Chart of the Week: Inbound Ocean TEUs Index – USA SONAR: IOTI.USA The Inbound Ocean TEUs Volume Index (IOTI), which measures bookings of twenty-foot equivalent containers by departure date, has been holding near annual highs for nearly a month. While tariffs are possibly a factor in this seasonally early push, there may be more driving this wave than… Continue reading How much is trade policy influencing imports?
Month: July 2026
Borderlands Mexico: Toyota bets big on Texas, moves Tacoma line to San Antonio
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: Toyota bets big on Texas, moves Tacoma line to San Antonio; RJW Logistics adds fourth Dallas-area warehouse; and Gulf Coast Crating expands with industrial acquisitions. Toyota bets big on Texas, moves Tacoma… Continue reading Borderlands Mexico: Toyota bets big on Texas, moves Tacoma line to San Antonio
Analysts raise TL, LTL estimates ahead of Q2 earnings season
Analysts have raised expectations for carriers heading into the second-quarter earnings season. While the trucking industry is still in the early stages of an upcycle, a tighter capacity backdrop has produced better pricing. Higher rates across leaner cost structures should generate more pronounced earnings growth moving forward. Richa Harnain, Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB) analyst, is… Continue reading Analysts raise TL, LTL estimates ahead of Q2 earnings season
Savannah opens last piece in project to ease port truck traffic
A multi-step program to ease truck traffic in and out of the port of Savannah has been completed with a dedicated access road opening for business next week. The project is called the Brampton Road Connector. Its price tag is not what would be associated with a giant infrastructure project, just $126 million. It is… Continue reading Savannah opens last piece in project to ease port truck traffic
Texas autonomous freight route a ‘future-focused, risk management solution’ for driver headcount
When AVI-SPL launched autonomous freight operations between Dallas and Houston, the technology solutions provider made a deliberate choice: announce what they had already accomplished, not what they hoped to do. “We think that a lot of people are, especially with AI, saying, ‘This is what we’re going to do [and] we hope to do this,’”… Continue reading Texas autonomous freight route a ‘future-focused, risk management solution’ for driver headcount