Four Midwest states set all-time diesel records yesterday. Plus: Texas is going after five CDL mills, a man paid truckers $9,000 a load to haul cocaine, California just opened the door to driverless trucks, and more.
Four Midwest states set all-time diesel records yesterday. Plus: Texas is going after five CDL mills, a man paid truckers $9,000 a load to haul cocaine, California just opened the door to driverless trucks, and more.
DOT Blitz Week starts tomorrow, and brokers are bracing for one of the toughest weeks in years. Plus: $10.1M in stolen freight leads to five years in prison, Forward Air loses 40% of its value, diesel prices hit produce costs, and more.
Aurora's driverless trucks are moving real loads between Dallas and Houston right now, and nobody is in the cab. Plus: RXO signals a strong freight rebound, Ken Adamo joins Ease Logistics, rail got faster to Mexico, and more.
Aurora signed two major partnerships in one week. Spot rates just hit an all-time high. A Chicago cross-dock blew up Reddit over how shippers load trailers. And someone dug into Super Ego's carrier network — the safety scores are not okay.
Amazon just became a direct rival to the biggest names in parcel, freight, and 3PL services. Plus: shippers are paying a lot more, your carrier check may be passing thieves through, a $4M cargo theft recovery shows what's possible, and more.
A 20-year veteran of the freight industry, with 60k TikTok followers, argued that small carriers can't survive without brokers. Plus: the FBI's PSA, Steam Logistics sues two of its own, Ohio Turnpike comes for 315 carriers, and more.
ICYMI: FreightCaviar is travelling across the U.S. Here's what the first three weeks have looked like: Sponsor meetups, subscriber photo shoots, premieres, truck stops, Elk Grove to Phoenix, and more. FOMO starts now.
Diesel is climbing, produce lanes are tightening across the board, and brokers on Reddit are fantasizing about quitting. Here is what's trending this week on X, LinkedIn, Reddit, and YouTube.
Sean Duffy walked onto the MATS floor unannounced last week and told 14,000 truckers their spot rates are going up. Plus: Indiana's CDL deadline hit at midnight, freight bankruptcies keep mounting, Iran struck the U.S. aluminum supply chain, and more.
What $200 oil means for freight. Plus: C.H. Robinson raised its rate forecast, states are writing their own CDL laws, a KitKat heist goes viral, and more.
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