Annual Review & Outlook 2025
Surface Transportation
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demand for integrated , multimodal solutions in the less-than-truckload ( LTL ) market . Commitment to reliability and innovation in routing and flexibility will help stabilize the LTL market as capacity rebalances . This collaborative approach will address the challenges of 2025 and position the industry for future growth .
Roadie
Dennis Moon
COO and Head of Operations www . roadie . com
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Handling large deliveries such as furniture and appliances has always been a challenge in logistics , but further
“ Cross-docking and sortation centers can play a critical role in streamlining big and bulky returns , reducing handling times and costs for oversized items .”
Dennis Moon
“ As Donald Trump prepares to come back into office , it is evident that the trade lanes and solutions of yesterday may not prevail tomorrow due to tariffs and political pressure .”
Ken Kellaway
improvements through the expansion of hub-and-spoke networks — as well as the integration of cross-docking facilities and sortation centers — can help meet this demand . Additionally , cross-docking and sortation centers can play a critical role in streamlining big and bulky returns , reducing handling times and costs for oversized items .
RoadOne IntermodaLogistics
Ken Kellaway
Co-founder , president and CEO www . roadone . com
The international import and export trade lane trends over the past 40 years have been built around West to
East trade with China and many other Asia-based countries established as key trading partners , so it was critical for the US to have and established coastal infrastructure for trading . As Donald Trump prepares to come back into office , it is evident that the trade lanes and solutions of yesterday may not prevail tomorrow due to tariffs and political pressure .
As a result , Mexico has recently overtaken China as the US ’ s largest trading partner . This has created a rapid need to expand the south to north trade infrastructure for cross-border trucking , transloading , warehousing and rail capacity out of Mexico and in major US bordercrossing cities .
A massive roadblock in the rapidly expanding US-Mexico trade relationship is the strong threat of major tariffs on Mexico proposed by the Trump administration . These tariffs are being used as a mechanism to negotiate www . joc . com January 6 , 2025 | Journal of Commerce 79