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Saia’s shares up after tonnage turns positive in November
Freight Waves Todd Maiden December 2, 2025
Less-than-truckload carrier Saia announced that tonnage moved back into positive territory on a year-over-year comparison in November. The Tuesday update reversed a three-month slide in volumes.
Link: Saia Press Release Fourth Quarter LTL Operating Data
UPS, FedEx up fuel surcharge rates for domestic, ground deliveries
Supply Chain Dive Max Garland December 2, 2025
On Monday, FedEx implemented an increase to its fuel surcharge calculations for domestic package and express freight services, along with ground and home delivery offerings. Starting Jan. 5, UPS’ fuel surcharge calculations will increase for similar services such as UPS Ground domestic, Ground Saver and domestic air offerings.
Links: UPS Fuel Surcharges and FedEx Fuel Surcharges
Retailers report transportation pricing surge in November
Freight Waves Todd Maiden December 2, 2025
A November survey gauging sentiment among supply chain managers showed transportation capacity didn’t expand for the first time in more than a year while freight rates continued to climb.
Link: CSCMP November 2025 Logistics Managers’ Index
DAT Freight & Analytics Dry Van Report: Economic uncertainty is weighing on retailers and consumers
DAT Freight & Analytics Dean Croke December 2, 2025
Spot dry van linehaul rates increased by $0.07 per mile last week, settling at an average of $1.75 per mile. This rate is just $0.05 higher than the same week last year or slightly less than 3%.
In the 13 key Midwest states, which represent 45% of national load volume and often indicate future national trends, spot rates increased by $0.06 per mile to $1.97 per mile, which was $0.22 above the national 7-day rolling average.
What to Know About DOT’s Crackdown on CDL Mills
Transport Topics Noël Fletcher December 2, 2025
“This administration is cracking down on every link in the illegal trucking chain,” Duffy said. “Under President Trump, we are [reining] in illegal and reckless practices that let poorly trained drivers get behind the wheel of semi-trucks and school buses.”
Related: Logistics Management U.S. Department of Transportation targets ‘CDL Mills’ as thousands of training providers removed from federal registry
FMCSA Cracks Down on Fraudulent ELDs With New Vetting System — But Stops Short of Third-Party Certification
Heavy Duty Trucking Deborah Lockridge December 2, 2025
It’s a step in the right direction to address what many in the industry say are growing problems with unscrupulous motor carriers and unscrupulous ELD providers editing driver logs to allow them to violate hours of service limits.
Inside the Amazon-Teamsters showdown: What’s next?
Freight Waves John Kingston December 2, 2025
The ongoing battle between Amazon and the Teamsters has played out in multiple arenas this fall, a series of skirmishes in which neither side can claim to have landed a knockout punch.
Deals with pension plans slated to reduce Yellow’s payouts by billions of dollars
Trucking Dive David Taube December 2, 2025
Deals with 14 claimants would reduce requested payouts from $7.4 billion to less than $1.5 billion, according to grouped appendix figures presented in the filing.
ODFL Sells 2 North Carolina Properties for $9.65 Million
Transport Topics/Greensboro News Record Richard Craver December 2, 2025
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. has sold two Thomasville properties to a South Carolina industrial real estate firm for a $9.65 million, according to a Davidson County Register of Deeds filing. The 10.67-acre properties are at 100 Don Truell Lane in Thomasville Business Park. The combined site has 162,000 square feet of space.
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