Global shipping costs soared after ongoing fighting upended flows from the Middle East and Russia, sending ships on longer voyages to secure supplies.

AIT Worldwide Logistics agreed to acquire Sydney-based freight forwarder Connor Anderson International, expanding AIT’s operations in Australia.

A truck stopped on the highway shoulder is a hidden risk. KLLM Transport paired Fleetworthy Safety+ alerts with one rule: call every driver. Unauthorized stops fell to near zero.

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Longtime Chairman and CEO Alain Bédard told analysts and investors during TFI’s third-quarter 2026 earnings call that the carrier plans to raid its peers for manager replacements.

The production gauge notched its best reading since late 2021, data out Nov. 2 showed. A measure of new orders was the highest since July and remained well within expansionary territory.  

Oil prices dropped Nov. 2, with Brent crude down 5.9% to $106.65 per barrel. Still, that’s much higher than the roughly $65 that a barrel of crude was selling for at this time last year.

Canadian PM Mark Carney said the conversation built on recent discussions about the outlines of a deal that would create jobs, lower costs for families and protect Canada’s languages, culture and sovereignty.

BP agreed last year to sell a 65% stake in Castrol to U.S. investment firm Stonepeak Partners, marking a key milestone in the company’s efforts to reset its business after years of underperformance. 

BP said profit jumped to the highest in 18 years as soaring refining margins boosted earnings, speeding up the energy giant’s efforts to fix its balance sheet and pay down debt.

The FMCSA has set its sights on further hours-of-service flexibility and enhancing its safety measurement system in the coming weeks and months.

ACT Research reported that the average retail sales price increased 11.5% to $64,007 from $57,383 the prior year but was down 1.9% sequentially from $65,234.

The company’s revenue was $2.442 billion in the three months that ended Sept. 30, an increase of 8.1% compared with $2.259 billion in the same period a year earlier. 

Greenwich, Conn.-based XPO benefited from improved freight market conditions and customer service, the executives told analysts and investors.

Schneider CEO Jim Filter is optimistic capacity corrections will further drive trucking into a freight market upcycle.

Business email compromise generated 24,768 complaints and $3 billion in reported U.S. losses last year, ranking second only to investment fraud.

Less-than-truckload carrier Saia said performance improved at terminals added during its recent phase of expansion.

Louisiana and Wyoming have ceased issuing non-domiciled commercial driver licenses, while Ohio is ending its program and downgrading credentials.

DP World CEO Yuvraj Narayan warned prolonged Strait of Hormuz disruption is raising logistics costs and could drive consumer prices higher worldwide.

Besides the disruption caused by the wars in Iran and Ukraine that have driven up the cost of fuel, Exxon is also seeing strong production in its fields in Guyana and the Permian Basin.