U.S. freight demand, spot rates, load availability, and market trends that impact owner-operators and carriers.
Amazon is pushing ahead with two outsized fulfillment projects — one in Oregon and one in Indiana — that will materially shift how freight flows across the Pacific Northwest and the Midwest. The company’s strategy, as first reported by FreightWaves,…
Canada’s postal union will pivot from a nationwide walkout to rotating strikes at 6 a.m. local time on Saturday, October 11, reopening parts of the mail stream after roughly two weeks of halted service. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers…
Uber Freight has carried out a small round of job cuts this week tied to a commercial reorganization, confirming internally that the move is part of a broader reset of how the company goes to market. The company didn’t disclose…
Uber Freight has cut jobs as it retools how the company sells and serves shippers, a move aimed at consolidating its commercial operations and tightening focus on profitable growth, according to FreightWaves’ reporting. While the company did not disclose precise…
Tariff policy is moving faster than freight. In the span of a few days, Washington set a 25% duty on imported medium- and heavy-duty trucks to begin November 1, Beijing tightened controls on rare earth exports, and U.S. import flows…
With Washington’s new port charges on China-linked ships set to start on October 14, Chinese state carriers executed an unexpected play: rather than tack on new surcharges or change rotations, COSCO and OOCL told customers they would hold the line…
US containerized import demand is poised to run below seasonal norms through the remainder of 2025 — a cooling that will ripple from the marine terminals to drayage yards, transload docks and over-the-road networks. That outlook aligns with FreightWaves’ assessment…
A California carrier has become the latest casualty of the protracted freight downturn, closing its doors and terminating more than 100 positions. FreightWaves first flagged the closure on October 7, reporting that a California-based carrier was shutting down and “terminates…
Introduction Freight markets entered the week of October 6, 2025 on firmer footing as load volumes accelerated faster than truck supply. National load postings rose 13.5% week over week and 18.8% month over month, while truck postings increased just 2.0%…
Egypt’s canal chief sees a pathway for ships to return to the Suez route in 2025 if diplomacy over Gaza sticks — a development that could reset global schedules and ripple through U.S. trucking networks next year. FreightWaves reported that…
