U.S. truckers are moving record volumes of auto parts, appliances and sneakers after their customers stocked up ahead of President Donald Trump's tariffs, but an industry slowdown looms as those new duties start choking economic activity.
April’s data drop from Arrive Logistics is here, and we're breaking down what’s happening across demand, capacity, rates, and what tariff jitters and cross-border trends say for the market.
The number of loads posted on the DAT One spot-freight network declined 7% week over week to 2.0 million, and has fallen 23% over the past two weeks.
The number of Chinese freight vessels headed to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the top destinations for Asian freight, has dropped sharply.
FreightWaves is set to host its first-ever Freight Fraud Symposium and Fraud Fighters Awards ceremony on May 14 in Dallas. The event will address the rising threat of fraud in the transportation sector and recognize innovative solutions that are helping to mitigate the impact of this burgeoning criminal crime.
Customers are holding out for better rates as tariffs and inflation continue to roil trucking markets, one analyst said.
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“Tariff uncertainty was a factor, but so was tighter capacity. Roughly 30% of flatbed loads move on the spot market compared to 12 to 15% for vans and reefers,” DAT’s chief of analytics reports.
In our final interview from Manifest 2025 in Las Vegas, host Scott Luton chats with Kary Jablonski and Ken Adamo with DAT. They discuss the Trucker Tools acquisition, emphasizing its benefits for brokers through enhanced visibility and data integration, the importance of leveraging real-time data and analytics for better decision-making in supply chain management, and they address the growing issue of cargo theft, stressing the need for robust cybersecurity measures and carrier management.
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