U.S. freight demand, spot rates, load availability, and market trends that impact owner-operators and carriers.
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’…
Global container flows are setting fresh marks even as U.S.-bound demand cools — and now a new round of U.S.–China port fees threatens to shuffle service patterns again. For trucking fleets and intermodal shippers, that mix of record global volume…
Canada Post has begun the slow process of powering its network back up after a two-week shutdown, switching to rolling strikes that keep parts of the system moving while others pause. The phased restart is aimed at clearing trapped volumes…
Less-than-truckload carriers just notched a new high in third-quarter pricing, even as freight demand stayed lackluster. The latest AFS/TD Cowen index readings behind today’s report point to disciplined yield management — not volume — as the engine of LTL revenue…
Introduction The latest USDOT registration data for the week of October 6–12, 2025 shows a modest step down in total new filings, with a sharper pullback among motor carriers offset by pockets of growth in broker and “other” registrations. Midweek…
