U.S. freight demand, spot rates, load availability, and market trends that impact owner-operators and carriers.
Introduction Shippers enter early November with freight fundamentals that are gradually improving on a year-over-year basis but mixed in the near term. As of November 3, 2025, van, reefer, and flatbed markets all show sharply higher load-to-truck ratios versus a…
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is turning up the heat on UPS over the company’s growing reliance on Roadie, its gig-based delivery arm, arguing the work may overlap with union-protected jobs. FreightWaves reported Tuesday, November 4, that the union plans…
A UPS cargo jet crashed shortly after takeoff from Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport on Tuesday, November 4, forcing an overnight shutdown of the company’s Worldport air hub and leaving at least seven people dead and 11 injured, according to…
UPS’s global air hub in Louisville went dark overnight after a Honolulu-bound MD-11 freighter crashed and erupted in flames just beyond the departure end of Runway 17R on Tuesday, November 4, killing at least seven people and injuring 11 others,…
Transportation prices finally outran capacity growth in October, a notable shift that hints at firmer conditions for carriers heading into the holidays. The latest Logistics Managers’ Index (LMI) shows the pricing subindex rising sharply while the capacity subindex decelerated, breaking…
UPS is facing new heat from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters over the company’s growing reliance on Roadie’s crowdsourced drivers for parcel deliveries, a flashpoint that punctures the uneasy truce since last year’s national agreement. A report shared among UPS…
Introduction Between October 27 and November 2, 2025, the USDOT logged 3,075 new registrations across carriers, brokers, and other registrants. This analysis unpacks week-over-week changes by segment, highlights the state-level hot spots each day, and situates the numbers in current…
Freight brokerages are staring at an unusual two-front war: demand that won’t cooperate and costs that won’t quit. The latest warning shot came this week via FreightWaves’ analysis arguing that 2026 will bring a wave of brokerage failures as spot…
ACT Research’s latest read of the U.S. truckload cycle points to a market finally bleeding off excess capacity after two bruising years of deflationary pricing. That retrenchment—visible in fewer tractors being built and a smaller for-hire footprint—sets the stage for…
Interstate Personnel Services (IPS) — the employee-owned parent of Paschall Truck Lines — has added New Ulm, Minnesota-based J&R Schugel to its transportation portfolio, creating a combined operation of roughly 2,000 tractors and 6,000 trailers across dry van and temperature-controlled…
