U.S. Bank and DAT Freight & Analytics launched a new quarterly truck freight rates report. Q1 2026 edition reveals subtle shifts in late-2025 spot and contract rates amid shrinking carrier capacity.

Spot rates up, capacity and utilization tightening, loads flat overall but freight strengthening by summer year-over-year: ...

The overall economy is performing better than many people think, but overcapacity in the trucking industry is still keeping freight rates from rising. Among the key takeaways from FTR’s State of ...

The new integration gives IntelliTrans TMS customers direct access to DAT iQ, DAT’s trucking freight-rate data analytics service, which freight shippers, brokers, and carriers use to compare and ...

For-hire capacity has shrunk to "almost as deep as it can without the loss of a lot of carriers," FTR's Avery Vise says. If freight demand picks up midyear, sustained rate ...

A timeline for a rebound in freight rates and market conditions remains muddy into the second half of 2024, according to executives and analysts, with November’s presidential election further ...

Just as the Federal Reserve and U.S. economy get good news on inflation, with consumer prices and wholesale prices softening, a major global trade inflation indicator is headed in the wrong direction.

Rising trans-Pacific ocean freight rates are expected to climb further as demand picks up in anticipation of the Lunar New Year holiday.

In for-hire trucking, shippers pay carriers to move freight. This payment is generally a per-mile rate with a fuel surcharge. Freight rates are the primary source of income in for-hire trucking and a ...

TAC Index data shows modest gains last week, with Asia steady and Europe and the Americas seeing a sharp rebound.