Month: March 2026

America’s road congestion problem isn’t getting better — and the trucking industry is paying the price. The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) just released its 15th annual Top 100 Truck Bottlenecks list, and the headline finding is a changing of the guard at the top: for the first time ever, the interchange of I-294 and… Continue reading Dry van report: Move over, jersey — Chicago has a new claim to fame

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo announced Tuesday that is has entered into an agreement to acquire 3PL WWEX Group. Following the acquisition, Thoma Bravo will combine WWEX Group with a current portfolio company, Auctane. The deal will merge WWEX Group’s $5 billion freight brokerage platform with a leader in intelligent shipping software, significantly expanding WWEX… Continue reading Thoma Bravo to acquire WWEX Group, combine with Auctane

CMA CGM on Tuesday became the latest global container line to suspend all cargo bookings to the Middle East as Iranian attacks brought shipping to a halt in the Persian Gulf. Reports said a half-dozen oil and gas tankers have been damaged in the region. The Athena Nova, a Honduran-flagged bitumen tanker operated out of… Continue reading VIDEO: Iran attacks refineries; CMA CGM shuts down all cargo bookings to Middle East

Flying for UPS and redeploying the fleet to areas like South America where demand is strong helped Canadian all-cargo airline Cargojet mitigate the loss of a large transport contract related to plunging e-commerce trade from China to North America, caused by U.S. tariffs, and a 32% decrease in fourth-quarter charter revenue.   UPS (NYSE: UPS), and… Continue reading New UPS revenue helps Cargojet overcome loss of China e-commerce volume

Freight fraud rarely begins with obvious deception. It begins with conversation. A phone call over the weekend provided an unusually direct window into how modern freight fraud operations are functioning today. The discussion started like thousands of routine freight calls that occur across the industry every day. A name was introduced; a shipment lane was… Continue reading Inside a call with a freight scammer: the moment a stolen load was confirmed