United Parcel Service’s cost-reduction program is not shrinking the company, but rather positioning it for profitable growth as it navigates a glide down in Amazon volumes to chase higher-margin business than short-distance courier service, a top executive said last week. Analysts are giving UPS (NYSE: UPS) solid marks so far in executing the largest network… Continue reading UPS navigates Amazon draw down in hard pivot to premium services
Month: March 2026
Dry van report: Manufacturing is back, and that’s good news for truckload demand
For the second straight month, U.S. manufacturing is expanding, and the February ISM Manufacturing PMI of 52.4 carries some meaningful signals for truckload carriers and brokers watching for demand inflection points in 2026. New Orders came in at 55.8 percent, marking the second consecutive month of expansion after four straight months of contraction, which is… Continue reading Dry van report: Manufacturing is back, and that’s good news for truckload demand
The real barrier to driverless trucks is no longer software
The future of driverless trucking lies through not software but on how to produce them at scale. That’s according to newly released research by Telemetry, a communications and research firm heavily invested in the space. FreightWaves spoke with Sam Abuelsamid, Telemetry’s vice president of market research and David Liu, CEO and co-founder of PlusAI about… Continue reading The real barrier to driverless trucks is no longer software
The Non-Domiciled CDL Crackdown Has Arrived – 13,000 Drivers Out, a National Rule A Few Days Away
The deadline everyone in trucking has been watching finally arrived. On March 6, 2026, approximately 13,000 non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses were cancelled in California — not by a clean resolution, not by a negotiated agreement between the state and federal government, but by California bowing under the weight of a funding threat it had already… Continue reading The Non-Domiciled CDL Crackdown Has Arrived – 13,000 Drivers Out, a National Rule A Few Days Away
Flatbed report: Tonnage ticks up, but the recovery remains slow going
The ATA For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index edged up 0.4% in January to a seasonally adjusted reading of 113.0, following a 0.2% decline in December. While that modest gain continues a gradual climb off the October bottom, it’s worth keeping in perspective: January tonnage was still 1.3% below the 2025 peak set in August, and the… Continue reading Flatbed report: Tonnage ticks up, but the recovery remains slow going