Tag: Carrier

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 Carrier Survival Guide: How to protect your margins when diesel won’t stop climbing

Take a look at some strategies and tools to help combat rising diesel costs, from deadhead-reduction strategies to cash flow solutions.

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

Dry van report: Move over, jersey — Chicago has a new claim to fame

America’s road congestion problem isn’t getting better — and the trucking industry is paying the price. The American Transportation Research