Month: September 2026

Jacksonville-based carrier Trailer Bridge and terminal operator Ports America have signed a 10-year agreement to handle stevedoring and deploy terminal technology for Trailer Bridge’s Jones Act barge service between Jacksonville and San Juan, Puerto Rico. The deal gives Ports America responsibility for cargo handling at Trailer Bridge’s Blount Island terminal at Jaxport and calls for… Continue reading Jones Act service gets new 10-year port deal

Criminals can enter trusted freight channels through compromised carrier accounts, email systems, business phones or compliance platforms. They may change delivery instructions after a legitimate trucking company takes possession. That move can bypass safeguards focused only on carrier selection. Verisk CargoNet identifies this identity-based deception as an expanding holiday threat. The warning accompanies a five-year… Continue reading CargoNet tracks $31.8M in Labor Day thefts as criminals breach trusted freight accounts

Retail diesel prices are at an all-time high according to one key measurement. The daily average national retail price for diesel, published by AAA, was set Friday at $5.85/gallon. A day earlier, the price at $5.7832/g set the highest price since military action began against Iran at the start of March.  The $5.85 price broke… Continue reading Retail diesel has never been this expensive

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: Trucker protest raises stakes in Mexico-US B-1 visa dispute; CBP announces extended-hours program for empty trailers at Laredo bridge; and Imperative Logistics expands El Paso footprint with RM Customhouse Brokers deal. Trucker… Continue reading Borderlands Mexico: Trucker protest raises stakes in Mexico-US B-1 visa dispute 

With the overall jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showing a surprisingly big jump in employment, truck transportation participated in that rebound. The monthly report showed truck transportation employment rising 4,800 jobs to 1,470,300. It’s the highest level of jobs in the sector since October.  But with employment since then mostly trending down… Continue reading Big jump in truck transportation jobs in latest BLS report