Monthly market data suggests the for-hire trucking economy is improving. Freight rates and volumes continued making year-over-year gains in October, following September’s milestone rate improvements.

For-hire trucking’s September market data paints an attractive picture. The market upturn is near—if not already here. Average contract and spot rates hit milestone improvements not seen in a long ...

A year-end look at the trends of 2025 and ahead into 2026, focusing on freight rates, freight demand, and trucking capacity. Is a spike in spot freight rates over the past few weeks an inflection ...

Freight rates thus far in the second half of 2025 have been characterized by a constant decline on the heels of tariff whiplash that largely dominated the April-to-June stretch and ultimately upended ...

Ocean freight rates from Asia to the U.S. have begun to decline, providing some relief for U.S. shippers. But cargo shipping costs are still massively up since December 14 when the Red Sea crisis ...

Far East to U.S. ocean freight rates are up between 36%-41% month over month, while air freight prices have jumped 9% this year. DHL says ocean freight rate inflation might not ease up before Chinese ...

I believe the upcoming US tariffs will drive importers to front-load, leading to an increase in short-term freight demand and, therefore, freight prices. However, I’m projecting a freight rate ...

Just as the Federal Reserve and U.S. economy get good news on inflation, with consumer prices and wholesale prices softening, a major global trade inflation indicator is headed in the wrong direction.