#tender-rejection
(21 articles)Trucking Recession Deepens: 100K Tractors Lost as Small Carriers Fail
The U.S. trucking industry is undergoing a structural contraction that threatens smaller operators despite signs of market recovery. The active for-hire tractor fleet has shrunk by roughly 100,000 uni
Truckload Spot Rates Surge 50%, Driving Shippers to Rail
Truckload spot rates have surged 52% year-over-year to $3.56 per mile, while contract rates lag at $2.88 per mile, creating budget pressure as shippers enter annual bid season. This persistent spread
Shippers' 2022 Bid Playbooks Backfire in Tightening Peak Season
Supply chain professionals heading into peak season are discovering that the aggressive contracting tactics that worked in 2022-2024 are now counterproductive in a tightening freight market. Shippers
Truckload Rates Stay Above 10%: What Shippers Need to Know
Truckload contract rates are increasing by approximately 13% when contracts reset, representing a significant jump from 3.53% a year earlier, according to FreightWaves' new Contract Rate Change Direct
Contract Freight Rates Hit Recession Highs as Diesel Tops $6.50/gal
Freight market dynamics are shifting as contract rates reach their highest seasonally adjusted levels since the freight recession ended, signaling carrier capacity constraints despite softer overall d
Trucking Rates Rise as Capacity Exits Market, Not Demand
Trucking rates are rising in 2026, but not because freight demand is surging. Instead, carriers are exiting the market faster than freight volume is growing, creating a supply-side correction. SONAR d
Hurricane Isaias Threatens Gulf Refineries and Port Operations
Hurricane Isaias poses a significant threat to critical U.S. supply chain infrastructure as it intensifies toward Category 3 status with projected Friday landfall across the Gulf Coast. The storm dire
Intermodal Hits Records as Truckload Rejection Rates Stay Elevated
Domestic intermodal volumes have reached unprecedented levels, posting 8% year-over-year growth while truckload tender rejection rates stubbornly remain near 14% heading into Q4, a period historically
Diesel Surge Crushes Trucking Margins as Spot Rates Lag
The freight market is experiencing a structural margin compression crisis that threatens carrier profitability despite historically tight capacity. Diesel prices surged 16.5% month-over-month while tr
Carriers Outperform 2024 Despite Record Diesel Prices
The U.S. truckload market is showing genuine improvement compared to 2024, with spot rates climbing from $2.40 to $3.42 per mile and carriers running approximately $0.70 per mile ahead in net earnings
Spot Rates Hide Regional Divergence Across U.S. Freight Markets
National freight spot rate averages mask a fragmented market landscape where regional dynamics tell fundamentally different stories. While the SONAR Truckload Rejection Index fell 9% week-over-week to
Q4 Freight Rates Face Surge as Truck Capacity Remains Tight
Uber Freight's Q3 Market Update reveals that the U.S. trucking market faces significant headwinds entering peak season, with constrained capacity, elevated rates, and emerging trade policy uncertainty
Truckload Spot Rates Defy Volume Drop; Reefer Capacity Remains Tight
The freight market is sending mixed signals as the post-Labor Day period unfolds. While truckload volumes declined nearly 15% in early September, a typical seasonal pullback, spot rates have defied gr
Truck Capacity Tightens as Freight Rates Soar, Aug Data
The U.S. transportation market continued its capacity contraction in August 2026, though the pace of decline slowed to a six-month low, according to the Logistics Managers' Index (LMI). While capacity
New Trucking Authorities Don't Equal Real Capacity Growth
FreightWaves analysis reveals a paradox in trucking market dynamics: while operating authorities have grown by over 5,000 year-to-date through Q3 2025, structural supply constraints make this headline
Trucking Capacity Tightens as LMI Falls; Regulatory Pressure Mounts
The July Logistics Manager Index fell to 68.9%, down from June's 71.7%, signaling a shift in freight market dynamics. Most critically, **transportation capacity is contracting at an accelerating rate*
Freight Rates Rising: Industry Vet Predicts 18-Month Rate Recovery Ahead
Kevin Nolan, a serial freight brokerage entrepreneur, delivered a contrarian view in a recent industry video: freight rates are not going down, and the sector is entering an early-stage recovery that
Trucking Capacity Crisis: Why Supply Won't Return Post-Recession
The trucking industry faces a structural capacity crisis unlikely to reverse despite recent signs of market recovery. According to Ben Kavlinar, EVP of Operations at LRT Solutions, a four-year freight
Why Carrier Partnerships Matter More Than Spot Rates in Hazmat
Univar Solutions is deliberately building long-term carrier partnerships rather than chasing spot rates in the specialized liquid bulk hazmat market, a strategic shift that costs more upfront but deli
Trucking Capacity Crisis Persists: Regulatory Pressures Drive Long-Term Tightness
The U.S. trucking market is experiencing structural capacity constraints that extend far beyond seasonal demand fluctuations or fuel cost volatility. Recent earnings reports from major carriers reveal
Knight-Swift Q2 Beat Signals Structural Freight Market Shift
Knight-Swift Transportation's second-quarter earnings results represent a significant inflection point in the North American freight market, with the carrier posting earnings 23% above consensus expec