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 […]
DP World report addresses the impact of logistics disruptions on global supply chains
A wide-ranging report recently issued by Dubai, United Emirates-based global logistics and ports services provider DP World examined the impact logistics disruption can have on the bottom line for shippers’ global supply chain operations. Findings for the report, entitled “Without Logistics Global Report,” were based on feedback from a global survey of 680 senior logistics […]
Economic outlook for 2026 ‘feels expensive,’ U.S. Chamber head says
The economic uncertainty and rising costs that have hung over the trucking industry specifically and the overall U.S. economy in general is continuing in the New Year, the nation’s top business lobbyist predicts. Suzanne Clark, head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said in her annual “State of American Business” outlook that the nation “is […]
C.H. Robinson urges Supreme Court to uphold federal preemption in case that could redefine freight broker liability
Earlier this week, Eden Prairie, Minn.-based global third-party logistics (3PL) services provider and freight forwarder C.H. Robinson filed a merits brief in a United States Supreme Court case, Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, which it said “will determine whether freight brokers may be held liable under varying state laws for accidents involving federally licensed […]
U.S.-bound imports end 2025 with slight growth, reports Descartes
The new edition of the Global Shipping Report, which was recently issued by Waterloo, Ontario-based Descartes, a provider of logistics based on-demand, software-as-a-service offerings, showed how United States-bound ocean container volume ended 2025 in close proximity to 2024 levels. This the 53rd edition of the Global Shipping Report, going back to its debut in August […]
BNSF and CN urge STB to call for more disclosure in $85B UP–Norfolk Southern merger application review
Following the submission of the application regarding the proposed $85 billion historic merger between Class I railroads Union Pacific (UP) and Norfolk Southern (NS), which was filed in December with the Surface Transportation Board (STB), two other Class I railroads, BNSF Railway and CN, have respectively filed motions, calling on the STB to require UP and […]
U.S. again formally withdraws from the Paris Agreement
As was widely expected, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement last week. This move was part of a sweeping initiative by the White House to exit 66 international organizations that it said no longer serve American interests.” “These withdrawals will end American taxpayer funding and involvement in entities that advance globalist […]
Trucking market plagued by ongoing economic uncertainty, new report by FTR says
Trucking demand likely will remain relatively flat in 2026, continuing about a three-year market slump in industrial activity. That’s the word from Indianapolis-based freight transportation consultancy FTR. But there are some green shoots out there that optimists can point to as the economic uncertainty that hung over from the past couple of years may finally […]
U.S. rail carload and intermodal volumes see annual declines, for week ending January 3, reports AAR
United States rail carload and intermodal volumes, for the week ending January 3, saw annual declines, according to data issued this week by the Association of American Railroads (AAR). Rail carloads, at 192,665, were off 2.8% annually, trailing the weeks ending December 27 and December 20, at 186,673, and 206,674, respectively. AAR said that two […]