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Logistics Leaders Urge Resilience as Costs Climb

CSCMP鈥檚 2025 State of Logistics Report found that annual expenditures associated with moving freight grew 5.4% year over year to $2.58 trillion in 2024 compared with 2023.

October 9, 2025
GovernmentBusinessEquipment

Canada鈥檚 Carney Says US Auto Sector Needs USMCA to Compete

Trump鈥檚 tariffs have cast a chill over the Canadian automotive sector, but have also affected U.S.-based companies.

October 9, 2025
GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogistics

ATA Presses Congress on Safety, Efficiency Priorities

ATA President Chris Spear in an Oct. 8 letter detailed several matters for Congress such as boosting entry-level driver training as well as English-language proficiency requirements.

October 9, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafetyAutonomous

NHTSA Opens Tesla Probe After Crashes Involving FSD

Tesla is also under investigation by NHTSA for a 鈥渟ummon鈥 technology that lets drivers tell cars to drive to their location to pick them up, a feature that has reportedly led to fender benders.

October 9, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafetyLogistics

Cargo Theft Costs Trucking, Logistics Firms $18M Daily

ATRI researchers conducted numerous interviews with industry participants who lost goods due to cargo theft. They also had input from experts who work to monitor and prevent this crime.

October 9, 2025
GovernmentBusinessEquipment

First Brands Creditor Seeks Investigation of 鈥榁anished鈥 Cash

First Brands' bankruptcy filing set off a round of damage limitation by Wall Street firms now attempting to size up their exposure to the company.

October 9, 2025
BusinessEquipmentSafety

Volvo VNL, VNR to Receive Side-Curtain Air Bags as Standard

VTNA launched redesigns of the flagship Class 8 on-highway VNL tractor and VNR regional-haul semi in January 2024 and March 2025, respectively.

October 9, 2025
GovernmentBusinessLogisticsGlobal Freight

Ocean Shippers Find Work-Arounds to Avoid New US Port Fees

The U.S. is set to start charging large Chinese vessels millions of dollars when they call at American ports from Oct. 14.

October 9, 2025
BusinessEquipment

Bridgestone CEO Expects Slowdown in Second Half of 2025

Bridgestone expects a tougher second half as its U.S. business faces a sharp drop in truck tire demand, tariffs take a toll and it deals with the fallout from a cyberattack that disrupted production.

October 9, 2025
BusinessEquipmentFor-Hire

DTNA Third-Quarter Sales Slump 39% to 30,225 Trucks, Buses

As is typical with Daimler Truck鈥檚 pre-earnings sales announcements, no color was provided on the statistics. Daimler Truck will report its full third-quarter earnings on Nov. 7.

October 8, 2025

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