Borderlands Mexico: Cargo theft surges in Q3 as criminals adopt new tactics
Borderlands Mexico is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Cargo theft surges in Q3...
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Box rates rates sink to lowest levels since Red Sea crisis
Container freight rates are sliding further, with Drewry’s World Container Index (WCI) dropping 8% this week to $1,761 per feu — the fifteenth consecuti...
New CAO for Port of San Diego
The Port of San Diego has appointed Matthew Vespi as its new chief administrative officer. Join the leaders shaping freight’s future atF3: Future of Freigh...
CDL testing scam: jail time for 2 more in Massachusetts
Two participants in the Massachusetts scheme to give CDLs to unqualified candidates were sentenced to jail in separate proceedings this month.Eric Mathison, who...
Port of Oakland reports export growth
The Port of Oakland reported consistent cargo flows in August 2025, processing 192,313 TEUs, nearly matching August 2024 volumes (-0.3%).In year-over-year compa...
SCFI drops 14.3% as weak demand pressures rates
The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) fell 14.3% in Week 38, sliding to 1,198.21 points as Japan International Freight Forwarders Association (JIFFA) ...
Intermodal leads weekly U.S. rail traffic decline
Rail traffic in the United States declined 2.2% in the week ending Sept. 20 compared with the same week a year ago, the Association of American Railroads report...
Rail merger: Lifetime job is great “until you’re stuck in it”
Union Pacific this week traded job protections for the backing by its largest union of its proposed takeover of Norfolk Southern. Join the leaders shaping fre...
APM Terminals signed MoU with Nigerian Ports Authority
APM Terminals’ West African Container Terminal in Onne and the Nigerian Ports Authority have established a strategic partnership to accelerate decarbonization...
Tariffs torching U.S. container imports: Analyst
Containerized imports through American ports are set to take an historic plunge in September, an analyst predicts, as President Donald Trump’s China tariffs t...
Busan Container Export Index drops 6.8%
According to Japan International Freight Forwarders Association (JIFFA), Busan’s container export market kept sliding last week. The KOBC Container Composite ...
Biggest rail union backs UP-NS merger after railroads guarantee job protections
The biggest rail union is backing an historic proposal to create the first transcontinental railroad after receiving guarantees it won’t suffer any job losses...