U.S. freight demand, spot rates, load availability, and market trends that impact owner-operators and carriers.
Wabash stays stuck in a wait-and-see lane. In fresh research this week, DA Davidson kept its rating on the trailer maker unchanged at Neutral and trimmed its 12-month price target to $9, signaling the firm’s view that the stock lacks…
Trans-Pacific spot prices cratered in recent weeks amid policy whiplash and operational uncertainty tied to China — a dynamic now flashing warning lights for U.S. drayage, transload and long-haul carriers that live off import flows. FreightWaves’ latest reporting underscored the…
CSX’s third quarter landed slightly better than Wall Street expected on adjusted earnings, even as revenue edged 1% lower year over year. The Jacksonville-based railroad said adjusted EPS was $0.44 on $3.59 billion of revenue, with intermodal growth and firmer…
CSX’s third-quarter results landed with a thud on headline profit, but the underlying freight mix tells a different story for surface shippers. The railroad posted $694 million in net earnings on $3.59 billion of revenue as a non-cash goodwill impairment…
FreightWaves’ analysis of Triumph’s payments, factoring and wallet data points to an owner-operator cohort that continues to adapt through the long downcycle, using faster access to cash and tighter cost discipline to stay in the game rather than exit en…
Australia Post is committing roughly US$320 million (A$500 million) to a next‑generation parcel “super‑hub” at Elizabeth in Adelaide’s north — a move that will reset South Australia’s e‑commerce linehaul and last‑mile map by the decade’s end. The 83,000-square‑meter site sits…
Introduction Freight markets entered mid‑October on a mixed footing. Demand signals strengthened on a monthly and annual basis, yet the very latest week cooled as capacity surfaced and shippers stepped back after early fall pushes. National load postings fell 11.8%…
Triumph’s latest look under the hood of its payments and factoring network underscores a reality many in trucking already feel on the road: despite a grinding, two-year market reset, owner-operators are still finding ways to hang on. FreightWaves’ reporting on…
Australia Post will pour A$320 million into a new parcel “super-hub,” a move that underscores a broader shift to bigger, more automated nodes designed to pull volume off a sprawling network and push it through fewer, faster facilities. The investment,…
Less-than-truckload pricing power isn’t just holding — it’s setting records. The LTL rate-per-pound component of the TD Cowen/AFS Freight Index hit a new all-time high in the third quarter, standing roughly 65% above its January 2018 baseline, according to FreightWaves’…
