For the Japan route, overall transportation demand remained stable, and market freight rates operated steadily. In February ...

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 ...

The slow-but-steady momentum of driver pay increases has been showing surprising resilience despite ongoing uncertainty in the freight market and the broader economy. The hinge moment for the current ...

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 ...

The spot market is suddenly on fire, and one analyst says it’s the first time in about four years that it would be considered ...

The war in Iran is inflating diesel prices in the near term. The freight picture is mixed but positive for flatbed. Rates are stronger year-over-year, but FTR is cautious on its trajectory given ...

Lower freight rates made a dent in the top and bottom lines of CMA CGM and ZIM in the fourth quarter, following the trend experienced by container shipping contemporaries Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd. While ...

It's been a rough go for small-business trucking over a few years now, with high costs and weak freight demand putting plenty pressure on owner-operators. Moving through 2025, a central question's ...

While capacity has tightened compared to last year’s oversupplied conditions, analysts suggest the market remains fundamentally loose. Any meaningful shift toward tightness will require substantial ...

Shipping stocks are quietly staging a comeback — and the underlying supply-demand setup suggests this cycle may have staying power. The Baltic Dry Index, a key benchmark for global shipping rates, has ...

A strategic freight outlook for oil and gas in 2026 covering procurement agility, modal shifts, inventory modeling, and resilience planning amid market volatility. Blended procurement strategies ...