Month: December 2025

There’s nothing glamorous about a grease gun. It doesn’t have the technological appeal of telematics, the regulatory weight of ELD compliance, or the strategic complexity of route optimization. It’s a tube that squirts lubricant into fittings. And it might be the single most important maintenance tool in your shop. During the supply chain chaos of… Continue reading The Best Way To Maximize Fleet Longevity That You’re Probably Skipping

The outlook for freight volumes remains challenging, as the Truckload Ton-Mile Index, updated through August 2025 with revised industrial production data, shows demand volumes retreating to mid-2019 levels. August saw a disappointing 0.7% month-over-month seasonally adjusted decline from July, confirming that freight volumes are trending downwards after reaching a tepid peak earlier in the year.… Continue reading Dry van report: Freight demand retreats: ton-miles drop to pre-pandemic levels

If there’s one thing logistics has taught us, it’s that you don’t need more data – you just need the right signals at the right time. Shippers, brokers, and carriers all live inside the same reality: markets shift fast, tender behavior changes overnight, dwell time spikes unexpectedly, and capacity can swing from abundant to tight… Continue reading The 5 weekly signals every freight leader should watch

On June 21, 2019, seven members of the Jarheads Motorcycle Club, Marine veterans and their spouses, were killed on Route 2 in Randolph, New Hampshire, when a pickup truck towing a flatbed trailer crossed the centerline and plowed through their formation. The driver, 23-year-old Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, stumbled from his burning truck screaming. He was working… Continue reading The Chameleon Carrier Accountability Crisis

Union Pacific has completed expansion of its Casa Grande Yard, doubling capacity at the facility about 70 miles west of Tucson on the railroad’s Gila Subdivision. The project added four tracks and a new industrial lead, and included a powered switch, a new yard control point, and upgraded mainline signals. “The new power switch helps… Continue reading Union Pacific completes Arizona yard expansion