Month: June 2026

The housing market continues to serve as a persistent drag on freight demand, presenting a major obstacle for transportation and logistics operators.  While a booming heavy-industrial sector has shielded certain segments, the broader housing affordability crisis is actively suppressing volumes across multiple shipping modes, including dry van, flatbed, rail carload and rail intermodal. According to… Continue reading SONAR Sitrep: Housing affordability drags down key freight sectors

Why the Monthly Payment Is the Wrong Number to Focus On The monthly payment is a cash flow number. It tells you whether you can keep the lights on week to week. It tells you almost nothing about what the truck actually costs. What the truck actually costs is the purchase price plus every dollar… Continue reading The Number the Dealer Shows You Is Not What the Truck Costs: How to Calculate the Real Price of Financing

Before Yibiao Zhao and Chris Baker launched ISEE AI in 2017, the two co-founders were deep in research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, building artificial intelligence for what they called “collaborative robots.” The focus: teaching machines to understand human social intentions and navigate complex environments the way people do. “We were building AI for… Continue reading How private yards became autonomous trucking’s most promising frontier

The transportation industry is facing a new generation of cargo theft in which organized crime groups increasingly use fake identities, phishing campaigns and digital deception rather than only traditional break-ins and hijackings. Industry experts say cargo theft has evolved into a sophisticated blend of cybercrime, identity fraud and physical theft, allowing criminals to intercept high-value… Continue reading Criminals target freight with fake IDs, spoofed emails and stolen identities

The big picture Florida just posted its most dramatic single-week rate swing of the season — and the story isn’t over. After a sharp post-Mother’s Day correction last week, Central and South Florida came roaring back this week, with Baltimore surging +43% and New York recovering +10% off last week’s lows. The origin remains on… Continue reading Reefer Report: California citrus runs hot; Dallas up 20%, Miami and New York up 17%