Month: February 2026

TFI International showed some signs of improvement in its U.S LTL division in the fourth quarter of 2025, which has been a key goal of company management.  But the TFI (NYSE: TFII)  earnings report released Tuesday showed other data points reflecting continued weakness. TFI’s U.S. LTL operations have at its core the UPS Freight operations… Continue reading First look: Some US LTL indicators at TFI International turn higher

California and Texas accounted for more than half of all reported U.S. cargo thefts in 2025, underscoring how concentrated freight crime has become in the nation’s largest logistics hubs.  California alone represented 38% of all recorded cargo theft incidents last year, up from 32% in 2024, while Texas ranked second with 20% of total thefts,… Continue reading California, Texas account for 58% of US cargo theft in 2025

The February 10 USDA Specialty Crops Truck Rate Report paints a split market: Florida is tightening fast while South Texas is loosening, and California remains capacity-constrained on lower volumes. Central and South Florida is the hottest origin in the report. Rates to Baltimore jumped +23% week-over-week, with Boston (+15%), New York (+11%), Chicago (+9%), and… Continue reading Reefer Produce Report: Florida tightens, Texas loosens in this week’s produce wrap

In the heart of the Permian Basin, the once-frenetic energy of Midland, Texas, is cooling as oil prices hover stubbornly around $60 per barrel. For the trucking industry, which serves as the lifeblood of the oil patch, this price stagnation feels more like a slow leak than a sudden blowout. As exploration and production companies… Continue reading Flatbed report: The oil field’s not the oil field anymore

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 17, 2026 Contact: Rebecca Brewster (404) 247-8787 [email protected] Washington, DC – Today, the American Transportation Research Institute released its 15th annual list highlighting the most congested bottlenecks for trucks in America, with the interchange of Interstate 294 and Interstates 290/88 in Chicago ranking as the most congested freight bottleneck in the… Continue reading ATRI Releases Annual List of Top 100 Truck Bottlenecks