ITS Logistics: Record Freight Costs, Capacity Crunch and Fraud Risk in Mid-2026
ITS Logistics' latest mid-year reports flag record freight costs, a tightening capacity environment, and elevated fraud and cargo-theft exposure across the North American market.
When costs climb and capacity thins, locking in reliable carriers early and vetting them hard is the difference between covered loads and blown timelines — Lia can help you keep coverage tight without paying spot-market panic rates.
CargoNet Warns July 4 Holiday Could Spike High-Value Cargo Theft
Verisk CargoNet cautions that the long Independence Day weekend, with facilities lightly staffed, creates prime conditions for high-value cargo theft and freight fraud.
Book pickups and deliveries around the holiday gap, avoid leaving loaded trailers unattended, and confirm driver identity at every handoff — theft rings target exactly this window.
FedEx Sells Supply Chain Unit to CMA CGM for $1.4B
FedEx is offloading its supply chain division to shipping giant CMA CGM for $1.4 billion, nearly tripling the North American footprint of CMA CGM's CEVA Logistics arm.
Consolidation among 3PLs and ocean carriers reshapes contract options and service coverage — shippers should re-check how these mergers affect their existing rate agreements and service levels.
Container Rates Jump 80% as Rail and Logistics Stocks Draw Attention
Container shipping rates have surged roughly 80%, with Canadian Pacific Kansas City and other logistics names gaining investor focus amid the ocean-freight cost spike.
An 80% container jump ripples straight into landed costs and intermodal pricing — shippers moving cross-border via CPKC lanes should budget for higher rates and lock capacity now.
Volvo Autonomous Solutions Launches Dallas–Houston Freight Runs
Volvo Autonomous Solutions, with AVI-SPL, has begun commercial autonomous freight operations on the Dallas-to-Houston corridor, one of Texas's busiest lanes.
Autonomous capacity is arriving on high-density Texas lanes feeding cross-border traffic — worth watching as a future pressure valve for driver-scarce corridors, though heavy-haul and oversize still need experienced human crews.