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Freight demand: Page 2
Indicators
Werner CEO: Still in 'early innings' of carrier exits
Driven by regulatory crackdowns, legal risks, and rising costs that are tightening overall market capacity, Werner Enterprises reported a 24% increase in second-quarter 2026 revenue to $933.9 million as shippers shift business toward established, asset-backed carriers.
July 29, 2026
Freight demand
Spiking truckload rates signal relief for volatile LTL market
Rising truckload shipping rates are outpacing less-than-truckload prices for the first time since 2022, signaling a potential turn in freight volume back toward LTL networks.
July 26, 2026
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CCJ Top 250
Marten Transport: 'We're getting higher pricing from our customers'
Marten Transport reported a 25.8% drop in second-quarter net income to $5.3 million compared to last year, despite a 286.3% sequential surge over the first quarter as management signaled an emerging freight market recovery.
July 24, 2026
Freight demand
Tech boom masks consumer slump as shifting freight market hits record high
The U.S. carrier population has dropped by more than 50,000 in the past 12 months.
July 14, 2026
Freight demand
White hot spot rates pass contract rates for first time in 4 years
Trucking contract rates fall behind record-breaking spot rates.
July 9, 2026
Freight demand
Soaring rates give rise to new truck demand: 'We are clearly in fleet expansion territory'
Year-to-date orders have jumped 125% year over year, and the 2026 order season—spanning September 2025 to June 2026—is cumulatively pacing 36% ahead of last season.
July 8, 2026
Freight demand
Freight rates surge despite falling volumes as capacity tightens, U.S. Bank report shows
Contract rates are up 9% Â while contract volumes plummeted from 1,051,696 to 739,184.
June 30, 2026
Business
Transportation prices hit record high
Fuel prices drove U.S. inflation to 4.2% in May, squeezing carrier networks and sending warehouse holding costs to their highest levels since 2022.
June 27, 2026
Freight demand
Bursting bubbles: Bob "Cold Water" Costello tempers carriers' economic optimism
ATA's chief economist said a tightening in capacity is slowly but surely leading to freight recovery, but he warned carriers not to get ahead of themselves with truck purchases because demand isn't strong enough to support that.
March 4, 2026
Economic trends
New 10% global duty dampens hope of post-tariff freight boom
New 10% global tariffs arrive too quickly to spark a freight pull-forward, experts say.
February 20, 2026
Economic trends
2026 brings a ‘marginless recovery’ as capacity shakeout accelerates
With freight volumes expected to recover steadily beginning in the spring but rate growth remaining anemic, carriers shouldn't expect a robust bounce-back in early 2026.
December 4, 2025
Economic trends
Trucking activity dipped in June: ATA
ATA reported that truck freight tonnage decreased 0.4% in June after falling 0.1% in May. Also: Electric charging station coming to NYC's Hunts Point, as Mack delivers first LR Electric refuse truck; South Dakota highway restrictions upcoming.
July 24, 2025
Economic trends
ATA's Costello shares tariff impact on economy, truck freight
It was starting to get better. You might have noticed it. Speaking Tuesday at the TRALA Annual Meeting, ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello said there was a brief period in the first quarter where macroeconomic indicators were trending up for trucking.
April 8, 2025
Freight demand
Cross border imports surged ahead of Trump tariffs. Boost could last '2 or 3 more weeks'
Trucking activity at the Port of Laredo — the busiest land port in the U.S. — jumped 48.5% year-over-year during the first three months this year.
April 2, 2025
Economic trends
RXO forecasts 2025 freight recovery despite current challenges
Trucking still faces some challenges but "green shoots" starting to emerge.
March 28, 2025
Economic trends
Small carriers talk solutions to market pressures
During Truckload's small carrier panel, four fleets discuss how they've traversed the past 27 months of a down freight economy.
March 20, 2025
Economic trends
The unknown of the 2025 freight economy
Bob Costello, chief economist at American Trucking Associations, shares his outlook on the freight economy for 2025.
March 18, 2025
Economic trends
ATA economist on trucking: It's getting a little bit better
There are glimmers of hope for a trucking rebound in 2025, although it could be an unsatisfying change of fortune.
October 14, 2024
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