Trucking & OTR
Truckload and LTL rates, capacity, carriers, brokers, safety and the operating economics of highway freight.
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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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Truck Freight Prices Fell in July—But Remain 10.9% Above Last Year
Truck freight cooled in July but remained sharply higher than a year earlier as water freight continued climbing. The real procurement signal is to separate linehaul, fuel and accessorials before…
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Freight Intel Outlook · Freight Markets · Shipper Strategy · Technology & Operations · Trucking & OTRAugust Freight Outlook: The Recovery Isn’t Demand-Led—and That Changes Every Shipper Decision
Freight volumes weakened while costs, imports and intermodal activity rose. The August 2026 Freight Intel Outlook explains what shippers, carriers and brokers should do next.
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NHTSA Removed One AV Deployment Barrier. Autonomous Trucks Still Face Three More Gates.
NHTSA’s July 31 rule makes it easier for previously manufactured autonomous test vehicles to seek commercial exemptions. For trucking, it removes one barrier—not the federal operating, state deployment or field-readiness…
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The GDP Headline Says Slowdown. Freight Demand Says Something Else.
Q2 GDP slowed to 1.5%, but private demand, consumer spending, equipment investment and June LTL tonnage point to firmer freight activity—and hotter costs.
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The Freight Market’s Mixed Signal: Volumes Stay Soft While Costs Rise
June’s freight data delivered a message that transportation leaders cannot afford to flatten into a simple “recovery” or “recession” narrative: shipment demand remained soft, but the cost of moving freight…