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U.S. rail carload and intermodal volumes post annual gains, for week ending October 10, reports AAR

Rail carloads, at 232,004, posted a 3.4% annual gain, and intermodal containers and trailers, at 302,252 units, rose 10.4% ...
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September Cass Freight Index sees shipments rise for the second month in a row

The September shipments reading, at 1.062, increased 1.9% annually, growing for the second consecutive month, after declines for the previous 3.5 years (the last month with an annual gain was January ...
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DHL introduces cold chain routes from Cincinnati to Singapore, Tokyo, and Seoul

Three routes connect Cincinnati with Singapore, Tokyo Narita and Seoul Incheon. The European routes connect Liège with ...
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Geopolitical volatility leads the ASCM supply chain trends outlook for 2027

AI remains central to the annual trends discussion, but ASCM presenters urge leaders to connect technology investments with ...
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Industry stakeholders are urged to prepare for potential Congressional power shift in 2027

In transport, the powerful House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, currently is very popular with 70 members—39 ...
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U.S. industrial real estate market gains momentum in the third quarter as net absorption rises and vacancies fall, reports Cushman & Wakefield

A key takeaway from the firm’s research addressed net absorption, which came in at 76.6 million square-feet (MSF), for the third quarter, marking the best quarterly total going back to the first ...
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National diesel average, for the week of October 12, falls for third straight week, reports EIA

For the week of October 12, the national average price per gallon, at $6.179, fell $0.02, following an 18.3-cent decline to $6.199, for the week of October 5, and a 14.4-cent decrease to $6.382, for ...
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Record-high diesel prices cause truckers to rethink equipment, capacity, rates

The great diesel surge of 2026 is taking a toll on shippers’ transportation budgets, carriers’ fuel bills and everyone else’s supply chain plans. For trucking, until the diesel crisis hit about seven ...
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Retail sales post gains, for 12th consecutive month, in September

Total September retail sales, at $745.0, which are adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, eked out a 0.8% sequential increase and headed up ...
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Extended Peak Season pushes 2026 port volume higher, but slowdown looms, reports Port Tracker

For August, the most recent month for which data is available, U.S. imports, for the ports covered in the report, came in at 2.3 million TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units), for a 0.7% annual decrease ...
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POLB sets new all-time monthly volume record, for the port, in September

Total September volume, at 997,177 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units), increased 25.0% annually, topping the previous high set in October 2024, at 987,191 TEU, for the highest monthly tally in the ...
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C.H. Robinson agrees to acquire RXO in $5.8 billion cash-and-stock deal

Eden Prairie, Minn.-based global third-party logistics (3PL) services provider and freight forwarder C.H. Robinson said today it has agreed to acquire Charlotte, N.C.-based full truckload brokerage ...