Above The Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (July 10, 2026)

The most important supply chain & logistics news, including logistics management, transportation management, third-party logistics, supply chain software.

Jul 10, 2026

My beloved aunt Gloria died last Saturday, on the Fourth of July. She was 81. Another victim of cancer.

Last August, not long after she started chemotherapy, I took the train to Brooklyn to visit her and my uncle. It had been years since we had seen each other. I brought her a bowl of fruit candies in a heart-shaped bowl—“something sweet to enjoy,” I told her.

During my afternoon visit, despite my protests, she took some tamales from the freezer and cooked them for me, along with rice. Ever since I was a kid, feeding me had always brought her joy, so I ate the tamales, the rice, and the dessert she served. (I was so full, I canceled my dinner reservations afterward.)

There we sat in the dining room, the same one from my childhood. We laughed out loud, recalling stories from when my cousins and I were kids in the neighborhood, when our fathers worked at the bodega, when the future was unimaginable.

We briefly acknowledged the elephant in the room, then pushed it aside.

Would You Put Your Freight on a Driverless Truck?

Driverless trucks have been “coming soon” for more than a decade. But recent developments suggest the industry may finally be approaching a new phase. This month, for example, PepsiCo disclosed that it is operating 35 driverless trucks on public roads in Arizona as part of its live supply chain operations.

Back in August 2022, we asked Indago members about testing driverless trucks. At the time, most respondents were not testing the technology. It’s now four years later. Has shipper sentiment changed? Are companies more willing to test or use driverless truck capacity, and what barriers remain to broader adoption?

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