities intercepted approximately 1,800 pounds of marijuana Tuesday morning, Sheriff Gary Long announced. Long posted a public statement at…
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Freight Market Talk: Pawan Joshi of E2open
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Read at FreightWavesTTTransport TopicsGrocer Loblaw revives Canadian product markers in stores
Loblaw, the largest Canadian-owned grocery chain, is bringing back signs that shoppers used in 2025 to avoid U.S. products as they protested tariffs from…
Read at Transport TopicsTTTransport TopicsU.S. diesel stockpile falls to record seasonal low
U.S. diesel supplies have fallen to the lowest seasonal mark ever, threatening to push prices even higher for the global economy’s workhorse fuel.
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Norfolk Southern, Wabtec set locomotive upgrades to AC power
Norfolk Southern and Wabtec Corp. have announced a modernization program that will convert 33 of the railroads ES44DC locomotives into AC-traction ES44ACMs.…
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Ocean rate concerns as orders for new container ships near 40% of global fleet
The global containership orderbook is, frankly, exceptionally large. At approximately 13.1 million twenty foot equivalent units (TEUs) against an operating…
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Port Houston container volumes fall 6% in July as import surge cools
Port Houston handled 369,899 twenty-foot equivalent units in July, a 6% decline from the same month last year, as container growth at the Gulf Coast gateway…
Read at FreightWavesTTTransport TopicsHyundai plans 100 new models, focus on U.S. hybrid push
Hyundai aims to challenge Toyota in the hot U.S. hybrid market and defend against low-cost Chinese rivals in the rest of the world.
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Midwest dedicated carrier Behnke buys AG Freight
Behnke Dedicated Logistics has acquired AG Freight for an undisclosed sum. The deal gives Michigan-based Behnke Logistics an outpost in the Southeast and a…
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CBSA finds 385 kilos of cocaine in commercial truck at US-Canada border
Canadian border officers seized about 385 kilograms of suspected cocaine from a commercial truck at Blue Water Bridge. The discovery occurred Aug. 13 in Point…
Read at FreightWavesTTTransport TopicsOil prices decline on continuing tension with Iran
The oil market is down as tensions have grown after the Trump administration announced new sanctions aimed at inflicting more pain on Iran’s economy. Brent…
Read at Transport TopicsTTTransport TopicsIran, Oman agree to share Strait of Hormuz revenue
Iranian officials have repeatedly warned that a deal with Oman on the strait’s navigation would not equate to an immediate re-opening of the waterway.
Read at Transport TopicsTDTrucking DiveOregon’s automated oversize permitting system saves nearly $1M
The modernization project has streamlined a digital routing system and eliminated the state s need to fill seven vacant positions, according to the state.
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Truck drivers targeted in alleged tax fraud scheme
A Georgia woman was charged with 32 counts of bank fraud, among other crimes, after allegedly accepting payments for tax and filing services she did not…
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Canada to install retaliatory tariffs of up to 50% on US imports
The levies will go into effect Sept. 8 and match the rates of U.S. tariffs on goods such as steel, dairy products, appliances and agricultural equipment.
