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The day’s most important moves across every mode — air, rail, road, ocean and the trade that ties them together.
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Avoid congestion and costly delays. Seattle-Tacoma’s fluid terminal operations, on-dock rail and 2-3 day rail dwell will speed your cargo to its final destination.
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AIR CARGO · SAFETY
BY ERIC KULISCH · AMERICAN SHIPPER · SEP 11, 2026
More than 32,000 pounds of CooperVision contact lenses remain in limbo aboard the 21 Air Boeing 767-300 that overran the runway at Miami International last Sunday after an overly fast approach, an accident that killed five ground workers and has already drawn a wrongful death lawsuit against Amazon, even as CooperVision says the stranded cargo is only a small slice of its total inventory.
| THE TAKE — THE TAKE — A wrongful death suit naming Amazon directly, not just the airline operator, signals plaintiffs’ attorneys see enough control over 21 Air’s operations to go after the brand behind the cargo — shippers using Amazon’s air network for time-sensitive freight should watch how liability gets allocated here, since it could reshape how carrier contracts get structured industrywide. |
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LOGISTICS · PARCEL
DHL officially opened an expansion at its Cologne-Eifeltor parcel center that lifts sorting capacity to nearly 50,000 pieces an hour and adds 250 jobs for a total of 750 workers, part of the company’s broader plan to spend more than 1 billion euros a year modernizing its network, with only DHL’s Munich hub now handling more volume nationwide.
| THE TAKE — THE TAKE — Building in solar panels, LED lighting and a green roof alongside the capacity boost shows DHL treating sustainability upgrades as standard practice on new builds, not an add-on — shippers using DHL’s German network should see this as one data point in a much larger yearly reinvestment cycle rather than an isolated capacity fix. |
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OCEAN · CONTAINER SHIPPING
The Port of Los Angeles moved 955,907 container units in August to close out its busiest three-month stretch on record at more than 2.9 million TEUs for June through August, pushing year-to-date volume up 1.5% to just over 7 million TEUs even as loaded exports fell 9% year-over-year to 115,561 TEUs.
| THE TAKE — THE TAKE — A record import quarter paired with export volume still sliding is the same imbalance that’s been building all year — shippers relying on LA for import capacity should expect continued strength through year-end, but the export-side weakness means backhaul options out of Southern California stay tight. |
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LOGISTICS · M&A
Spartan Logistics acquired Allen Logistics, adding 100,000 square feet of warehouse space in Toledo and bringing the Columbus-based 3PL to 11 Ohio locations and 4.5 million square feet across nine states, combining Allen’s roughly 50-tractor fleet with Spartan’s existing warehousing and fulfillment network; financial terms weren’t disclosed.
| THE TAKE — THE TAKE — A regional 3PL doubling down on a single metro like Toledo, rather than chasing a new geography, suggests Spartan sees more value in deepening existing lanes than expanding its footprint — shippers already working with Spartan in the Midwest should benefit from tighter capacity in that corridor sooner than customers elsewhere in its network. |
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| Get a behind-the-scenes look at one of North America’s leading trade gateways. This short video shows how the Northwest Seaport Alliance is creating opportunities, moving cargo, and keeping supply chains connected: Watch the video. |
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OCT 27–28, 2026 · THE SIGNAL, CHATTANOOGA · CHATTANOOGA, TN
FreightWaves’ flagship event blends rapid-fire tech demos and world-class speakers with the most legendary networking in logistics. Join 1,000+ freight and logistics experts, industry leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators for a definitive look at the year ahead. Come for the insights, stay for the celebration and leave with the connections that will define your 2027.
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