A trade group is suing to strip California and New York of the power to issue commercial driver's licenses entirely. Plus: $3/mi is now breakeven, DOT wants to rate every carrier, routing guides are falling apart, and more.
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"We're basically in the center of the United States. As middle as you can get. Every class one railroad comes through Kansas City. It makes it very unique."
Roadcheck week opened with a 32% out-of-service rate on day one: 500 trucks were pulled from 1,580 inspections.
Happy Thursday. Here's what's trending across freight and logistics on X, LinkedIn, Reddit, and YouTube.
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Trending on X: DOT Blitz Week
Roadcheck week opened with a 32% out-of-service rate on day one: 500 trucks were pulled from 1,580 inspections. Craig Fuller called it some of the tightest truckload conditions in years, with the 7-day spot average at $3.14/mile and individual days hitting $3.29 and $3.18.
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Trending on LinkedIn: South Texas Rates Detonate
DAT's Dean Croke dropped the weekly USDA specialty crops rate report, and the South Texas numbers are hard to look away from. Every single lane out of the district hit Shortage, with week-over-week rate jumps ranging from +19% to +59%.
Florida's late-season load pool is contracting, Mexican commodity exports (watermelons, peppers, cucumbers) are hitting peak volume, and Roadcheck week pulled borderline equipment off the road.
Trending on Reddit: Brokers Are Getting Cooked Out of LA
A three-word post on r/FreightBrokers: "Outbound LA is cooked" turned into the week's most relatable thread.
The thread split along the usual lines: brokers venting about contract rates written weeks ago, carriers enjoying every second of it.
Roadcheck week, South Texas surging, and peak California produce season all landed the same week.
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Trending on YouTube: Inside the CH Robinson Carrier Deposition
Trucking Made Successful, a YouTuber with over 140k subscribers, broke down a court deposition from the CH Robinson broker liability case. The full video is worth watching.
Delgado now has a fourth active company. The full deposition is 100 pages. The guy who allegedly fled to Cuba is on page one.
Freight Meme of the Week
A trade group is suing to strip California and New York of the power to issue commercial driver's licenses entirely. Plus: $3/mi is now breakeven, DOT wants to rate every carrier, routing guides are falling apart, and more.
"We're basically in the center of the United States. As middle as you can get. Every class one railroad comes through Kansas City. It makes it very unique."
S&P is cautiously optimistic about the freight recovery, but it still kept RXO's rating below investment grade. Plus: the Strait is set to reopen, Volvo pulls the safety driver, the U.S. goes after cheap trailers, and more.
The World Cup kicked off, and Amazon decided to become forklift certified. Plus: the Fed could spoil freight's party, C.H. Robinson in crosshairs again, the World Cup is a freight problem, and more.
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