Flatbed Report: Housing’s pipeline is softening, and the Fed isn’t why
Flatbed spot linehaul paid to carriers averaged $2.60 per mile last week, minus fuel, down 0.5%, or $0.01 per mile, from the week before.
Flatbed report: Tractor sales down 10.9%, and why ag’s slump spells a softer open-deck second half
Flatbed spot linehaul rates paid to carriers averaged $2.62 per mile last week, minus fuel, down 1.8%, or $0.05 per mile, from the week before.
Flatbed Report: Rates hold near highs as agriculture equipment slump clouds the outlook
Flatbed spot linehaul rates paid to carriers averaged $2.66 per mile this week, minus fuel, down 0.1%, or less than a cent per mile, from the prior week.
Flatbed Report: Capacity keeps shrinking as the load-to-truck ratio doubles year over year
Flatbed spot linehaul rates paid to carriers averaged $2.67 per mile this week, minus fuel, down 1.2%, or $0.03 per mile, from the prior week.
Flatbed Report: Rates hold near highs as July’s housing pullback flags a demand headwind
Flatbed spot linehaul averaged $2.70 per mile this week, minus fuel, down 0.8%, or $0.02 per mile, from the prior week
Flatbed Report: A second straight pullback still leaves rates well above last year
Flatbed spot linehaul rates paid to carriers averaged $2.72 per mile last week, minus fuel, down 2.4%, or $0.07 per mile, from the prior week.
Flatbed Report: Rates ease off July highs but stay up nearly 40% year over year
Flatbed spot linehaul averaged $2.83 per mile this week, minus fuel, down 1.5%, or $0.04 per mile, from the prior week.
Flatbed Report: The AI boom is a freight story, and it’s just getting started
Every conversation about artificial intelligence tends to focus on chips and software, but for carriers and brokers, the real story
Flatbed Report: Manufacturing holds its growth streak
Manufacturing kept expanding in June, with the ISM Manufacturing PMI coming in at 53.3%, marking a sixth straight month of
Flatbed Report: Trucking tonnage takes a short-term dip
U.S. trucking activity hit a bit of a speed bump this spring, with the ATA Tonnage Index May 2026 contracting
Flatbed Report: Farm equipment sales signal headwinds for ag flatbed freight
The farm economy is sending a clear warning signal to flatbed carriers who haul agricultural equipment. U.S. retail sales of
World Cup freight: host city rates break away from the pack
Two weeks ago, World Cup host city reefer rates and the rest of the country were rising together — host