Repricing in real time: The RFP playbook for volatile freight markets
Rates are swinging, fuel costs are unpredictable, and demand is shifting week to week. None of that is new to anyone who prices freight for a living.
Reefer Report: California reefer rates hold firm as volumes fall
The ongoing re-pricing of the truckload market remains supply-led, a trend underscored this week by tightening rates for California citrus
Flatbed Report: Industrial demand softens, pulling rates back from July highs
Flatbed spot linehaul averaged $2.87 per mile this week, down 2.7%, or $0.08 per mile, from the prior week. Rates
Dry Van Report: Rates cool off as summer freight demand normalizes
Dry van spot linehaul averaged $2.38 per mile this week, down 2.5%, or $0.06 per mile, from the prior week.
Reefer Report: Capacity floods back, spot rates follow but still tower over last summer
Last week’s post-holiday tightness didn’t just fade — it reversed. Across nearly every district, USDA flipped truck availability a full
Dry Van Report: Freight demand is back, but it’s coming from an unlikely place
Every carrier, broker, and shipper trying to plan around today’s truckload market has been asking the same question: is this
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
Reefer Report: California’s sudden tightening sends Northeast reefer rates up double digits
California truckload capacity flipped from loose to tight in a single week. Six districts — Imperial/Coachella, Kern, Oxnard, Salinas-Watsonville, Santa
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
Dry Van Report: How grilling and produce seasons squeeze reefer and dry van capacity
July isn’t just the heart of summer; it’s National Hot Dog Month and the absolute peak of America’s grilling season.
Produce report: Shortage eases, surplus returns
This week’s report is about reversals. Mexico Crossings through South Texas flipped from Slight Shortage of capacity back to Slight
Dry Van Report: Freight rate surge masks sluggish demand driven by AI boom
The April trucking ton-mile index reveals that the recent spike in trucking freight rates is almost entirely supply-side driven, rather