Month: September 2026

Freight volume doesn’t ramp up gradually this time of year. Back-to-school restocking runs into retail peak-season prep, and by October, holiday freight is already moving. For brokers, that means more loads, tighter capacity, and less time to double-check the carrier on the other end of the phone. The data backs up what most brokers already… Continue reading Peak season fraud: Why fall is a high-risk period

BNSF Railway, CPKC, and CSX plan to seek broad trackage rights over a combined Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern system, if federal regulators approve the transcontinental merger. Notably, CPKC and CSX are targeting the same corridor: They want access to the Kansas City-St. Louis trackage now controlled by UP or NS, arguing that the merger partners’ existing… Continue reading BNSF, CPKC, and CSX to request broad access to a combined UP-NS network

Founded in 1977 and headquartered in South Korea, LX Pantos has grown into a global logistics provider spanning freight forwarding, contract logistics, e-commerce fulfillment, last-mile delivery and installation, and supply chain management consulting. The company now operates more than 380 locations worldwide with a workforce of approximately 8,500 employees, moving more than 1.6 million TEUs… Continue reading LX Pantos Sets Its Sights on Global Logistics Leadership

Chart of the Week: Import Ocean TEUs Volume Index – USA, Logistics Managers’ Index – Inventory Levels SONAR: IOTI.USA, LMI.INVL Import bookings (IOTI) have been averaging lower than the previous two years, while inventory levels have been fairly stable according to the Logistics Managers’ Index (LMI). Bookings activity combined with inventory data points to a steady but tight… Continue reading Imports and inventories stabilize in 2026, but for how long

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: Exports of Mexican-made heavy-duty trucks to US roar back and Nexio secures 77-acre Texas campus for commercial truck production. Exports of Mexican-made heavy-duty trucks to US roar back Mexico’s heavy-duty vehicle industry… Continue reading Borderlands Mexico: Exports of Mexican-made heavy-duty trucks to US roar back