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Tractor-trailers moving freight on a U.S. highway at sunset
Oct 13, 2026

September Cass Data Suggests the U.S. Truckload Turn Is Still Strengthening

September freight data released on October 13, 2026 points to a more durable turn in the U.S. truckload market than many shippers saw over the summer. The latest Cass Transportation Index report fo...

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Warehouse pickup of a high-value freight shipment under controlled verification procedures
Oct 08, 2026

Cargo Theft Prevention Starts at Tender: The Pre-Pickup Controls That Matter Most

High-value freight is often most exposed before it ever leaves the dock. As cargo theft losses climbed and law enforcement warned of rising strategic theft and impersonation schemes, the most effec...

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Semi-trucks on a U.S. highway at dusk, representing tightening truckload capacity and service risk
Oct 07, 2026

Why New Truckload Capacity Still Isn’t Returning—and Why That Raises Service Risk

U.S. truckload conditions tightened further in early October, but the more consequential development is not simply higher rates or more routing-guide failures. It is that the market’s usual self-co...

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Truck arriving at an industrial receiving dock after hours
Oct 05, 2026

Receiving Hours, Not Transit Time, Often Decide Whether Urgent Freight Saves the Day

An urgent shipment is not truly on time just because it reaches the destination city on schedule. In many line-down, outage-recovery, and project-critical moves, the decisive constraint is whether ...

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Intermodal container operations at the Port of Mobile tied to inland rail connectivity
Sep 25, 2026

Shippers Are Looking Inland to De-Risk Freight, and Gulf Coast Gateways Want to Capture the Shift

Shippers looking for freight resilience in late 2026 are increasingly shifting attention from the ocean leg alone to what happens after discharge. New reporting from Supply Chain Dive and the Journ...

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Cargo containers and freight transport under stormy skies, representing El Niño-related logistics and insurance risk ahead of summer.
Sep 23, 2026

El Niño Risk Is Expanding Beyond Fuel as Freight Insurers Reassess Summer Exposure

Late-September developments in the insurance and marine-risk market are sharpening a point freight buyers cannot afford to miss: weather risk is no longer just a routing problem or a fuel-cost prob...

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