News
Consulting Firm: Vanishing Capacity Is What’s Really Causing Trucking Rate Recovery
18+ hour, 19+ min ago (214+ words) Supply Chain Brain Consulting Firm: Vanishing Capacity Is What’s Really Causing Trucking Rate Recovery Although truck freight spot rates are at record highs, and tender rejections are at their highest since 2022, demand is narrow and unevenly focused on industrial freight…...
Xeneta: Peak Season for Ocean Freight Started Two Months Early
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (368+ words) Supply Chain Brain Xeneta: Peak Season for Ocean Freight Started Two Months Early Ocean container freight rates are softening, as a bulge in demand that was brought on by shippers “frontloading” shipments in anticipation of higher fuel costs ironically drove…...
Four Forces Tightening Truck Capacity, and How Shippers Should Respond
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (822+ words) From the end of 2022 through most of 2025, shippers benefited from a freight market saturated with truck capacity. Conditions have changed, but not due to a traditional demand-driven cycle. Truckload and less-than-truckload rates have roared back to life as capacity has…...
ICE Now Screening Truck Drivers at Weigh Stations
1+ week, 3+ day ago (301+ words) Federal agents are working at weigh stations to apprehend drivers deemed unqualified to hold commercial driver’s licenses (CDL) in some states, reports CDLLife. In a July 7 interview with Fox News, Tom Homan, who holds the role of Senior Official Performing…...
AI Is Making Logistics Faster. It Is Also Making Freight Fraud Easier. | SupplyChainBrain
1+ week, 3+ day ago (138+ words) Cargo theft is no longer just a problem of broken seals, stolen trailers and opportunistic theft on the roadside. That world still exists, but it is no longer the main story. The real shift is happening upstream, inside the digital…...
Eight Indicted for Impersonating Shipping Cos. to Steal Goods | SupplyChainBrain
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (400+ words) Eight Indicted for Impersonating Shipping Cos. to Steal Goods Supply Chain Brain Eight Indicted for Impersonating Shipping Cos. to Steal Goods A “brazen, multi-million-dollar interstate retail theft conspiracy,” has been thwarted, with eight men indicted in New York City. The…...
Importers Into Mexico Can No Longer Delay Complying With New Customs Declaration Law
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (626+ words) Supply Chain Brain Importers Into Mexico Can No Longer Delay Complying With New Customs Declaration Law A message for those who have been dragging their feet on complying with Mexico’s new import declaration law: Time’s up. June 1 is the date…...
Supreme Court Ruling Reshapes Risk for Freight Brokers
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (381+ words) The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to hold freight brokers liable for negligently hiring unsafe trucking companies could reshape how freight is moved across the country, opening the door to a flurry of lawsuits, and forcing brokers to rethink how they vet…...
Why Trucking Spot Rates Are Soaring — and How to Cope With Them
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (412+ words) According to SONAR’s National Truckload Index, spot rates have reached new daily highs of around $3.22 a mile, the highest since March, 2022, and after relative stability in 2024 and 2025. In the fresh produce industry, this recent rise signals a supply chain shift…...
Supreme Court Rules Brokers Can Be Held Liable for Unsafe Trucking Operators
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (437+ words) Supply Chain Brain Supreme Court Rules Brokers Can Be Held Liable for Unsafe Trucking Operators The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that freight brokers can be held liable for hiring unsafe motor carriers, clearing the way for more lawsuits tied…...