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Good morning. Today's main story focuses on the U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index for Q2 2024, which shows a continued decline in shipments and spending. While some regions saw slight gains in shipments, overall market conditions remain challenging.
Plus: a potential $12B tech-broker merger, rejection rates crossing 10%, and FMCSA signaling the end of ELD self-certification, and more.
Plus: states unite to curb trucking fraud, Transfix’s full shift to freight software, renewed questions over FMCSA’s chameleon carrier system, and more.
Here is another round-up of the most engaging and talked-about freight content from around the web and from us.
Plus: what FMCSA crash data actually says about non-domiciled CDL holders, border turmoil testing nearshoring, and Morgan Stanley’s call for a 2026 trucking rebound — all in today’s newsletter.
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