Month: August 2026

A truck loses a tire outside its home terminal, and the fleet’s telematics system already knows it. What it doesn’t know is which dealer is open, which one has the right tire in stock, or how long it will take someone to answer the phone. That gap, between data and dispatch, is where roadside breakdowns… Continue reading Continental Tire and myMechanic team up to fix roadside service’s phone-call problem

A.P. Moller-Maersk raised its full-year earnings outlook after second-quarter revenue climbed 20% year over year and EBITDA reached $3.0 billion, as robust Far East export demand, higher spot rates and congestion across key trade lanes lifted results. Revenue rose to $15.8 billion in the second quarter from $13.1 billion a year earlier. EBIT increased to… Continue reading Maersk raises 2026 outlook again as earnings surge

Reefer spot rates Reefer spot linehaul averaged $2.64 per mile this week, minus fuel, down 0.3%, or $0.01 per mile, from the prior week. Rates climbed 35%, or $0.68 per mile, year over year and held 26.2%, or $0.55 per mile, above the nine-year seasonal average of $2.09 per mile, near the top of the… Continue reading Reefer Report: Produce comes off the peak, but last year’s floor stays out of reach

The humble press release was, for most of the past decade, the chore nobody in freight wanted. It sat near the bottom of the marketing budget. It was filed as an obligation. Executives who would sign off on a six-figure trade show booth without blinking balked at 500 words crossing the wire. That was the… Continue reading The boring press release machines learned to love

State police agencies in New York, Nevada and Arizona have stepped up commercial vehicle enforcement in recent weeks, issuing hundreds of violations and placing scores of trucks and drivers out of service. The actions ranged from a bridge-strike prevention campaign along the New York State Thruway to increased roadside inspections in Nevada following a rise… Continue reading Latest truck crackdowns sidelines 48 drivers, 159 vehicles across US