42 months of freight decline just ended
And private fleets are quietly pulling your best-paying lanes off the board before you notice.
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8 issues
Diesel hit $6 and small carriers started saying no
Plus: September imports may top the year, and cargo theft found a new way in.
Crude ran 11% and diesel hasn't caught up yet
Flatbed load-to-truck doubled year over year while the posted rate went down three cents.
Rates fell four cents. Trucks fell more.
Plus the diesel story nobody is pricing right, and a parcel surcharge that hands you freight.
The soft market just officially died
Record pricing index, an early peak, and a reefer baton that just passed at higher rates.
The freight market just split in two
One half is firming fast out of LA. The other is stuck at six-cent reefer rates.
Flat volumes, surging costs, and your liability just changed
A bug in Texas is squeezing border capacity right as citrus runs hot. Here's the play.
Rates are rising. Volumes aren't. Here's why that matters.
Plus: South Texas reefer just did 40% up, 40% down in two weeks.
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