Contents
Delivering Global Trade and Logistics Intelligence. Since 1827. July 6, 2026 • Vol 27 • Issue 7
28 Guide to Trucking‘ Who’ s buying this stuff?’
US truck pricing is soaring, aided by frontloading and capacity cuts
Kicking into gear
LTL carriers are looking to industrial gains for freight in 2026
Knowing the score
A new data tool could give LTL shippers more pricing leverage
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36 Ro / Ro Shipping Shorter seas
Ro / ro carriers face mixed fortunes as Chinese automakers move overseas
COLUMNS
4 Peak surprise By Mark Szakonyi
21 One foot on land By Jeremy Masters
60 Fading gains By Paul Tonsager
62 The cost of uncertainty By James Ferry
EVERY ISSUE
6 Spotlight 58 By the Numbers 61 Classifieds
ADVERTORIALS
42 Asia Trade & Logistics 50 Industrial Real Estate
10 Cover Story Seizing the peak
Ocean carriers are cashing in as high demand piles on stretched supply chains
Stranded supply
The Persian Gulf bottleneck is tightening global container availability
SPECIAL REPORTS
14 Top Trans-Pacific Carriers and Ports Seeing double
Many US retailers are bracing for stiff trans-Pacific contract rate hikes
Early signs
UP is imposing peak season surcharge on low-volume shippers
Warning shot
The ILWU slammed‘ foreign shipping companies’ ahead of its contract expiration
Heavy buildout
Data center demand is powering high-andheavy equipment growth
DEPARTMENTS
26 Government If at first...
USTR is proposing sweeping forced labor tariffs as post-IEEPA duties expire
Every little thing
The US is bolstering customs enforcement of small and foreign importers
40 Surface Transportation Preemptive hike
Intermodal prices are increasing ahead of 2027 contract talks
Cracks in the armor
Rising rail demand has exposed drayage as a weak supply chain link
‘ Closer to the operation’
Seattle-Tacoma is evolving toward a hybrid landlord-operator port model
Power
up
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