#capacity-tightness
(4 articles)July Jobs Miss Signals Freight Softness—But Manufacturing Gains Offset
The July employment report delivered a shock to freight markets: the U.S. economy shed 23,000 non-farm payrolls against consensus expectations of 83,000–95,000 gains, with May and June numbers revised
Regulatory Cleanup Drives Truckload Market Tightening, Rate Recovery
Knight-Swift Transportation's second-quarter earnings reveal a structurally tightening truckload market driven by aggressive regulatory enforcement. The FMCSA and DOT's unprecedented push to remove no
TL Rates Rise as Freight Volumes Fall: What's Driving the Disconnect
The U.S. trucking market is experiencing a paradoxical shift: linehaul rates are climbing while freight shipment volumes contract, according to June data from Cass Information Systems. The Cass Freigh
Truckload Rates Hit Record High as Capacity Tightens
The transportation market has tightened dramatically in June, with the Logistics Managers' Index recording a 92.4 reading on pricing—just 3.6 points below the all-time record set in May. This represen