The Iran conflict, and related gains in fuel prices, and tariffs are having different impacts on United States-bound retail ...

Rail carloads, at 2.68 million, saw a 4.2%, or 107,000, annual increase. Total U.S first quarter intermodal volume, at 3.31 million containers and trailers, was down 0.2%, or 6,597 units, annually.

While the existing contract between global e-commerce retailer Amazon and the United States Postal Service (USPS) expires in ...

The report, entitled “2026 U.S. Seaports Outlook,” explained, in looking back at 2025, that U.S. port activity transitioned from pandemic-era volatility to a more normal trade environment.

The firm explained that, in February, dry van and temperature-controlled markets experienced their largest three-month spot rates increase going back to Spring 2020, coming in at 21% and 13%, ...

As oil and gas prices continue to see significant increases, going back to the launched joint strikes by the United States and Israel more than four weeks ago, in an initiative geared towards halting ...

The date April 2, 2025, known in the global trade environment as “Liberation Day,” hit its one-year anniversary this week. Liberation Day marked the implementation of tariffs on United States global ...

The March Services PMI, at 54.0 (a reading above 50 represents expansion and below 50 indicates contraction), fell 2.1%, from February to March, growing, at a faster rate, for the 21st consecutive ...

UPS said that this agreement came to fruition, following what it called constructive discussions with the Teamsters over the last week.

As tariff uncertainty, shifting alliances and new trade agreements reshape the global order, Europe is recalibrating its ...

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters said UPS informed the union on March 24 that it would withdraw the program across ...

Union Pacific's proposed acquisition of Norfolk Southern would create the first true U.S. transcontinental railroad, ...