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Trucking Dive: Compete or complement? Trucking foresees mixed intermodal impact from merger of rail giants
Dec 02, 2025
Winners and losers will emerge in road transport as Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern join forces, according to industry experts
Trucking Info: Trucking in 2025: Survival of the Fittest in a Year of Uncertainty
Dec 01, 2025
This year didn’t bring the turnaround of the freight recession that many expected. Instead, 2025 delivered an environment of economic, political, and regulatory turmoil that is pushing weaker carriers out and forcing everyone else to get smarter, leaner, and more tech-savvy.
Trucking Dive: How Chicago’s outskirts rose to national intermodal dominance
Dec 01, 2025
Numerous interstates and railroads in Will County, Illinois, led to a booming opportunity for trucking companies — but not without growing pains.
Logistics Management: 2025 in Review: Uncertainty amidst a new brand of chaos
Dec 01, 2025
Persistent volatility, policy whiplash, and uneven demand left logistics managers feeling trapped in a loop - where every solution seemed temporary, and every forecast came with an asterisk. From tariffs and trucking to rail and ocean freight, the year's defining force was disruption itself
Truck News: ECONOMIC TRUCKING TRENDS: Spot market improves in both Canada, US
Dec 01, 2025
The spot market became more favorable for carriers in both Canada and south of the border, according to the latest data to cross our desks.
PlasticsToday: Shutdown Lessons Reshape Supply Chain Playbook
Dec 01, 2025
Recent federal disruptions reveal critical weaknesses in industrial supply chains, prompting strategic shifts toward automation and diversification.
RadioNemo: Dean Croke on Thanksgiving Week Freight Trends and West Coast Capacity | Nemo Nation
Nov 27, 2025
Dave Nemo and Jimmy Mac sit down with Dean Croke from DAT Freight & Analytics for an easy to follow look at freight patterns during Thanksgiving week.
The Trucker: Economic signs point to better days ahead for those who survive
Nov 26, 2025
Freight volumes are still down and it is looking like the annual holiday shipping rush is turning into the holiday trickle.
Supply & Demand Chain Executive: Truckload Volumes Fell for Fourth Straight Month in October
Nov 26, 2025
For the first time in 2025, the DAT Truckload Volume Index for all three equipment types was lower on both a month-over-month and year-over-year basis.
Truck News: ECONOMIC TRUCKING TRENDS: Peak shipping season ‘virtually non-existent’, but trailer orders get a lift
Nov 24, 2025
Trailer orders sprung to life in October, and cancellations fell. However, demand remains historically weak.