Reefer Produce Report: California citrus hits shortage, Yakima tightens, and the border keeps climbing

California citrus is the week’s biggest story. South/Central CA citrus (blood oranges, grapefruit, lemons, oranges, tangelos) jumped from Adequate to.

Dry van report: The capacity isn’t gone — it just got selective

The Journal of Commerce Truckload Capacity Index edged up from 72.4% in Q3 2025 to 73.5% in Q4, but don’t.

The other side of the rate: Using Shipper Spot Rate to win bids, protect margins, and read the market

For freight brokers, the difference between a profitable quarter and a stressful one often comes down to how quickly you.

Flatbed report: The construction boom that fueled flatbed is fading

Nonresidential construction spending fell 0.6% in December, and the numbers underneath that headline are worse than they look for flatbed.

Reefer Produce Report: South Texas goes full squeeze; Every lane hits slight shortage

South Texas is the tightest produce origin in the country. All nine lanes out of Mexico crossings through South Texas.

Dry van report: Why spot market carriers feel the diesel pain first

The war in the Middle East has quickly injected volatility into global energy markets, and diesel prices are responding faster.

Flatbed report: The port that moves the machinery that moves America

Every March, flatbed carriers along the East Coast and into the Mid-Atlantic feel a familiar tightening — and the Port.

Reefer Produce Report: The calm lasted one week; Nogales, South Texas, and Florida all tighten

The big picture Last week’s all-Adequate reset? Gone. Slight Shortage conditions are back at three of the four biggest produce.

Dry van report: The freight market is waking up — LMI says so

The February 2026 Logistics Managers’ Index (LMI) reported a solid 61.5 reading, up from 59.6 in January and marking one.

Reefer Produce Report: Every produce region hits adequate as Florida’s slide continues

The Big Picture For the first time in weeks, every single origin in the USDA report is showing Adequate truck.

Flatbed report: Tonnage ticks up but the recovery remains slow going

The ATA For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index edged up 0.4% in January to a seasonally adjusted reading of 113.0, following a.

Dry van report: Manufacturing is back, and that’s good news for truckload demand

For the second straight month, U.S. manufacturing is expanding, and the February ISM Manufacturing PMI of 52.4 carries some meaningful.