Month: February 2026

ACT Expo 2026 is shaping up to be the most comprehensive show in the event’s 16-year history. The transportation expo, held this year in Las Vegas, brings nearly 400 speakers, over 200 vehicles on display and in the Ride & Drive, and typically over 12,000 attendees. This year’s conference highlights a commercial transportation industry in… Continue reading ACT Expo 2026 embraces the digital frontier for commercial fleets

The continued decline in mail and parcel volume contributed to a 64% drop in controllable income for the U.S. Postal Service during the first quarter, underscoring why Postmaster General David Steiner is pushing to grow revenue through higher rates and a new program aimed at attracting retailers to handoff e-commerce shipments for last-mile delivery.   More… Continue reading USPS quarterly parcel volumes fall 12% as e-commerce plan implemented

Somewhere between a Philadelphia apartment and a flea market in South Texas, between a wire transfer to a Mexican fixer and a California DMV counter that doesn’t blink at a birth certificate listing “No Name Given,” the American commercial driver’s license system broke. Not bent. Not stressed. Broke. It is so broken that a 2025… Continue reading REAL-ID, Mail-Order CDLs, and America’s CDL Free-for-All.

FedEx Corp. has unveiled plans for an enormous upgrade of its global parcel hub in Tennessee, submitting a preliminary proposal to local authorities for a five-story, 1.6 million square foot small package sort center at Memphis International Airport designed to keep up with e-commerce demand. The new e-commerce project, code-named “Hercules,” would be built just… Continue reading FedEx preparing major sort center expansion at Memphis air hub

Maersk saw pre-tax earnings fall to a loss in the fourth quarter as downward pressure on freight rates offset strong volume growth. The world’s second-biggest container carrier on Thursday said  earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) fell to a loss of $153 million as weaker rates offset “strong” container volume growth of 8%, down from… Continue reading Maersk posts Q4 pre-tax loss, will cut 1,000 jobs