Nearshoring works when teams stay. Explore how Rapido’s training-driven, people-first model creates long-term value for logistics operations.
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Mexico plans tariffs of up to 50% on Chinese goods, reshaping North American trade flows as C.H. Robinson rolls out a new U.S.–Mexico consolidation service to cut costs.
Peak season imports into the U.S. slowed sharply in 2025, with Chinese exports plunging 27% year-over-year and carriers cutting sailings as tariffs and inventory frontloading reshape trade flows.
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Motive Technologies won an ITC ruling dismissing Samsara’s patent claims, marking its second major legal victory this year.
Nebraska signed a labor deal with Kenya to recruit truck drivers, sparking industry pushback as Werner denied involvement and American Truckers criticized the agreement as exploitative.
Border officials in the U.S. and Canada seized more than $90 million in narcotics during August, uncovering cocaine and meth hidden in commercial truck shipments of produce, flowers, and metal.
Plus, TQL's latest "pay to quit" offer, final sentencing reached in a CDL bribery scheme, PAMT faces pressure from lenders, and more.
A Boston man was sentenced for bribing Massachusetts troopers with drinks and snacks to falsify CDL tests.
TQL has reintroduced a $2,000 resignation incentive, offering employees cash to leave if not fully committed.
PAMT breached a debt covenant in Q2 2025, highlighting mounting losses, rising debt from equipment purchases, and continued struggles to meet revenue goals as lenders grant temporary waivers.
Plus: Ceva hit by a jaw-dropping $18M cargo theft wave, FMCSA revives its fatal crash study after two decades, Trump fires an STB board member ahead of the $85B rail merger review, and more.
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