U.S. freight demand, spot rates, load availability, and market trends that impact owner-operators and carriers.
FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller has published his first book, a project that signals the media-and-data entrepreneur’s bid to put a single, practical playbook in the hands of operators living through freight’s whiplash cycles. The publication was announced today…
Truckload spot pricing snapped higher overnight, catching many routing teams flat-footed. The jump, highlighted by FreightWaves’ spot-market indicators on Tuesday, suggests that a fragile balance between shipper demand and available capacity can still tip quickly — even without a broad…
A San Diego trucking company is closing and cutting more than 100 jobs, the latest sign that 2025’s stubborn freight downturn is still punishing small and mid-sized carriers. FreightWaves reported that the California-based operation has ceased business and will terminate…
Introduction New USDOT registrations totaled 3,221 during the week of September 29–October 5, 2025. Carriers remained the dominant segment, while brokers and “other” registrants (e.g., freight forwarders, intermodal, private fleets) continued to represent small but telling slices of new activity.…
Canada Post has pared back its contract proposal to striking workers, escalating a standoff that has already idled the national mail network and tightened parcel capacity heading into peak season. The latest package, tabled at the end of last week,…
The Truckload Carriers Association has kicked off a leadership transition, announcing that President Jim Ward will retire “in the coming months” and that a search committee has begun recruiting his successor as of October 2, 2025. The association has posted…
Logistic Properties of the Americas has made its first move into Mexico with the purchase of two DHL-anchored warehouses in Puebla—a strategic play that puts a real-estate specialist at the center of one of the country’s busiest manufacturing corridors and…
The Truckload Carriers Association has begun a leadership transition, confirming that President Jim Ward plans to retire “in the coming months” and launching a search for his successor. The association’s officers have formed a committee and opened applications as of…
Werner Enterprises CEO Derek Leathers says the U.S. truckload market has hit an unsustainable point: rates remain “horrible,” while a fast-changing tariff regime is reshaping equipment costs and shipper behavior. Speaking Oct. 2 at the WEX OTR Summit in San…
Werner Enterprises Chairman and CEO Derek Leathers put it bluntly this week: truckload carriers are staring at “horrible” rates while tariff uncertainty muddies what’s next. His assessment captures a market where pricing power remains elusive for fleets and the policy…
