Abilene Motor Express being absorbed into Swift
Abilene Motor Express, almost eight years after being acquired by Knight Swift, is being folded into the Swift Transportation segment at the company.In internal...
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Heavy haul freight exposes the limits of one-size-fits-all load boards
Load boards have always been a paradox of choice. Thousands of loads scroll by every hour, but for most carriers, only a small fraction are actually viable. For...
Vooma, SONAR partner to bring high-frequency freight intelligence to your inbox
Vooma, a leader in automated email quoting, and SONAR, the leading provider of high-frequency data for the global supply chain, are excited to officially launch...
Penske Logistics is moving from AI experimentation to execution
After a six-month pilot, the Reading, Pennsylvania–based logistics provider is rolling out an agentic AI platform from Augment across its operations, hera...
Retail optimism boosting trans-Pacific container rates
Container rates on the eastbound trans-Pacific continued their recent strengthening, a sign that restocking sentiment among U.S. retailers may be improving.Spot...
Port of Shanghai handles 55.06 million TEUs in 2025
In 2025, the Port of Shanghai achieved 55.06 million TEUs, up 6.9% from 2024. It remains the world’s busiest container port for the 16th consecutive year. Int...
Feds slash compliance costs for fuel haulers
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have finalized a rule that restores a decade-old marking exception for fuel haulers and officially brings cargo tank inspe...
While global demand grew, U.S. container traffic fell in November
There’s an old saying that trade goes where it’s wanted and stays where it’s appreciated.That was never more true than in November, as President Donald Tr...
Drewry WCI rises 16% on key trade lanes
Drewry’s World Container Index rose 16% this week to $2,557 per 40ft container, driven by higher spot rates on the Transpacific and Asia–Europe trades.R...
COSCO moves to acquire Hamburg stevedore
China’s COSCO is strengthening its foothold in northern Europe, tabling a bid to take an 80% stake in German stevedore and logistics operator Zippel in Hambur...
U.S. Bank, DAT launch quarterly truck freight rates report
U.S. Bank and DAT Freight & Analytics announced Tuesday a collaboration to launch a new quarterly research report on U.S. truck freight rates. The new report co...
3-way combo emerges for digital load matching: DAT, AscendTMS and Convoy
The Convoy tech stack acquired by DAT, which so far had not yet made a notable impact at the company known mostly for its load board, is being integrated into t...