U.S. freight demand, spot rates, load availability, and market trends that impact owner-operators and carriers.
Introduction The week of November 3–9, 2025 closed with 2,997 new USDOT registrations, a modest step down from the prior week yet broadly consistent with the autumn run‑rate near 3,000 filings. Carriers continued to dominate overall activity, while broker registrations…
Radiant Logistics opened its fiscal year with a mix of top-line growth and margin pressure — and a reminder that credit risk is part of today’s freight cycle. For the quarter ended Sept. 30, revenue climbed 11% to $226.7 million…
UPS pilots are mourning the loss of three crewmates killed when an MD-11 freighter crashed shortly after takeoff from Louisville on November 4, a tragedy that has since prompted an emergency pause of MD-11 flying and raised urgent questions about…
Radiant Logistics is digging in for an extended stretch at the bottom of the cycle. Management’s message: stay selective on freight, protect yields, and keep costs tight while waiting for demand to firm. That stance reflects what many asset-light providers…
Universal Logistics Holdings booked a large noncash write-down on its intermodal business that turned the September quarter into a loss, underscoring how weak import-driven freight and high fixed costs are pressuring drayage networks. The impairment totaled about $81 million, primarily…
Retail buyers are signaling that the containerized import slowdown won’t just linger into the new year — it’s set to deepen. The latest Global Port Tracker outlook shows year-over-year declines accelerating through the first quarter of 2026, a warning shot…
UPS and FedEx have temporarily halted flying their McDonnell Douglas MD‑11 freighters while they conduct safety reviews in the wake of last week’s fatal UPS crash in Louisville. UPS said the pause was effective immediately and part of a contingency…
Tariffs are no longer an abstract policy risk on the U.S.–Mexico lane; they’re a forcing function. Industry sources in Mexico’s borderlands say the new duty landscape is pushing manufacturers to rewire supply chains around North American content, dual‑sourcing and multi‑country…
Universal Logistics Holdings closed the third quarter with a steep loss after marking down the value of intermodal-related intangibles, underscoring how prolonged pressure in drayage and rail-proximate freight has reset expectations for that business. The company reported $396.8 million in…
UPS and FedEx have temporarily stopped flying their McDonnell Douglas MD-11 freighters following the Nov. 4 crash of a UPS MD-11 departing Louisville, Kentucky, that killed 14 people and ignited fires just beyond the airport perimeter. Both carriers said the…
