FedEx braces for 50% cut in Postal Service air contract

FedEx Corp. expects its air express unit will lose half of its business with the U.S. Postal Service when an existing contract expires, making more pilots expendable, FreightWaves has learned. The Postal Service three years ago began shifting a large amount of volume from air to ground transportation to reduce red ink and become more…

Borderlands: Cargo insurance can boost cross-border operators’ business

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Cargo insurance can boost cross-border operators’ business; Ryder System leases logistics center near Dallas–Fort Worth; Paccar Inc. announces $50M investment in Mexico truck factory; and thefts from cargo trains in Mexico rose in September. Cargo insurance…

What the Red Sea conflict means for domestic transportation

Chart of the Week: Freightos Baltic Daily Index – China to North American west and east coasts, Panama Spread  SONAR: FBXD.CNAW, FBXD.CNAE, FBXD.PANA Disproportionate shipping rate increases resulting from the Red Sea attacks further incentivize shippers to bring freight into the U.S. West Coast from Asia, as a pandemic-era pattern of shipping to Eastern ports continues to…

Conflict at sea and your freight; state of rates; is 2024 the year of autonomy? – WTT

On today’s episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is talking to gCaptain’s John Konrad V about the escalating conflict in the Red Sea and how it is already impacting freight.  FreightWaves market expert Donny Gilbert breaks down the trucking data driving rates. Capacity is leaving the market at an accelerated pace but is it helping…