The Morning Mile — Sunday, Oct. 25
Contract resets are landing 13% higher and sticking, avocado imports put $641.5 million into U.S. trucking, and a winter storm warning covers the Dalton Highway through Monday night.
Summarized from CDLWire.
Good morning, drivers. Here is what you need to know to start Sunday, October 25.
Contract resets up 13%: SONAR's new Contract Rate Change Direction index stood at 13.11% on Oct. 22, up from 3.53% a year earlier — and the invoiced contract rate index suggests this round of increases is sticking.
Avocados and heavy haul: Mexican Hass avocado imports generated an estimated $641.5 million in U.S. trucking and warehousing activity in fiscal 2025-26, nearly all moving by truck through Pharr and Laredo; Jetco has launched a specialized heavy-haul division on the Gulf Coast.
Dalton Highway warning: NWS Fairbanks has a winter storm warning over the Dalton Highway, Mile Post 165 to 232, through Monday night — 8 to 16 inches of snow in two waves, with a lighter Sunday lull that is not a reopening.
That's the mile. Drive safe — full stories are on the homepage.
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