Lufthansa Cargo last year devoted more strategic focus to serving the pharmaceutical, automotive, aviation, semiconductor and airmail sectors, creating additional avenues for profitable growth beyond general freight. The expansion of high-margin tailored transportation offerings for specific industry sectors contributed to the airline’s 29% growth in operating profit in 2025. The cargo subsidiary of Deutsche Lufthansa… Continue reading Lufthansa Cargo targets high-value tech, auto, pharma sectors
Month: March 2026
Borderlands Mexico: GM, Stellantis drive auto exports to US in February
Borderlands Mexico is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week in Borderlands Mexico: GM, Stellantis drive auto exports to US in February; BNSF Railway breaks ground on $500M logistics center north of Dallas; and global shipper opens ground freight hub in Fontana. GM, Stellantis drive… Continue reading Borderlands Mexico: GM, Stellantis drive auto exports to US in February
The Person Running DHS Has Changed – Here Is What That Means for the Immigration Enforcement That Has Been Reshaping Trucking for a Year
For most of the past year, two federal agencies have been doing more to reshape the trucking driver pool than anything else in the industry: the Department of Transportation with its non-domiciled CDL crackdown, and the Department of Homeland Security with its immigration enforcement raids. DOT and DHS have operated in close coordination — DOT… Continue reading The Person Running DHS Has Changed – Here Is What That Means for the Immigration Enforcement That Has Been Reshaping Trucking for a Year
The Federal Government Just Moved to Restore the Owner-Operator Model – Here Is What Actually Changed, What Did Not, and What You Still Need to Watch
Three times in five years. That is how many times the federal standard governing whether an owner-operator is legally classified as an independent contractor or an employee has fundamentally shifted under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The 2021 Trump rule. The 2024 Biden rule. And now, on February 27, 2026, the Department of Labor’s formal… Continue reading The Federal Government Just Moved to Restore the Owner-Operator Model – Here Is What Actually Changed, What Did Not, and What You Still Need to Watch
FMCSA: Stop buying and selling paper trucking companies
When a federal agency leads a formal, dated, publicly addressed warning with the words “DO NOT” in all capital letters, it means the behavior they are describing is already happening at scale, right now, and it has gotten big enough that the agency felt the need to put the entire industry on notice. When I… Continue reading FMCSA: Stop buying and selling paper trucking companies