Russian diesel shipments into the United States have not started, and tankers that had listed American destinations are changing course rather than delivering the fuel. The Wall Street Journal reported that President Trump’s efforts to supply the U.S. with Russian diesel have yet to result in any new imports into the country, with several tankers bound for America shifting course following difficulties finding buyers willing to accept the cargoes.

Trump saw Russian diesel as a way to lower sky-high prices for the fuel, which contributed to rising consumer costs, The Wall Street Journal’s Alexander Osipovich, Rebecca Feng and Collin Eaton reported. U.S. oil companies, however, are reluctant to handle the cargoes because of the potential legal and reputational consequences, industry executives and lobbyists said.

The Agioi Fanendes, a tanker loaded with 300,000 barrels of Russian diesel that initially listed its destination as New York, slowed down and started loitering near the U.S. East Coast on Monday. Kpler lists its new destination as South America.

Three other diesel tankers turned away last week, with two sailing to Brazil. The third pivoted to the Mediterranean from the Atlantic and has now arrived in Egypt.

The legal questions surrounding the cargoes remain unsettled. Critics said Trump’s carve-out of diesel from U.S. sanctions on Russia was illegal. A separate concern is that accepting the diesel could cause companies to run afoul of international sanctions.

The same Wall Street Journal report also carried briefs on freight rates, power-generation equipment and beef supply.

The average per-mile spot-market rate to move dry-van truckload freight in October was the highest average since February 2022, even as fuel costs eased slightly, according to DAT Freight & Analytics.

On power generation, SoftBank Group reported a $3.7 billion hit to its earnings, largely because of canceled reservations on power-generation equipment, The Wall Street Journal’s Eliot Brown and Anissa Gardizy reported. The Journal reported that, swept up by the AI frenzy in 2025, Masayoshi Son’s company placed reservations for a large chunk of the U.S. market for gas power plant turbines, grabbing hold of a key cog in the AI electricity machine. SoftBank ordered so many turbines that, even after fully supplying the world’s largest gas power plant, it was left with reservations for far more than it could possibly use — well in excess of 13 gigawatts of turbines, the equivalent of more than six Hoover Dams, according to people familiar with the orders.

SoftBank Group CFO Yoshimitsu Goto, on the company’s aggressive investment strategy, said, “We need to balance between gas and brake.”

The third item documented a painful downsizing in America’s beef industry. After years of economic turmoil and droughts, the U.S. cattle herd has shrunk to its smallest level in 75 years, The Wall Street Journal’s Patrick Thomas reported. The supply shock is driving up beef prices to record highs — conditions that could last well into the next decade, given how long it takes to replenish a herd.

The shortage is costing meatpackers billions of dollars in losses because they cannot fully pass on their higher costs to supermarkets and restaurants. That means more closures, a cycle that leaves the meat industry less prepared for the day when cattle herds eventually expand. Ranchers now fear cheap imported beef will undercut their product and that fewer processing plants will reduce competition. The uncertainty is preventing them from rebuilding their herds, prolonging the shortage.