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For trucking fleets, a place to park may be the next driver perk
An owner-operator running two trucks struggled to keep a driver on their payroll. The truck was parked two hours from where he lived. For the driver he hired,…
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From bullet trains to bikes, Amazon delivers in offbeat ways
Amazon’s use this year of the famed Shinkansen bullet trains for line-haul transportation of packages has made same-day delivery possible from Tokyo to parts…
Read at FreightWavesTTTransport TopicsU.S., Canada can avoid an all-out trade war
Despite the bravado coming from both sides of the border, analysts suspect the longtime allies will eventually strike a deal to end a conflict neither really…
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Port of Oakland: Steady July amid import drop
Loaded container volumes at the Port of Oakland remained essentially steady through the first seven months of 2026, despite a difficult July comparison with…
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Abandoned vans lead deputies to $123K in Brooks shoes from BNSF boxcar theft
Update, Aug. 26: BNSF responded after publication, calling organized cargo theft a growing threat to public safety and the U.S. supply chain. California…
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Dolly Parton dies at 80, two months after opening Tennessee truck stop
Dolly Parton, the country music legend whose final business ventures included a Tennessee travel center aimed at truck drivers and highway travelers, died…
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U.S. Postal Service plans 6% peak season surcharge for parcels
( UPDATED 8/27/26 at 12 p.m. with UPS news ) The U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday proposed surcharges for domestic package delivery during the peak holiday…
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A newcomer to Roadcheck driver violations top 5: speaking English
Looking over the statistics released by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Association (CVSA) on May’s International Roadcheck Week , the data looks pretty…
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Mexican trucking group urges US to clarify B-1 visa revocations
Why it matters: Inconsistent interpretations of cabotage rules could remove experienced drivers from cross-border operations, tighten available capacity and…
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New return: Another container line is back in the Red Sea
While unfounded fears of higher tariffs helped drive what amounted to unexpected demand by anxious shippers this summer, other assorted geopolitical intrigue…
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BMO Trucking Credit: The END of Transparent Data? | FreightWaves
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Freight Pricing: Who REALLY Holds the Power?
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Freight Market Health: What 13.57% Rejections Mean
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Used Truck Market: Why Supply & Pricing are So Strong Now
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Gatik raises $200M to scale driverless freight to thousands
Gatik announced Tuesday it raised $200 million in a Series D round led by Qatar Investment Authority and Koch Disruptive Technologies. Millennium Management,…
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Deputies recover $150K in New Balance shoes after BNSF boxcar burglary
California deputies recovered more than $150,000 in New Balance shoes after reports of people breaking into BNSF Railroad boxcars. The San Bernardino County…
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Canada retaliates against US with tariffs of up to 50% as trade war escalates
Why it matters: With trucks carrying more than half the value of U.S.-Canada freight, escalating tariffs threaten to disrupt cross-border volumes,…
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Broker RXO sees TL spot rate surge extend into Q3
Freight broker RXO said Tuesday that its truckload spot rate index recorded its biggest sequential gain in five years during the second quarter. The dataset,…
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Rail mega-merger revives proposal for new, expanded Atlanta passenger services — and there’s a trucking angle
A bold proposal to reduce the number of major freight railroads could open the door for a dramatic expansion of rail passenger service in fast-growing Atlanta.…
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Benchmark diesel price is now highest since war began
The benchmark diesel price used for most fuel surcharges hit an important milestone this week: it is at its highest level since military action commenced…
Read at FreightWavesTDTrucking DiveRepublic National Distributing Co.’s $1B in debts includes multiple equipment financiers
Among the unsecured creditors in the alcohol and wine distributor s Chapter 11 petition is First American Commercial Bancorp for a $47.2 million claim.
Read at Trucking DiveTDTrucking DivePaccar recalls nearly 6K Peterbilt, Kenworth models for potential oil contamination
The trucks power distribution box may be affected by oil, which could result in a loss of drive power, brakes or exterior lights, among other electrical issues.
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Port of Los Angeles preps for cargo bump as shippers navigate global risks
The port may see a 5% volume uptick amid Red Sea and Panama Canal concerns and is readying itself for the scenario in talks with operating partners.
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Likely BMO swan song shows trucking credit strengthening
In what might be the last publication of a revealing look at the credit conditions in the trucking industry, the quarterly earnings of bank BMO released…
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Trump’s 50% tariff on many Canada imports in effect as talks stall
The two countries failed to reach an agreement before Saturday s deadline for the levies, with Canada vowing to match those tariffs dollar for dollar.
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Estes Express Lines seeks to pay out more in bonuses than damage claims
COO and President Webb Estes noted the 2026 goal while highlighting the LTL carrier s improvements in freight handling.
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