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FedEx Corp. on Dec. 19 announced its intent to spin off its FedEx Freight unit into a separate company, creating the largest publicly traded LTL carrier in North America in the process.

The Teamsters said the workers, who voted to authorize strikes in recent days, joined picket lines after Amazon ignored a Dec. 15 deadline the union set for contract negotiations.

Legislation designed to facilitate commercial drivers’ applications for security credentials was recently cleared by Congress for President Joe Biden’s desk.

The Port of Los Angeles is set for its busiest December on record, and the Port of Long Beach is on track to have its best-ever year after the hubs handled an early and sustained peak season.

Analysts are betting that further market-share gains and increased profit contributions from Walmart’s higher-margin ancillary businesses will extend the stock’s rally.

Housing starts decreased 1.8% to an annualized rate of 1.29 million, the slowest since July, according to government data released Dec. 18. The metric can help project the flatbed sector.

While economists expect the Fed to lower rates on Dec. 18 for a third straight meeting, they are now penciling in just three more quarter-point cuts in 2025.

Oral arguments on dispositive motions related to the claims by 11 pension funds are now set to take place at a Jan. 28 hearing at the Delaware Bankruptcy Court.

“Trucking is now in the longest and deepest freight down cycle since the 2007 global financial crisis,” said C.H. Robinson's Michael Castagnetto. ATA data shows tonnage climbing slowly.

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