Transport Topics

• C3 Summit Highlights Yard Visibility

  C3 Solutions used its Birmingham summit to make the case for real-time yard visibility and introduced C3 Hive-Catalyst, a platform connecting shippers, carriers, and partners around shared operational data.

• Fleets Plan Bypass Around the Whole Network, Not Just the Easy Parts

  Fleets run across a patchwork of state rules, enforcement patterns, and weigh stations that rarely look the same from one corridor to the next. Planning around those moving parts is where weigh station bypass strategy is headed.

• Fleet Myths That Limit Uptime

  Uptime is more than a maintenance metric—it directly impacts cost, safety, and service reliability. Yet many fleets rely on outdated assumptions that limit performance. Understanding and correcting these myths is key to building stronger, more predictable maintenance operations across today’s evolving fleet environment.

• AI TMS Software: What It Does and How to Choose One

  Where the trucks are, how many hours each driver has left, what equipment is sitting where, and who is tasked with picking it up. And as we all know, almost always, none of this information is ever stored in the same place.

• FMCSA Moves to Strike Obsolete Trucking Rules

  FMCSA is removing obsolete rules from its trucking regulations, aiming to reduce compliance costs and paperwork without affecting safety.

• ArcBest, ABF to Raise LTL Rates 5.9% on Average From June 22

  Costs for carriers continue to increase, and spot rates across all segments of the North American freight market jumped in the first five months of 2026.

• JBS to Close Pennsylvania Beef Plant Amid Cattle Shortage

  The world’s largest meat supplier also said it is closing a value-added facility in Memphis, Tenn., which packages various proteins.

• U.S., Iran Edge Toward Interim Deal to Reopen Hormuz

  Yet for all the progress, there was little clarity as to what the text of the so-called memorandum of understanding will contain, with the warring sides giving conflicting descriptions.

• Oil Prices Dive After Trump Claims Breakthrough in Iran Talks

  Brent crude oil fell 3.4% to 87.29 per barrel. That was still much higher than the roughly $70 a barrel level it was at before the war began in late February.

• Ryder CEO Diez: Used Truck Market Momentum to Accelerate

  Used-truck market conditions improved in the second quarter of 2026 and are set to see even more upside, according to Ryder System CEO John Diez.