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SupplyChainBrain: Trucking Freight Demand Falls Off as Peak Season Weakens
Nov 21, 2025
Trucking freight demand fell by roughly a third between April and October, despite the latter half of that period representing what should be the peak shipping season ahead of the holidays.
The Trucker: DAT: Truckload volumes fall for 4th straight month
Nov 20, 2025
Truckload freight volumes declined for the fourth consecutive month in October, casting a long, cool shadow on shipping activity for holiday retail goods.
CDLLife: 2025 marks a quiet end for the freight recession, ACT Research predicts
Nov 20, 2025
Freight market analysts say that 2025 will likely mark a quiet end for the freight recession preceded by the pandemic trucking boom.
Equipment Finance News: Truck lenders ‘underwrite wrong things,’ analyst says
Nov 20, 2025
Truck lenders must look beyond traditional credit metrics to find strong operators in light of industry challenges, with a heightened focus on asset expertise.
Transport Topics: Truck Tonnage Slips 2.1% Sequentially During October
Nov 20, 2025
Freight tonnage continued to slow sequentially in October, reaching its lowest level since the start of the year, American Trucking Associations reported Nov. 18.
FreightWaves: Battle of the freight titans: Fuller and Adamo debate industry’s most pressing issues
Nov 20, 2025
In a spirited debate at the Chicago Traffic Club, two of the transportation industry’s most influential voices squared off on the challenges facing freight markets.
PYMNTS: Holiday Shipping Peak Could Be ‘Virtually Nonexistent’ Amid Tariffs
Nov 20, 2025
Major ports are seeing a drop in imports. For the first time this year, rates in October for van, flatbed and refrigerated loads were lower on a monthly and annual basis, the report said, citing the DAT Truckload Volume Index.
CNBC: ‘This is a structural goods recession’: U.S. freight market is starting to roll over as Chinese trade plummets
Nov 20, 2025
The impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs continues to rip through the logistics and transportation sectors, with major ports experiencing a steep drop in imports after records were set earlier this year, and volumes throughout the supply chain rolling over.
The Trucker: DAT: Spot load posts dip 5% in latest week
Nov 18, 2025
Load posts on DAT One fell 5% to 2.04 million during the week of Nov. 8-14.
Trucking Info: Truckload Volumes Continue to Slide
Nov 18, 2025
Both DAT Freight and Analytics and the American Trucking Associations report the freight market worsened in October of 2025.