2026 Ocean Carrier Trends: Navigating weak demand, excess capacity, and policy risk
Like this time last year, global logistics leaders face no shortage of trends and uncertainties. But the list continues to grow—ranging from a pending Supreme Court ruling on the White House’s IEEPA tariffs to the expanding influence of artificial intelligence, mixed economic signals, and persistent geopolitical risk. For shippers, the mandate remains unchanged: stay ahead […]
Prologis report sees logistics demand strengthen and rents stabilizing
A new report issued this week by San Francisco-based real estate investment trust company Prologis could be viewed as a two-part story, in describing the path global logistics rents took in 2025. The report, entitled “2025: Pause Shifts to Progress as Rents Approach Inflection,” explained that while 2025 delivered new shocks to global supply chains, logistics […]
U.S. rail carload and intermodal volumes see annual gains, for week ending January 24, reports AAR
United States rail carload and intermodal volumes, for the week ending January 24, saw annual gains, according to data issued this week by the Association of American Railroads (AAR). Rail carloads, at 218,784, increased 13.7% annually, trailing the weeks ending January 17 and January 10, at 224,783, and 232,803, respectively. AAR reported that all of […]
UPS sees 3.2% fourth quarter earnings decline
Fourth quarter 2025 earnings results issued today by Atlanta-based global freight transportation and logistics services provider UPS finished the year with a decline, the company reported today. Total quarterly revenue, at $24.5 billion, was down 3.2% annually, and basic earnings per share at $2.38, beating Wall Street estimates of $2.20. Total operating profit, at $2.6 […]
Carriers issue winter weather service alerts
Depending on where you are based, here is a decent chance you could not make it into the office today, due to Winter Storm Benjamin–for good reason. As I look out the window of LM’s Southern Maine bureau, the snow is coming down fast and furious to be sure. And if you did make it […]
Certain supply chain challenges refuse to go away in 2026
Right now, there seems to be an endless string of supply chain roadblocks either in full force or lurking beneath the surface, ready to pounce. And just when one challenge is either tackled or fades on its own, another one jumps into its spot. Last year, tariffs, trade uncertainty, labor issues, rising material costs, and freight market fluctuations […]
A. Duie Pyle buys 43-acre site to develop port-centric LTL and warehousing hub
Earlier this week, West Chester, Penn.-based freight transportation and supply chain services provider A. Duie Pyle bought a Suffolk, Va.-based 43-acre site at Port 460 Logistics Center, with the intention of developing an integrated logistics campus, which will support various service offerings, including warehouse services, LTL cross-dock services, and transloading in the Norfolk, Va. area. […]
POLA posts strong 2025 cargo performance, highlights major infrastructure push for future growth
The Port of Los Angeles (POLA) ended 2025 with strong cargo volume growth. That was the word from POLA Executive Director Gene Seroka at the 11th annual “State of the Port,” which was hosted by the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association. For calendar year 2025, POLA handled 10.2 million TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent) TEU containers, marking the […]
Echo Global Logistics inks definitive agreement to acquire ITS Logistics
Earlier today, Chicago-based third-party logistics and technology-enabled transportation services provider Echo Global Logistics said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Reno, Nev.-based ITS Logistics, a 3PL focused on drayage and intermodal services. Financial terms of the deal, which Echo said is expected to be completed in the first half of 2026, were not […]
ATA reports slight tonnage gain in December
Truck tonnage levels saw a mild increase to end 2025, according to data issued today by the American Trucking Associations (ATA). ATA reported that its December advanced Seasonally Adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index reading, at 112.9, topped November’s 112.4, and was up 0.9% annually, following two straight months of annual declines in October and […]