Logistics Management Magazine

by LM Staff on 23 September 2025 at 7:44 pm

The August reading of the ATA’s advanced Seasonally Adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index came in at 115.3 (2015=100), topping July’s 114.3 reading by 0.4% (July was upwardly revised), following a 0.5% July gain. Through the first eight months of 2025, ATA said that SA For-Hire Truck Tonnage is up 0.1%.

by Jeff Berman on 23 September 2025 at 5:34 pm

The prospects of the proposed Class I rail carrier merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern appear to be closer to coming to fruition are picking up steam.

by Jeff Berman on 23 September 2025 at 3:15 pm

The legislation was introduced by Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) and co-sponsored by Mike Ezell (R-MS), John Garamendi (D-CA), and Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA).

by Jeff Berman on 23 September 2025 at 2:31 pm

DAT said that the number of available loads on the spot market headed up over the last week of August, due to the pairing of a national brake-inspection campaign and the lead-up to Labor Day weekend tightening capacity. It also noted that August freight volumes were softer than usual, especially for van loads, coupled with the Van TVI turning in its lowest reading for the month of August since 2021.

by LM Staff on 22 September 2025 at 7:58 pm

The deal strengthens CMA CGM’s position in the UK railroad market and helps it shift more cargo from road to rail.

by Jeff Berman on 22 September 2025 at 7:02 pm

In a Form 8-K statement issued last week, UPS said that it terminated its plans to acquire Estafeta due to the inability of all closing conditions to be satisfied.

by Jeff Berman on 22 September 2025 at 5:29 pm

Los Angeles-based alternative parcel delivery platform services provider Veho said this month that it has taken steps to expand its Southern California presence.

by Jeff Berman on 22 September 2025 at 3:33 pm

Austin, Texas-based Outpost, a national network of truck terminals, said that in partnership with GreenPoint, a real assets investment firm, announced the investment of additional capital, which now increases the scale of Outpost’s terminal platform to $1 billion.

by LM Staff on 22 September 2025 at 3:05 pm

Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Blue Yonder, a provider of AI-driven and end-to-end supply chain management services, recently said it is bringing new updates to its transportation system that combine artificial intelligence, real-time insights, and a connected network of partners. The goal is to help companies cut costs, improve delivery times, and meet sustainability goals while staying resilient in the face of disruption.

by Jeff Berman on 19 September 2025 at 1:41 pm

Quarterly revenue, at $22.2 billion, increased 3% annually, its highest annual growth rate since the pandemic, and operating income, at $1.30 billion, was up 7%. %. Earnings per share, at $3.83, beat Wall Street expectations, at $3.61.

by LM Staff on 19 September 2025 at 12:06 pm

The August shipments reading, at 1.017, fell 9.3% annually and was down 1.5% compared to July. And the August expenditures reading, at 3.135, fell 0.4% annually and were down 2.8%, from July to August.

by LM Staff on 19 September 2025 at 11:46 am

U.S. rail carloads, at 231,237, were off 0.5% annually, and intermodal containers and trailers, at 282,930, decreased 2.6% annually.

by Jeff Berman on 18 September 2025 at 8:40 pm

POLA reported that total volume, at 958,355 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEU), saw a 6% annual increase. The Port of Long Beach reported that August volume, at 901,846 TEU, was off 1.3% from its August 2024 record, while still posting its second-best volume August on record, as well as its sixth-busiest month in port history.

by Jeff Berman on 17 September 2025 at 7:41 pm

Following comments made by Chairman Jay Powell in late August, suggesting that the Federal Reserve was possibly open to reducing the target rate for its federal funds rate, the Federal Reserve today decided to lower the rate, which comes from its Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), to 4.0%-to-4.25%.

by Jeff Berman on 17 September 2025 at 5:14 pm

The White House issued an executive order earlier this month, which it said it takes steps to modify tariff policies and also establish procedures to implement trade and security agreements with foreign partners, in regards to what it called persistent U.S. goods trade benefits that are considered a national security threat.

by LM Staff on 17 September 2025 at 2:56 pm

This year’s honorees demonstrate how leading companies are embedding next-generation technologies into their operations to drive measurable impact and industry leadership.

by LM Staff on 17 September 2025 at 2:43 pm

Falling 2.7 cents, the national average, for the week of September 15, came in at $3.739, following a 3.2-cent increase, to $3.7666, for the week of September 8, and a 2.6-cent increase, to $3.734, for the week of September 1.

by Jeff Berman on 17 September 2025 at 12:49 pm

A letter sent this week by the Rail Customer Coalition (RCC), a concern comprised of trade associations representing the manufacturing, energy, and agricultural industries reliant on railroads, to the leadership at the Surface Transportation Board (STB), an independent adjudicatory and economic-regulatory agency charged by Congress with resolving railroad rate and service disputes and reviewing proposed railroad mergers, laid out various concerns and reservations that RCC has in regards to the proposed merger between Class I railroad carriers Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern.

by LM Staff on 16 September 2025 at 6:25 pm

August retail sales, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading day differences but not price changes, came in at $732.0 billion, up 0.6% over July’s $727.4 billion, which was revised from an initial reading of $726.3 billion, and were up 5.0% annually

by Jeff Berman on 16 September 2025 at 3:51 pm

Entitled the Always-on Logistics Planner, the company described it as a premium service experience powered by a growing digital workforce of AI agents, adding that it is designed to deliver continuous execution quality across the shipment lifecycle.