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Three Years After East Palestine Derailment, Chambers Revisit Policy WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators recently introduced the Railway Safety Act, reviving legislation aimed at strengthening safety standards three years after a high-profile derailment in Ohio. Led by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), ranking member of the Commerce Committee, and Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio), the bill [...]

As-a-service models and success stories from peers are pushing SMEs to invest in automation technology within their supply chains alongside giants like Walmart and Amazon. Robotics and artificial intelligence, usually tools reserved for billion-dollar enterprises with sprawling supply chains, are increasingly becoming accessible to a wider swath of companies. So, while giants such as Walmart and Amazon continue to [...]

Though shoppers are projected to spend more online, over 70% of retail sales will still come from stores, according to a Forrester report. Dive Brief: In the U.S., e-commerce sales will reach $1.8 trillion by 2030, according to a new report from Forrester. Though U.S. e-commerce sales will comprise 29% of all retail sales, the remaining 71%, [...]

WASHINGTON — New legislation in the works by U.S. Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Calif., would impose a federal ceiling on state-level fuel taxes in a move that could dismantle one of trucking’s biggest operating expenses. Under Kiley’s “Gas Tax Reduction Act,” any state that maintains a fuel tax exceeding 50 cents per gallon would face an [...]

Transportation and Logistics Sectors Seen Benefiting as Physical AI Expands Across Industries The market for AI-powered robots and autonomous machines has the potential to balloon into a trillion-dollar opportunity by 2035, orders of magnitude bigger than it is now, according to a team of Barclays analysts. Autonomous vehicles, which are already relatively advanced, will lead [...]

Enforcement Actions, Soft Freight Market Viewed as Contributing Factors The pool of available truck drivers showed signs of tightening during the fourth quarter amid a freight market that continues to face headwinds, according to experts. Several market pressures have been affecting driver availability, including a federal crackdown on standards for commercial driver licenses, according to [...]

Weather Updates:  Freeze protection services are currently active in Alaska, Canada, the Midwest and New England markets. For shipments containing freezable freight, ensure freeze protection service is added. Please note that this service brings additional charges and transit delays. A strong winter storm hit New England states receiving 1–2 feet of snow, with localized amounts near 24 inches. Wind gusts of 40–55 mph inland [...]

Retailers are getting serious about AI in 2026, shifting focus from isolated tools to embedded, agent-driven architectures that connect real-time data, decision intelligence, and execution inside core retail workflows. Retailers have spent the past several years experimenting with artificial intelligence, deploying chatbots, copilots, and analytics tools designed to boost efficiency and improve decision-making. But as [...]

Overhaul report shows more than 2,576 cargo thefts throughout the U.S. and Canada last year California and Texas accounted for more than half of all reported U.S. cargo thefts in 2025, underscoring how concentrated freight crime has become in the nation’s largest logistics hubs. California alone represented 38% of all recorded cargo theft incidents last [...]

Authorities announced a string of major cargo crime-related enforcement actions in the U.S. and Canada A wave of recent enforcement announcements in the U.S. and Canada illustrates how cargo crime now spans cyber-facilitated freight fraud, bulk narcotics concealment inside commercial trailers, and export smuggling schemes embedded within legitimate logistics flows. From stolen truckloads of frozen [...]