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The Unified Agenda of the Department of Transportation (DOT), and in particular that part of it that applies to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, is a laundry list of ongoing processes and aspirational goals that leaves significant room for interpreting what the department and FMCSA’s priorities are for the coming months and year. The agenda released earlier this month is the first in more than a year. The normal rhythm is a twice per year release of the priorities.

ArcBest announced a restructuring Thursday that will reduce its workforce by approximately 2%. It will also consolidate some less-than-truckload terminals, shedding roughly 1% of the doors from its network. The Fort Smith, Arkansas-based transportation and logistics provider has over 14,000 employees.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday that it will partner with the U.S. Department of Transportation to investigate fraudulent and illegal practices in commercial driver’s license schools. Homeland Security Investigations will work with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The agencies said HSI and FMCSA will identify and address fraud involving the issuance of non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses to illegal aliens.

New York-based RediBagUSA and CEO Jeffrey Rabiea have agreed to pay $7.3 million to settle a customs fraud investigation into whether the company misrepresented the country of origin on imported plastic retail and grocery checkout bags to avoid antidumping duties, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending July 11, 2026. Freight on U.S. railroads remained comfortably ahead of year-ago levels, but intermodal traffic slowed as some Class Is are struggling to manage a surge. Volume totaled 503,525 carloads and intermodal units for the week ending July 11, the Association of American Railroads reported, up 1.5% from the year-ago week.

Logistics warehouse operator Prologis said it continues to take market share and outpace the broader market in its key metrics. The real estate investment trust’s second quarter was better than expected as it inked a record number of leases. An improving rental market pushed the company to raise its full-year outlook. Prologis (NYSE: PLD) reported second-quarter consolidated revenue of $2.43 billion, which was 11% higher year over year and better than the $2.16 billion consensus estimate.

Postal operators worldwide saw modest revenue growth in 2025, with average revenue rising by 1.4%, mostly driven by parcel business, according to preliminary results published on Thursday by the International Post Corp. Letter mail has continued to decline in all markets worldwide. Over the past three years, postal operators’ revenue growth has come almost entirely from parcels rather than mail.

Remarks Wednesday by President Trump about creating an easier pathway for veterans to become CDL holders sounds in its general description to be similar if not identical to an existing federal program that is approximately 15 years old.

CHICAGO — FreightWaves unveiled the winners of its 2026 AI Excellence in Supply Chain Awards during a ceremony at the Old Post Office in Chicago as part of the FreightWaves Supply Chain AI Symposium on July 15, 2026. The awards recognize companies using artificial intelligence to transform supply chain, transportation and logistics operations. The competition this year was fierce.

U.S. forces on Wednesday opened fire with missiles to disable an Iran-bound merchant vessel they say was trying to run a blockade in the Arabian Gulf. The Curacao-flagged M/T Belma was transiting international waters toward Iran‘s Kharg Island crude oil terminal, U.S. Central Command said. “The commercial vessel ignored multiple warnings as it attempted to violate the U.S. blockade. A U.S. aircraft disabled the vessel after firing Hellfire missiles into the ship’s smokestack.