Annual employment report revision shows huge decline in truck transportation jobs
(This is a developing story. FreightWaves will have additional coverage over the course of the day).There were a lot fewer people working in truck transportatio...
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Red Sea torpedoes Hapag-Lloyd rates
Hapag-Lloyd said container volumes surged 8% in 2025 from the previous year but the average price to carry a container of freight fell by the same percentage as...
White Paper: Why Some Mid-Market Fleets Will Win in 2026—and Others Won’t
Freight conditions may level out in 2026, but profitability will separate fast. Rising costs, tighter labor, and increasing compliance demands mean mid-market f...
Borderlands Mexico: Mexican truckers win union rights after years of intimidation, dismissals
Borderlands Mexico is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexican truckers win uni...
When drivers say no: Truckers speak out about unsafe working conditions
Truck drivers across the U.S. say they are increasingly pressured to operate equipment they believe is unsafe — from dilapidated trailers, to overloaded t...
Are index-based shipping contracts a trap for BCOs?
Dr Raymon Krishnan, president of Singapore’s Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society, ponders the risks of index-based freight contracts.For many benefici...
U.S. rail freight loses ground in latest data
That was a short-lived rally.A week after posting volume gains across all commodities and intermodal, freight on U.S. rail lines swung to a loss in all but one ...
Maersk posts Q4 pre-tax loss, will cut 1,000 jobs
Maersk saw pre-tax earnings fall to a loss in the fourth quarter as downward pressure on freight rates offset strong volume growth.The world’s second-biggest ...
Driver who set Swift trailers ablaze gets sentenced in a 2nd state
A truck driver who already was in jail for setting Swift trailers on fire in California has been sentenced to a decade in jail for separate arson attacks on the...
NWSA ends 2025 with Q4 volume recovery trend
The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) closed 2025 with total container volumes of 3.16 million TEUs, down 5.5% year-on-year, as tariffs and high retail inventor...
Japanese machine tool orders surge in December 2025, signaling robust industrial momentum
The Japan Machine Tool Builders’ Association (JMTBA) released its latest monthly data today, revealing a strong finish to 2025 for the sector. Total machine t...
Contecon Manzanillo surpasses 12 million TEUs
Contecon Manzanillo, ICTSI’s subsidiary operating the Specialized Container Terminal II in the Port of Manzanillo, Mexico has handled a cumulative volume of m...