U.S. freight demand, spot rates, load availability, and market trends that impact owner-operators and carriers.
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…
Interstate Personnel Services — the employee-owned parent of Paschall Truck Lines and other carriers — has added New Ulm, Minnesota-based J&R Schugel to its platform, combining nearly 2,000 tractors and roughly 6,000 trailers under a single ESOP umbrella and expanding…
Heartland Express posted another quarterly loss as the prolonged freight recession continued to blunt pricing and utilization, but management highlighted steady month-to-month improvement and said a broad market turn is still more likely next year than in the coming months.…