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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The freight broker newsletter written from a broker's desk.
A freight broker newsletter, once a week: where spot and contract rates actually moved, what capacity is doing, who's stealing freight and how, and what any of it means when you're the one quoting lanes on Monday. Written by Andrew Sarris, a working freight broker. Free, no fluff, unsubscribe whenever.
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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.
Why brokers read it: most freight news is written for carriers or for Wall Street. The Load Letter is written for the person quoting lanes, chasing shippers, and getting undercut by a broker with a cheaper truck and a worse contract.
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