Cass data showed truckload linehaul rates were up sharply year over year in August, with freight volumes finally inflecting positively after 42 months of decline.
Truckload rates surged in July even as demand remained squishy, monthly data from Cass Information Systems showed.
Freight shipments softened in June but truckload rates continued to step higher year over year, according to a monthly report from Cass Information Systems.
Cass data released Monday pointed to the likelihood of a second-half volume recovery as truckload linehaul rates surged again in May.
Supply constraints are pushing truckload rates to cycle highs, according to data from Cass Information Systems.
Monthly data from Cass Information Systems showed a volume recovery could be in store for an already supply-constrained freight market.
Monthly data from Cass Information Systems showed truckload rates continued to climb in February, even as freight volumes remained pressured.
The Cass Freight Index showed truckload rates advanced again in January even as volumes fell.
December data from Cass Information Systems showed truckload rates continued to step higher as shipments moved lower.
Cass’ Truckload Linehaul Index has been up on a year-over-year comparison in every month of 2025.
The Cass Freight Index showed year-over-year shipment declines widened in August.
June data from Cass Information Systems showed a decline in shipments but expenditures continued to rise.
April data from Cass Information Systems showed some stabilization on the freight industry’s path to recovery.
Freight data from Cass Information Systems shows the industry closed the first quarter on a down note.
Data from Cass Information Systems showed year-over-year declines in volumes and costs slowed in July.
Data compiled in the Cass Freight Index shows the freight market continued to hover near cycle lows in February.
Cass said Monday that positive trends in freight shipments and expenditures are likely to turn negative year over year in December.
Cass data was positive year over year in September but the report suggests the trend is set to reverse.
Cass data shows freight volumes reached a more than four-year high in August. But linehaul rates slid for the third straight month.
The Cass Freight Index sags in January on a rise in COVID cases, but the dataset appears poised again for strong growth in 2022.
