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Minnesota-based carrier will continue operating independently under new ownership as Avkha eyes growth in trucking and logistics

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MARITIME

EXCLUSIVE: FMC Chief of Staff Hoang moves to private sector

Attorney spent two decades at U.S. maritime regulator

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

2026 AV bill a game changer for heavy trucking

Legislation would cut current patchwork of state regs “to tatters” lawyer asserts

NEWS

FMCSA to restore trucking’s emergency relief window

Proposal would reverse rule that slashed assistance period down to 14 days

TRUCKING REGULATION

DOT threatens to revoke North Carolina’s CDL authority

Audit reveals over 50% of foreign trucker licenses were issued illegally

AIR CARGO

Susquehanna upgrades American Airlines and Sun Country on projected demand recovery

AAL’s premium offerings may help close the margin gap with Delta

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The Windy City paints a national picture

SONAR Key Market Insights - Chicago

Highlights

Chicago’s freight market is highly representative of the national average freight trends. Outbound tender rejections are seeing little deviation week over week, less than one percent, and the OTRI is right in line with the national average of 9.94%, with 10.63%.

Demand is coming back online in a meaningful way as outbound tender volumes have risen 9.53% w/w. Sluggish demand, something that the rest of the freight markets have also experienced.

Spot rates are on the rise as both OTVI and OTRI are increasing. Chicago will continue to be a snapshot of the broader freight market. Those smaller markets will see greater swings, but for the most part, the largest freight markets will see limited impacts to spot rates as operations get underway for the new year.

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Quotable

“To be clear, we firmly view supply side as the tinder for truckload, but not the spark. It’s demand that typically ignites rising rates, margins, and earnings, and this was true in the 2017/18 ELD-supported upcycle that we see as a solid analog to today.”

— Bascome Majors, equity research analyst at Susquehanna Financial Group

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