66% of logistics pros say talent quality — not cost — is the #1 factor in choosing a nearshore partner. Rapido's integration model explains why that's the right question to be asking.
Plus, a carrier pleading guilty to mob money laundering while still FMCSA-active, Iran's first post-ceasefire attack and what it means for diesel surcharges, FedEx Freight's first earnings as a standalone company, and more in today's newsletter.
Freight brokers are measuring their inboxes wrong. Most inbound email is monitoring, not work. And the longtail categories that look like noise are costing real margin. Here's how to audit what's actually in your inbox, and why it matters in 2026's margin-first market.
Plus, overseas ELD tampering, 100 pallets of stolen womenswear, 20,000 Mexican truckers losing US visas, and more in today's newsletter.
Happy Hump Day. The largest freight broker finally bought something that keeps freight secure, and we are breaking it down today.
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TOP LANE MOVERS POWERED BY TRIUMPH
👻 Congress Takes Aim at Foreign ELD Tampering. A new bill would make it illegal for anyone outside North America to edit a US truck driver's electronic logging records. The GHOSTRUCK Act — introduced this week by two Republican House members — closes a loophole that lets overseas dispatchers, primarily in Eastern Europe and Asia, remotely manipulate hours-of-service logs to push drivers past federal limits, then disappear beyond the reach of US enforcement when crashes happen. Under the bill, all ELD edits would have to originate from within North America, and drivers would retain final approval over any changes. OOIDA is calling it "commonsense legislation" and pushing for fast passage.
🚨 $2.1M in Women's Wear Recovered After Double-Broker Theft Ring. Three separate shipments of women's wear (with a combined value of over $2.1 million) were stolen over the weekend after being double-brokered and diverted to a cross-dock facility in Chatsworth, California. The loads had been quietly rerouted to an unknown location where 100 pallets were staged and ready to be redistributed into other trailers, a deliberate move to obscure their origins and make recovery harder. Overhaul's security operations center flagged the unauthorized movement, escalated to law enforcement, and LAPD officers arrived at the warehouse in time to recover the full shipment before it disappeared.
🚛 20,000 Mexican Truckers Just Lost Their US Visas. The cabotage crackdown just hit a new scale. The US has revoked visas for 20,000 Mexican truck drivers as part of an expanded enforcement push targeting unauthorized domestic hauling, according to CANACAR, Mexico's largest trucking association. Mexican truckers operating under B-1 visas are permitted to cross the border with international freight, but not to haul loads between US points. Border Patrol has been pulling drivers for exactly that. The supply chain hit is real: cross-border capacity was already tightening, and losing 20,000 drivers from the available pool makes Mexico-adjacent lanes more expensive and harder to cover.
Rapido is a top nearshore staffing company providing logistics and supply chain talent to companies in the United States. Based in Guadalajara, Mexico, Rapido offers a unique combination of cost savings and access to a skilled workforce, making it an attractive option for American logistics businesses.
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CH Robinson just opened its wallet to a broker for the first time in five years, and instead of buying capacity, it bought a company that escorts freight with security teams and law enforcement.
On June 22, C.H. Robinson dropped $75 million in cash on DeSpir Logistics, an Illinois outfit that did $62 million in revenue last year. That's roughly 1.2x revenue and pocket change for a company worth $22 billion. But what matters here is what they actually bought.
Now They Own Control
DeSpir moves high-value freight that can't afford to go missing — temperature-sensitive pharma, theft-targeted data center gear, and more. It guards that freight through a closed-loop network of vetted carriers and security escorts. Now Robinson plans to run that high-security platform through its Lean AI approach — scaling the capability and sharpening visibility across high-stakes supply chains.
As VP Adam McDonough put it:
"This is the kind of cargo where the stakes are incredibly high, like life-saving pharmaceuticals that must stay within strict temperature ranges, or critical data center equipment that is frequently targeted for theft." - Adam McDonough Ch Robinson VP
With cargo theft on the rise, it's no wonder they have acquired a company like this for high-value loads that require a certain level of vetting and security controls.
CFO Damon Lee said plainly to analysts why they have a high bar for M&A (Merger and Acquisition), so when a company this big makes a move after years. You just stand there and watch what actually cleared that bar. It wasn't the capacity they already had, but the security and specialization that mattered in times like these.
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🚛 Trump Rally at Mack Trucks. The president touted his 25% tariff on medium and heavy-duty trucks during the visit. It was the same Macungie, PA facility that laid off up to 350 workers last year, citing tariff-related uncertainty as a factor.
🚢 Peace Deal, Elevated Rates. The Hormuz ceasefire ended the blockade, but container shipping rates are staying elevated. The Strait still has mines and months of normalization ahead. Relief isn't coming this season.
🤖 How Fura Grew 800% in a Down Market. While most brokers were bleeding through the freight recession, Cincinnati-based Fura turned a $150K loss into $1M profit using an AI-first model, then went on a six-acquisition run rolling up small brokerages onto its automation platform.
🏗️ Baltimore's $495M Intermodal Unlock. CSX held the official ribbon-cutting on the Howard Street Tunnel this week. Officials expect the refurbished line to bring 160,000 extra containers into the Port of Baltimore each year.
🏭 Saia Won't Stop Opening Terminals. After not opening a single terminal in all of 2025, Saia has now expanded for three consecutive months, with Duluth and Columbia the latest, and the LTL carrier has spent $1.8 billion on its network over the past three years.
💰 Texas Diesel Theft Ring Busted. Five people were arrested for stealing up to 2,500 gallons of diesel per night from Texas truck stops after turning fuel theft into what authorities say was a systematic nightly operation.
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66% of logistics pros say talent quality — not cost — is the #1 factor in choosing a nearshore partner. Rapido's integration model explains why that's the right question to be asking.
Plus, a carrier pleading guilty to mob money laundering while still FMCSA-active, Iran's first post-ceasefire attack and what it means for diesel surcharges, FedEx Freight's first earnings as a standalone company, and more in today's newsletter.
Freight brokers are measuring their inboxes wrong. Most inbound email is monitoring, not work. And the longtail categories that look like noise are costing real margin. Here's how to audit what's actually in your inbox, and why it matters in 2026's margin-first market.
Bad carriers are gaming the weigh station system. Plus, C.H. Robinson's own engineer goes scorched earth on Reddit, the Ghost Truck Act gets roasted, and more in today's newsletter.
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