STB Board member Primus is dismissed by President Trump
President Trump this week terminated Robert Primus from his position as Board Member of the Washington, D.C.-based Surface Transportation Board (STB), an independent adjudicatory and economic-regulatory agency charged by Congress with resolving railroad rate and service disputes and reviewing proposed railroad mergers, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The report stated that Primus, a […]
Market update with Doug Waggoner, CEO, Echo Global Logistics
Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently caught up with Doug Waggoner, CEO of Chicago-based 3PL Echo Global Logistics. Waggoner offered up insights on various logistics and supply chain trends and themes, including: freight economic conditions, capacity and rates, M&A, technology, and cross-border logistics, among others. Their conversation follows below. Logistics Management (LM): How do […]
Exclusive Research Report: Where Industry Leaders Are Investing and How They’re Future-Proofing Fulfillment
Date/Time Thursday, September 25, 2025 2:00PM Moderator Brian Straight Editor in Chief, Supply Chain Management Review Panelists Adrian Stoch, CEO Americas, Hai Robotics and Hunter Senn, Vice President of Sales, Hai Robotics USA Discover Exclusive Insights from the 2025 Warehouse Automation and Order Fulfillment Study. Gain a competitive edge with key findings from a survey […]
Canada says it will remove retaliatory tariffs on various U.S. goods
Earlier today, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canada will remove various retaliatory import tariffs on United States goods that are covered under USMCA (United States Mexico Canada Agreement). This marks a shift in policy compared to the high tensions between the nations going back to when President Trump re-entered the White House in […]
New report from FarEye addresses key last-mile market trends
A report issued today by Chicago-based FarEye, a global last-mile AI-powered software platform, focuses on takeaways related to consumer delivery expectations, cost-to-serve pressures, and AI adoption, and other last-mile topics. Entitled “Eye on the Last Mile,” the report is based on feedback from more than 200 United States-based supply chain and logistics leaders. The report […]
Spot truckload rates and volumes are steady in July, reports DAT
Spot truckload volumes and rates were relatively steady in July, according to the new edition of the DAT Truckload Volume Index, which was released today by DAT Freight and Analytics. The DAT Truckload Volume Index reflects the change in the number of loads with a pickup date during that month, with the actual index number normalized […]
Trucking awaits normalcy return amid tariff uncertainty weighing on demand
Fewer trucks chasing even less freight. That’s the mid-year summary of the $994 billion domestic trucking market. Preliminary net orders for North American Class 8 trucks/tractors in July posted their seventh consecutive year-over-year decrease. Orders fell 7% compared to the same month in 2024 despite a 42% rise over last month, according to research firm […]
July retail sales see gains, reports Commerce
United States July retail sales saw mild gains, according to data issued today by the Department of Commerce’s Census Bureau. July retail sales, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading day differences but not price changes, came in at $726.3 billion, up 0.5% over June’s revised $722.6 billion. And total retail sales, from May […]
July volumes hit records for Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach
July was a record-setting month for volumes at the Port of Los Angeles (POLA) and the Port of Long Beach (POLB), according to data recently respectively issued by the ports, with volumes paced by the pulling-forward of goods being imported during the previous pause on the White House’s reciprocal tariffs. POLA reported that total July […]
Despite FedEx Freight delay, NMFTA says classification changes accepted in the LTL market
Despite the largest less-than-truckload carrier FedEx Freight delaying implementation until December 1, the biggest change in the National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) has begun what it calls the “successful implementation” of one of the most significant updates to the National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC) system in its nearly 90-year history. Shippers so far have […]