Now the market turns. Spot rates in mid-2026 are running roughly 15% above where they sat a year ago, the strongest year-over-year comparison since early 2022. That load that paid $2,200 last year is paying $2,500 or $2,600 now. Good. Real money. But there is a caveat, because this is where operators fool themselves. The […]
The U.S. Postal Service wants to change some pricing mechanisms for parcel shipments, which will increase costs for shippers.
Falling prices for containers moving from Asia to the United States could be one indicator that truck rates and tender rejections will soon continue to move up.
Trucking capacity has been steadily exiting the market over the past couple of years. These exits, however, came on the heels of the massive COVID-era oversupply, cushioning their impact on the market. With capacity continuing to tighten going into 2026, the industry will start to feel the effects of this long-term constriction. Underneath the day-to-day, […]
Explore shipper sentiment and freight market trends in a soft October.
Enhancements include integrations, AI layers, new dashboards, better maps, and an iOS app.
Tender rejections are at 6% and rising, two weeks before the holiday.
May Ling compares logistics to other components of the Producer Price Index.
Pricing in ocean shipping was done much differently in the 1970s compared to today. To simplify things, a group of executives created a game around the concept for workers to play.
At FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain event in Cleveland, Craig Fuller gives his monthly outlook on the freight market, and he is bearish.
The best shipping partners are those who collaborate to cut costs without service degradation.
