CSX Cuts Chicago Barr Yard Operations, Shifts Switching to Belt Railway
CSX dropped daily car inventory at Barr Yard from 1,400–1,800 to 228 as of last week, routing traffic through BRC and IHB to cut transit times.
Markets & Rates
Spot and contract freight rates, fuel prices, capacity, lane trends, and freight demand.
Brent Crude Hits $103.88 as Iran Conflict Pushes Oil Higher
July Brent rose $2.19 to $103.88 per barrel April 28, the second straight session above $100, as the Iran war drags into its second month with no diplomatic…
Diesel Drops 5.2¢ to $5.35/Gallon, Third Week Down, Futures Turn Up
DOE benchmark fell 29.2 cents over three weeks, but futures and AAA prices signal the decline may be over.
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 2025.
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.
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.
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.
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…
March Tonnage Posts Strongest Year-Over-Year Gain Since October 2022
ATA reports 2.1% first-quarter tonnage increase, the best three-month stretch in nine years, signaling contract freight demand is finally climbing.
Werner Launches Asset-Based Intermodal Into Mexico Cross-Border Lanes
Omaha carrier deploys Werner-owned containers and 30 years of cross-border experience as nearshoring shifts freight patterns south of the border.
Ocean Rate Surge Hits Domestic Trucking: What Iran Conflict Means for Your Lanes
Trans-Pacific container rates jumped 22% in a month as Middle East disruptions cascade through Asian transshipment hubs, and the ripple is already reaching…