Drayage capacity around the major gateways, per-diem and chassis disputes, intermodal rail transit, driver supply and the fuel line on every invoice.
Friday's preliminary benchmark cut U.S. payrolls by 79,000 overall, but transportation and warehousing was one of only a handful of sectors to move up, not down.
Weekend service launches in Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto later this year, funded by a parcel business growing 20.7% while letter mail keeps collapsing underneath it.
Overhaul counted more reported incidents quarter over quarter; Verisk CargoNet counted fewer incidents but far bigger losses. Both are measuring something real, just not the same thing.
An interpretive rule issued Aug. 28 says the agency's authority stops at the vehicle and never reached the engine — but the standards on the books today don't change until a separate rulemaking says so.
Two federal pilot programs will let a slice of drivers pause the 14-hour clock or restructure sleeper-berth splits — but the agency is starting with just 18 drivers to shake out the study design first.
The three-year-old ground parcel network added 200,000 square feet and 42 dock doors in Texas — one piece of a broader capacity build that now spans 300-plus hubs and claims 75% of the U.S. population.
