Freight News Updates

Two companion bills intended to deter cargo theft by imposing higher criminal penalties are moving through the Michigan Legislature.

A Dallas executive helped thwart an alleged cargo theft by tracking a $240,000 load of copper apparently rerouted to California instead of Illinois.

BeyondTrucks is rolling out freight rate calculation programs that can be customized using simple language, the dispatch management company announced March 31.

Freight tonnage in February reached its highest level in three years, American Trucking Associations reported March 24.

Federal lawmakers are proposing FMCSA create a registry of authorized motor carriers that have been screened to carry U.S. military freight.

The National Motor Freight Traffic Association on March 5 launched an online platform aimed at bringing resources together to fight cargo theft.

IMC Logistics will open a Toronto drayage facility, the carrier’s first expansion outside the U.S. The site is intended to boost IMC’s ability to support cross-border freight shipments.

A bipartisan group of senators recently introduced the Railway Safety Act, reviving legislation aimed at bolstering safety standards three years after a high-profile derailment in Ohio.

The Senate recently confirmed Ryan McCormack to serve as under secretary of transportation for policy, filling one of the department’s top strategic roles.

The ATA For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 0.4% in January to 113 from 112.5 in December as the industry regained some freight activity it lost in 2025.