U.S. freight demand, spot rates, load availability, and market trends that impact owner-operators and carriers.
Transportation prices finally outran capacity growth in October, a notable shift that hints at firmer conditions for carriers heading into the holidays. The latest Logistics Managers’ Index (LMI) shows the pricing subindex rising sharply while the capacity subindex decelerated, breaking…
UPS is facing new heat from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters over the company’s growing reliance on Roadie’s crowdsourced drivers for parcel deliveries, a flashpoint that punctures the uneasy truce since last year’s national agreement. A report shared among UPS…
Introduction Between October 27 and November 2, 2025, the USDOT logged 3,075 new registrations across carriers, brokers, and other registrants. This analysis unpacks week-over-week changes by segment, highlights the state-level hot spots each day, and situates the numbers in current…
Freight brokerages are staring at an unusual two-front war: demand that won’t cooperate and costs that won’t quit. The latest warning shot came this week via FreightWaves’ analysis arguing that 2026 will bring a wave of brokerage failures as spot…
ACT Research’s latest read of the U.S. truckload cycle points to a market finally bleeding off excess capacity after two bruising years of deflationary pricing. That retrenchment—visible in fewer tractors being built and a smaller for-hire footprint—sets the stage for…
Interstate Personnel Services (IPS) — the employee-owned parent of Paschall Truck Lines — has added New Ulm, Minnesota-based J&R Schugel to its transportation portfolio, creating a combined operation of roughly 2,000 tractors and 6,000 trailers across dry van and temperature-controlled…
With nearshoring remapping North American supply chains, Averitt has bulked up in San Antonio to pull cross-border freight handoffs farther from the bridges and closer to customers. The carrier’s latest Borderlands update details a substantially enlarged terminal and connected warehouse…
High-frequency freight indicators are again warning that the U.S. goods economy is in contraction, even as headline growth remains supported by services. A new analysis argues the core flow of physical goods through trucking, intermodal and ocean networks has cooled…
Less-than-truckload carrier Averitt has finished a major upgrade to its San Antonio operation, adding cross-dock capacity and a new distribution-and-fulfillment building aimed squarely at the mounting wave of Mexico nearshoring. Company leaders say the project is designed to absorb rising…
BNSF Railway turned in a stronger third quarter under Berkshire Hathaway, posting higher operating earnings even as the broader freight economy remains uneven. Berkshire’s Saturday filing shows BNSF generated $1.45 billion in operating earnings in the quarter, up from $1.38…
