Reefer spot linehaul averaged $2.73 per mile last week, minus fuel, up 0.7%, or $0.02 per mile, from the week before. Rates climbed 37.9%, or $0.75 per mile, year over year and held 27.9%, or $0.60 per mile, above the nine-year seasonal average of $2.14 per mile, near the top of the historical range. All… Continue reading Reefer Report: Citrus out of California reprices hard as Yakima apples top $14K into the East
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Month: September 2026
Federal indictments target nearly $600K in interstate cargo theft tied to Memphis
Federal prosecutors have charged three men in two cargo theft investigations involving nearly $600,000 in losses. The cases affected commercial freight carriers and companies operating in West Tennessee. Stolen merchandise included computer networking switches, televisions and tires. Federal authorities announced the indictments Monday in Memphis. One investigation centers on Arista computer networking switches and other… Continue reading Federal indictments target nearly $600K in interstate cargo theft tied to Memphis
A Look at How Loblaw and EAIGLE Are Bringing Automated Gates to a National Distribution Network
Loblaw Companies, Canada’s largest food retailer with roughly CA$61 billion in annual revenue, has been running automated gate technology at what its transportation team describes as the flagship facility for its entire network, and the reason that designation matters is that the site was built to absorb a set of innovative projects rather than to… Continue reading A Look at How Loblaw and EAIGLE Are Bringing Automated Gates to a National Distribution Network
Introducing DAT Contract Bid: A smarter way to run contract bids
RFP processes weren’t built for today’s market Transportation teams are struggling to keep up in a volatile freight market that requires quick-turn contract sourcing outside of the annual RFP cycle. When you need to react quickly, manual and disconnected setups are major bottlenecks. Lane lists, carrier lists, and bid templates get rebuilt from scratch every… Continue reading Introducing DAT Contract Bid: A smarter way to run contract bids
Record-low Rhine levels choke barge traffic, stress ground transport
Water levels in the shallowest middle section of the Rhine River have fallen to 16 centimeters below the low-water threshold, threatening to halt all barge transportation on a critical supply chain corridor for central Europe that has experienced severely reduced traffic since early summer because of ongoing drought conditions. The actual navigable depth as of… Continue reading Record-low Rhine levels choke barge traffic, stress ground transport