Port Houston Q1 Container Volume Tops 1M TEUs on March Rebound
March handled 391,037 TEUs, up 1% year over year, pushing first-quarter container traffic to 1,087,870 TEUs — a 2% gain that signals momentum after a soft…
Tess Crawford
Markets, Rates, Fuel & Carrier Business
Tess Crawford tracks the money flowing through trucking — spot and contract rates, diesel and crude markets, fuel surcharges, lane capacity, freight demand, LTL tonnage and yield, plus the carrier-business side: bankruptcies, M&A, layoffs, and insurance pricing. She writes for the dispatcher checking the load board between calls and the small-fleet owner reading the P&L over coffee.
US Cooking-Oil Imports From China Accelerate as Diesel Hits $101
Iran war and new biofuel mandates push American refiners toward Chinese feedstock — what the shift means for diesel supply and fuel costs at the pump.
DQS Acquires Contract Logistics Provider CLI in Warehouse Push
The deal adds 5 million square feet of warehouse space across 17 states and a proprietary WMS to DQS's growing transportation platform.
Einride Files for $1.35B Nasdaq Listing, Adds 75 Amazon Electric Trucks
Swedish electric-truck maker targets Q2 public debut while deploying heavy-duty fleet across five U.S. Amazon sites.
Ryder Q1 Profit Beats Forecast on 6% Jump in Used Tractor Sales
Used tractor volume up 6% year-on-year lifted Ryder's Q1 earnings 27¢ above consensus despite 5% lower pricing and flat total vehicle sales.
Mullen Group Q1 Revenue Hits Record on Acquisitions
Canadian carrier's first-quarter revenue reached an all-time high, driven primarily by recent company purchases rather than organic freight growth.
Heartland Express Narrows Loss to $4.8M as Operating Ratio Improves
North Liberty truckload carrier posts fourth straight quarter of sequential OR improvement, but CEO says rate recovery may not fully materialize until late…
Werner Doubles Mexico Intermodal Fleet to 800 Containers by Year-End
Omaha carrier bets on nearshoring demand and cross-border conversion as fuel and truckload rates climb.
Covenant Q1 Earnings Miss by 4¢ — March Rebound Flags Rate Gains
Chattanooga truckload carrier posted 26¢ per share against 30¢ forecast as winter weather and fuel costs hit margins, but CEO cites improving freight volumes…
Phantom Capacity Shrinks Cross-Border Lanes Despite Flat Demand
Security vetting and corridor concentration cut usable truck supply in US-Mexico lanes — even as headline metrics signal loose freight.
Gnosis Freight Adds Walmart Logistics Chief Gary Adams to Board
Adams ran global logistics for Walmart for three decades — now he's advising the AI freight platform on enterprise execution.
Shell Starship 3.0 Natural Gas Demo: What the Fuel Shift Means for Fleets
Shell's decade-long Starship program pivots from diesel to natural gas as RNG infrastructure expands and low-carbon fuel mandates tighten. What the shift…