While the freight market is stabilizing, ongoing tariff uncertainty, excess truck inventory, and sluggish demand continue to ...

Looking at the chart above, it looks like DAT's measure of dry van freight rates experienced about three major boom-and-bust cycles since 2015. Rates peaked around January 2015, mid-2018, and ...

FreightWaves CEO expects rates to increase 4%+ in 2025. The post How much will freight rates rise next year? appeared first on FreightWaves.

We remain bullish on the global shipping industry for a number of reasons. Hereare three charts showing how carriers look to be in positive territory heading into year-end.

Freight Market in 2025: Gradual Improvement, Says FTR. Look for 2025 to be a year for moderate improvements in freight rates and more stable diesel prices, predict the analyst at FTR Freight ...

Chart of the Week: Van Contract Initial reporting of average base rate per mile, National Truckload Index removing estimated fuel costs above $1.20/mile – USA SONAR: VCRPM1.USA, NTIL12.USA ...

This year’s peak shipping season is arriving with a whimper, however, as merchants and consumer-goods suppliers continue to burn off excess inventories built up during the Covid-19 pandemic and ...

Trucking companies are navigating a challenging economic environment where stubbornly high costs for goods are affecting what shippers are willing to pay for transport, experts warned. “It’s ...

FTR’s active truck utilization peaked at 100% in 2021 and bottomed out around 88% in 2023. Vise said once that utilization index hits around 92%, it starts to exert upward pressure on rates.