Who was the best Space Shuttle robotic arm operator?

Really proud to have @maybedanielleee in FreightWaves this morning leading us through the twists and turns of ELP out of service violation data. Are ELP out of service violations actually keeping drivers off the road? Which states are protecting bad carriers?

"Duffy might be decertifying California CDLs. The ramifications from this are insane. A capacity crunch like we've never seen. Reefer rates are going to go through the roof. We might have a real truck driver sho-" "Peter I'm getting married."

C.H. Robinson has been hitting on all cylinders for almost two years, but in the fourth quarter the giant 3PL started to run into the realities of a freight market that is a broker’s worst nightmare: a sudden rise in spot rates. https://t.co/P4UXqTA8AT

displaying here the percentage of truckload shipments rejected by carriers. the market is in a fundamentally different place now than at any time in the past 4 years. external disruptions are causing persistent capacity crunches and stickier spot rate increases.

this chart from the Logistics Managers' Index Dec 2025 report may have big implications for transportation in 2026. Lower inventory levels mean that any replenishment or build will have to be faster and more urgent. More truckload, less intermodal; more spot, less contract.

As the remnants of Winter Storm Fern linger across much of the United States, supply chain professionals are grappling with tightened trucking capacity that has effectively extended the elevated rate environment from the 2025 holiday peak season into late January 2026.

SIG on trucking: "Tender rejection rates typically slide throughout January, but this past week they ticked upward and reached an absolute value of 10%. With the truckload cycle already seeming to show signs of a turn, this extreme weather event could ignite a more material

On January 27, we remember Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee. The Apollo 1 fire was attributed to a “failure of imagination,” an inability to foresee how risk could compound in the most routine testing. At @NASA we endeavor to never be blinded again, carrying those

Let’s go! First full orbital test of Starship incoming.

A trade group of Chinese truck drivers has been denied a temporary restraining order (TRO) that would have stopped California from its pause in renewing commercial driver licenses that is part of the state’s broader battle with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Really interesting data on 3PLs' growing share of warehousing deals

Alaska Airlines wants to renegotiate the cargo flying contract with Amazon it inherited after acquiring Hawaiian Airlines 16 months ago because the venture isn’t very economical, a top executive strongly suggested last month. https://t.co/74KkUf51aL

Multiple white plastic semi trucks appear to be taking their breaks in the median on I-24

Congress’s first line item spending on truck parking

freight broker W?

Knight-Swift Transportation reported a headline net loss of $6.8 million, or 4 cents per share, for the fourth quarter on Wednesday after the market closed. The result included $52.9 million in noncash charges stemming from its recent decision to roll the Abilene Motor Express

huge deal to kick off 2026

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As a potent winter storm barrels toward the central and eastern United States from January 23-25, 2026, freight carriers, shippers, and supply chain managers are bracing for widespread disruptions. Forecast models from the National Weather Service indicate heavy snow, sleet,

As an Arctic air mass plunges southward, the United States braces for brutally low temperatures this weekend, January 24-25, 2026. Forecast models predict highs in the single digits to below zero across the Upper Midwest, with wind chills dipping to -30°F or lower, while the