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FedEx Completes Spin-Off of Freight Unit

FedEx Corp. has completed the spin-off of its less-than-truckload subsidiary, FedEx Freight, creating two independent publicly traded transportation companies and concluding one of the most closely watched restructurings in the North American freight sector. FedEx Freight began trading June 1 on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol FDXF, while FedEx Corp. continues trading under FDX. The separation establishes FedEx Freight as a standalone company focused exclusively on the less-than-truckload ... [+]

REPS Funded to Turn Roads into Power Plants

Austrian cleantech startup REPS has secured US$23.6 million in equity financing to expand deployment of its Road Energy Production System, a technology designed to convert vehicle traffic into electrical energy. The company said its patented system captures mechanical energy generated when vehicles brake or slow down ... [+]

Log-hub Initiative to Help LSPs’ Lost Margins

Swiss supply chain analytics provider Log-hub has launched a program aimed at helping logistics service providers identify hidden operational inefficiencies and recover lost margins across transport and distribution networks. The initiative targets groupage, full truckload and fourth-party logistics operators facing continued pricing pressure and rising transport ... [+]

Artemis Restructure Enters New Breakbulk Phase

The successful return to Earth of the Artemis II crew in April signalled a shift in North American heavy-lift transport, from a "test-flight" cadence to a high-volume, industrial-scale logistics operation. However, as NASA announced a massive strategic pivot in its operational aims, the demand for North ... [+]

Data Center Surge Drives Heavy-lift Strategies

AI’s explosive growth has brought a breakneck rush to build new data centers across North America, but the surge in capital spending is colliding with physical limitations, forcing rapid change in the breakbulk sector. An estimated 17 gigawatts of AI capacity are under construction in the ... [+]

Long Beach Port Launches Green Truck Corridor

The Port of Long Beach and private-sector partners are moving forward with a zero-emissions truck corridor linking the San Pedro Bay port complex with California’s Central Valley, targeting emissions reductions along one of the nation’s busiest inland freight routes. The memorandum of understanding, signed May 12, ... [+]

Latin America Faces ‘Constant Volatility’, Maersk

Container shipping and logistics trends across Latin America are becoming increasingly shaped by supply chain digitalization, infrastructure investment and mounting geopolitical uncertainty, according to Maersk’s latest regional market assessment. In its May Latin America market outlook, Danish shipping and logistics group A.P. Moller - Maersk said ... [+]

Record Natural Gas Consumption for ’26-’27, EIA

U.S. energy production reached another all-time high in 2025, driven by continued growth in natural gas, crude oil and renewable energy output, according to new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Total U.S. energy production climbed 3.4 percent year over year to 107 quadrillion British ... [+]

Cargo Theft Eases; Criminals, Tactics Persist

Cargo theft activity eased in the first quarter of 2026, but industry analysts said increasingly sophisticated methods and transnational crime groups continue to pose significant risks across North American supply chains. Total supply chain crime incidents fell 5.3 percent year over year to 767 events in ... [+]

CCM Updates to Improve Intermodal Efficiency

Consolidated Chassis Management said it is expanding fleet modernization and interoperable chassis pool initiatives to help motor carriers reduce costs and mitigate the impact of rising fuel prices across the intermodal sector. The company’s latest push centers on enhancements to the South Atlantic Chassis Pool, or ... [+]

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