Truckload & rates
- Flatbed capacity tightening in pockets; reefer crunch eases outside Pacific NWC.H. Robinson, October update
- Spot rates hit all-time record $3.83/mile as tender rejections top 17%June peak
- Spot market cools, but all three trailer types still run ~40% above last yearFTR / DAT weekly
- U.S. Bank index: spot up 31% year over year while volumes slip
- LTL picks up freight leaking out of truckload
Rail & intermodal
- STB pushes UP–NS into merits evaluation
- Board sets procedural schedule for first transcon merger
- Timeline: every step of the UP–NS deal so far
- Railroads reset date to re-file merger application
- UP slaps $500 peak surcharge on intermodal shippers
- Intermodal demand climbs as shippers hunt long-haul options for 2027 bids
- Read it raw: Union Pacific Q2 10-QSEC EDGAR
DOT · FMCSA · Hazmat
- Non-domiciled CDL crackdown pulls 90,000+ licenses
- Mandatory stop at rail crossings heads toward the scrap heapFinal-rule stage
- Entry-level driver training rewrite on deck for November
- ELD paper manual no longer required in the cab
- AEB mandate back out for comment
- Speed limiter rule dead... for now
- Autonomous truck inspection rule takes shape
- $61.7M in truck parking grants handed out