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Freight

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October’s 15,600 orders were the lowest this year, as fleets wait on EPA’s final 2027 engine rule and its cost per truck.

Trade

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France suspends its national €2-per-line charge today to defer to the new EU-wide duty

Fulfillment

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A staged robot fleet delivered what a fixed automated warehouse could not justify in a high-variety cold-chain operation

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Manufacturing

Reshoring penciled out only after a ground-up redesign built the product for automation, not a factory move

Funding

Freight

FedEx is in the pipeline, but commercial scale and most of the cash are still years out

Briefing

Manufacturing

One executive now owns both parts flow and supplier quality at Toyota North America

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Logistics

While UPS scrapped its own MD-11s, FedEx is betting peak demand justifies the cost of bringing 29 back

Freight

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The raise doubles as a forward call on ocean rates from the carrier that sees your bookings first

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Logistics

The change erases the discount that made Ground Advantage the cheap option for light, oversized boxes

Freight

Briefing

Self-owned fleet means war-risk surcharges and bunker fuel hit Del Monte's ledger directly