🎣 Green Deal, No More

FreightCaviar Weekly Recap. From the Green New Deal termination to the shutdown of 10 Roads Express, here are this week’s most talked-about freight stories.

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👨‍💼 Am I Being Fair, Brokers?

A post on r/FreightBrokers described a carrier stuck for seven days with a load for ALDI in Moreno Valley after repeated appointment rejections, missing Thanksgiving in the process. The broker pushed for redelivery attempts while refusing to confirm layover pay unless the load was delivered. The carrier asked whether a $2,000–$3,000 layover was reasonable.

Commenters said the broker likely never had a valid appointment and used the carrier as the buffer. Standard layover rates were cited at $150–$250 per day, with additional compensation appropriate for extra miles and repeated rejections.

The takeaway is this: Appointment failures should not fall solely on the carrier. Always confirm receiver schedules, document every rejection, and negotiate layover terms in writing before agreeing to repeated redelivery attempts.

Editor’s Note: After publication, Spot Freight shared documentation confirming the delivery appointments as communicated and noting an internal system issue at the receiver caused the confusion. Spot also stated it will ensure the driver is compensated appropriately. We appreciate the added context.

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🏛 Green New Deal No More

President Trump moves to roll back Biden-era fuel economy rules, shifting federal policy away from EV-driven standards and toward more gradual, combustion-focused targets. The new proposal would reduce the 2031 goal from 50.4 mpg to 34.5 mpg, block California from setting stricter requirements, and remove EV performance from compliance calculations.

Trump and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy framed the move as a way to lower car costs and end what they called unattainable regulations. However, some note that easing fuel standards is unlikely to reduce vehicle prices in the near term, with market forces and production costs playing a larger role. The rollback marks the latest reversal of Biden-era clean energy policies.

💥 FreightCaviar Story of the Week: 10 Roads Is Shutting Down

10 Roads Express, one of USPS’s largest contracted carriers, will cease operations on January 30, 2026. The Iowa-based company told employees it could not survive a nearly 70% revenue decline after USPS shifted freight to brokers and brought more transportation work in-house. FMCSA data shows roughly 2,462 power units and 2,606 drivers will exit the network, with about 2,000 employees affected.

As a longtime backbone hauler for the U.S. Postal Service, 10 Roads’ collapse will tighten capacity in mail-dependent lanes and send more USPS volume into the spot and brokered markets. The shutdown follows a year of labor unrest and stalled recovery efforts, underscoring how rapidly USPS’s contracting strategy is reshaping the carrier landscape.

Read the feature to get further insight into this collapse.

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📦 Where Were They Stolen From?

Lars Ward, VP of Automation Solutions at Transflo, highlighted the scale of package theft from Amazon, an often overlooked counterpart to cargo theft. Ward noted that an estimated 104 million packages, worth roughly $8.2 billion, are stolen each year, a loss that accumulates into a significant supply chain burden for shippers and last-mile carriers.

This map could prove useful for anyone within these areas, as a warning of sorts to be on the lookout for theft that could impact ones area or business.

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