The proposed $85 billion union of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, pitched as America's first single-line transcontinental railroad, ran into fresh resistance this week on two fronts: a skeptical federal regulator and an increasingly vocal labor movement. The Surface Transportation Board handed the railroads a complicated victory. It accepted the revised merger application but simultaneously paused both the merger and environmental reviews, ordering UP and NS to supply sig

The U.S. truckload market entered one of its tightest stretches on record this week, with spot rates closing in on the COVID-era ceiling and shippers bracing for a late-June squeeze that brokers warn could overwhelm routing guides. Truckload spot rates are about $1.20 above last year and nearing the pandemic peak of $3.72 per mile, with tender rejections sitting at 17% nationally. Excluding fuel, rates remain up more than $0.90 per mile year over year. The defining feature of

For nearly a decade, American Airlines watched from the sidelines while its two biggest rivals quietly stockpiled long-haul jets. That changed this week. At the carrier's annual shareholders meeting on 10 June, chief executive Robert Isom confirmed that American has issued a request for proposals to both Airbus and Boeing for a new generation of widebody aircraft, its first such order since committing to the Boeing 787 in 2018. Isom framed the move as routine long-term planni