FreightWaves

Descartes Systems Group again reported record quarterly results as it continues to see “good demand” amid a global trade landscape that remains in flux. Descartes (NASDAQ: DSGX) reported consolidated revenue of $201 million for its fiscal quarter ended July 31, a 12% year-over-year increase and 1% ahead of the consensus estimate. Services revenue was up 13% y/y to $189 million (organic growth in services revenue was approximately 9%, excluding foreign exchange fluctuations).

While a dire view of what might happen to brokerages in a post-Montgomery world ripping through the logistics industry, one of the biggest 3PLs just won a victory in Colorado that relieved it of potential liability. Total Quality Logistics (TQL) had its request to be dismissed from a case in a Colorado federal court granted on Tuesday by Judge Nina Wang.

A fire aboard a foreign‑flagged cargo ship undergoing repairs at a state‑owned shipyard in the eastern Chinese port city of Qingdao killed 25 people and injured five others on Thursday, Chinese state media reported. The blaze broke out at about 11:15 a.m. local time at the Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Co. yard, part of China State Shipbuilding Corp., and was extinguished around 2:30 p.m., according to local authorities and state broadcaster CCTV.

Tender rejections are still sitting around 13.5% — and that’s the key signal for where the truckload market goes next. In this SONAR update, we break down whether post-Labor Day freight is fading or holding, what tender volumes are saying about demand, and why rising diesel still matters. Also in this update: spot rates, import volumes, inventory risk and what the next few days could mean for carriers, brokers and shippers heading into Q4.

Margin collapse hit fulfillment operators fast: cushions fell from 9.7 points to 0.6 in one quarter. This breakdown digs into the live network data behind rising parcel costs, slower GMV growth and what it means before peak season. Eric Lemus of Deposco explains why shipping costs are rising faster than revenue, how order growth is diverging from dollar growth, and why lean inventory could backfire in Q4. If you run parcel, fulfillment or e-commerce ops, this is the number to watch.

El Niño winter forecast for freight: warmer doesn’t mean safer for fleets. DTN’s Ben Hershey breaks down what carriers should actually watch this winter: major snow events still possible, wetter western mountain routes, and why AI-driven crash risk forecasting is becoming an operational tool instead of just another weather map. If you move freight, this is the planning window that matters.

Nearly eight months after the collapse of R&R Family of Companies, trucking and freight-related companies continue contacting FreightWaves about unpaid invoices and seeking answers about whether they will ever recover money owed by the logistics group and its affiliates. A federal lawsuit filed by Huntington National Bank provides one of the clearest pictures yet of the web of companies tied to R&R and the debt remaining after the Pittsburgh-based logistics operation unraveled.

Construction is underway on Delaware’s largest-ever maritime infrastructure project, a $669 million container terminal that state officials say will quadruple the state’s cargo-handling capacity and create thousands of high-paying jobs, even as rival port operators mount new legal challenges to stop it.

EAIGLE just closed a growth funding round on the back of 350% year-over-year growth, driven by an AI platform that leans on cameras yards and gates already have installed to push gate dwell times below 30 seconds, while reducing detention, claims and labor costs. Founder and CEO Amir Hoss joined FreightWaves from one of the fully automated gates his company operates, walking through how EAIGLE got there and what the technology replaces on the ground.

It’s two years until the contract between United Parcel Service and its 330,000 unionized drivers and warehouse workers is due for renewal, normally a time when labor-employer relationships are less contentious. The Teamsters union is ready for war.