Freight costs are climbing without the demand boom that usually drives them. Uneven capacity, fuel pressure and costly service failures are forcing companies to rethink
Transportation emissions increasingly reflect the same routing, loading and carrier decisions that determine freight cost and service performance. Using standardized emissions factors within daily planning
Uber is moving from marketplace coordination into physical capacity planning, using shared infrastructure and multisourcing to support 120,000 autonomous vehicles. In Brief The Strategic Break
Insurance costs, vessel availability and limited traffic visibility are placing new constraints on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. As inbound capacity tightens, supply chain
Pallet stability influences freight quality, worker safety and transport efficiency long before a shipment leaves the warehouse. Stronger load design helps reduce product damage, lower
Freight procurement is becoming less about finding the lowest transportation rate and more about securing reliable network capacity. After several years of market volatility, carriers
AI freight brokers are emerging as a real routing option, with new 1Q26 TD Cowen Carrier survey data showing many carriers willing to book loads
J.B. Hunt is using a $100m-plus cost-to-serve reset to decouple margin from freight cycles and harden its network in a fragile trucking market. In Brief
North American supply chains are being redrawn with Mexico at the center. Radiant Logistics’ acquisition of Mexico-based Weport highlights a broader shift as tariff volatility,
Peak-season shipping is colliding with tariff escalations, falling freight rates, and capacity bottlenecks from Asia to Europe. With carriers blanking sailings and air hubs stretched
Freight costs are climbing without the demand boom that usually drives them. Uneven capacity, fuel pressure and costly service failures are forcing companies to rethink
Transportation emissions increasingly reflect the same routing, loading and carrier decisions that determine freight cost and service performance. Using standardized emissions factors within daily planning
Uber is moving from marketplace coordination into physical capacity planning, using shared infrastructure and multisourcing to support 120,000 autonomous vehicles. In Brief The Strategic Break
Insurance costs, vessel availability and limited traffic visibility are placing new constraints on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. As inbound capacity tightens, supply chain
Pallet stability influences freight quality, worker safety and transport efficiency long before a shipment leaves the warehouse. Stronger load design helps reduce product damage, lower
Freight procurement is becoming less about finding the lowest transportation rate and more about securing reliable network capacity. After several years of market volatility, carriers
AI freight brokers are emerging as a real routing option, with new 1Q26 TD Cowen Carrier survey data showing many carriers willing to book loads
J.B. Hunt is using a $100m-plus cost-to-serve reset to decouple margin from freight cycles and harden its network in a fragile trucking market. In Brief
North American supply chains are being redrawn with Mexico at the center. Radiant Logistics’ acquisition of Mexico-based Weport highlights a broader shift as tariff volatility,
Peak-season shipping is colliding with tariff escalations, falling freight rates, and capacity bottlenecks from Asia to Europe. With carriers blanking sailings and air hubs stretched
