U.S. freight demand, spot rates, load availability, and market trends that impact owner-operators and carriers.
In New Orleans this week, a Trimble Insight panel featuring FreightWaves’ Craig Fuller, Bloomberg Intelligence’s Lee Klaskow and MIT’s Angela Acocella painted a freight market still stuck in neutral. Panelists said the bigger surprise of 2025 has been demand’s failure…
Introduction As of November 17, 2025, U.S. spot freight remained active but uneven across equipment types. National load postings increased 9.1% week over week (w/w), yet truck postings climbed a faster 18.3%, softening negotiating power in many lanes. On a…
A candid market panel at Trimble’s Insight conference in New Orleans this week framed trucking’s stubborn downturn in stark terms: freight demand remains muted and the driver population is edging lower, leaving carriers waiting on a catalyst that hasn’t arrived.…
Introduction For the week of November 10–16, 2025, new U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) registrations totaled 2,667. The dataset shows pronounced weekday strength led by carriers, a typical weekend lull, and continued dominance by Texas, California, and Florida at the…
FedEx’s move to streamline its U.S. parcel and air operations into a more unified “one-network” model is arriving just in time. The FreightWaves report outlines how the carrier’s restructuring aims to cut handoffs, share assets across Express and Ground, and…
CMA CGM’s latest quarter shows how quickly the ocean cycle has turned — and why it matters for trucks. The French carrier’s July–September results reveal healthy box volumes but sharply weaker pricing, a combination that crushed profitability and signals a…
FedEx executives say two years of restructuring are paying off just as policy and safety shocks are reshaping global flows. The company’s “One FedEx” model and redesigned air-and-ground playbook are helping it pivot toward higher‑yield B2B freight and guide e‑commerce…
C.H. Robinson is expanding again on the Texas–Mexico line, adding 450,000 square feet of warehousing and cross-dock capacity in El Paso to capture accelerating nearshoring flows out of Ciudad Juárez and the broader Chihuahua manufacturing basin. The move builds on…
C.H. Robinson is enlarging its U.S.–Mexico gateway in El Paso with an additional 450,000 square feet of warehousing and cross-docking space, a move the company ties directly to manufacturers shifting production to Mexico and to rising flows of high‑tech, automotive…
C.H. Robinson’s latest Texas buildout is the clearest signal yet that cross-border trucking is being rewired by Mexico’s manufacturing surge. The company has added a major El Paso site to its border footprint, a move that dovetails with the nearshoring…
