Freight Markets
Volumes, rates, capacity, fuel, imports, commodities, and modal market intelligence.
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Diesel Jumped 36.8 Cents in One Week as Truck Freight Prices Rose 2.0%—What Shippers Should Audit Before Q4 Bids
Weekly pump prices and monthly freight-price data now point in the same direction—but they measure different costs. Shippers should separate fuel, linehaul and accessorials before paying twice for the same…
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September 2026 Freight Outlook: A Cost Shock Without a Volume Boom
September’s freight market pairs expanding goods demand with elevated fuel and transportation costs. Explore verified truck, ocean, rail and air indicators, FIR scenarios, and practical procurement actions.
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Mundra’s 1,500-Trucker Stoppage Disrupts Container Flows—What Shippers Should Do Now
A stoppage involving roughly 1,500 container transporters is disrupting empty returns and factory stuffing at India’s Mundra Port. FIR separates confirmed restrictions from estimates and identifies the actions shippers should…
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Black Sea Disruption Forces 500,000-Ton Wheat Pivot—Now the Shock Is Reaching Container Freight
Black Sea attacks are forcing Asian wheat buyers toward Australia and Argentina, raising delivered costs and pushing some urgent grain into containers.
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Shanghai and Ningbo Reopened—But 10-Day Queues Are Tightening Transpacific Capacity
Shanghai and Ningbo are open, but berth delays now reach 10–11 days as dense yards, vessel bunching and port omissions threaten U.S.-bound September inventory.
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Fuel Surcharges Are Outrunning Fuel Costs—What Shippers Should Audit Across Rail, Parcel and Ocean
Union Pacific’s $91.1 million second-quarter fuel-surcharge surplus and widening parcel and ocean surcharge gaps give shippers a concrete reason to audit benchmarks, lags and decline provisions.
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Truck Freight Costs Are Up 10.9%—Rail’s Intermodal Conversion Window Is Widening
Truck freight prices remain 10.9% above last year while rail is up only 1.3%. Here is how shippers should test the widening intermodal conversion window lane by lane.
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Tightening Truck Capacity Is Reshaping Shipper Strategy: Why Mini-Bids, Dedicated Capacity and Intermodal Are Gaining Ground
Truckload pricing is rising even as freight demand remains uneven. Here is how mini-bids, dedicated capacity and intermodal are reshaping shipper procurement.
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Carrier & Broker Risk · Freight Markets · Maritime, Ports & Drayage · Regulation, Infrastructure & Risk · Shipper StrategyU.S. Strikes Three Iranian Oil Tankers as Hormuz Traffic Stays Constrained—The Freight Cost Exposure
Two additional tanker attacks and below-average Hormuz traffic expose U.S. shippers to fuel, insurance and capacity costs—even without a full closure.