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Trucking Dive: JB Hunt truckload revenue rises despite sluggish demand
Despite the higher profits in the segment, the carrier’s revenue per load dropped, per a securities filings.
Supply Chain Dive: FedEx, UPS pricing tweaks set up ground shipping rates for record 2025
Fuel surcharge pressures and new rounding rules are challenging shippers ahead of peak season, per the TD Cowen/AFS Freight Index.
FreightWaves: LTLs hold pricing line; Old Dominion announces 4.9% GRI
Old Dominion Freight Line is the latest less-than-truckload carrier to implement a general rate increase ahead of schedule.
FreightWaves: LTL pricing index hits new high in Q3
Less-than-truckload rates maintain record levels despite softness across the manufacturing complex.
PARCEL Magazine: Data-Driven Deep Dive: Analyzing the Parcel Market from Macro to Micro
Parcel pricing is intentionally difficult to decipher, with intricate rules and constant shifts leaving uncertainty as the only constant for shippers. While price increases were
FreightWaves: FedEx, UPS peak season surcharges could drive shippers to competitors
Raising fees when demand is tepid undermines customer trust, analysts say
DC Velocity: Truckers brace for more pain as tariffs, weakening economy complicate freight recovery
Economic cracks deepen with disappointing employment numbers, sluggish spending, and tariffs. The trucking industry faces uncertainty and challenges ahead, according to our own Andy Dyer.
AJOT: Logistics real estate – Tarrified in 2025
The Trump administration’s on-again off-again tariffs to the world policy has introduced an unprecedented level of uncertainty — for what was looking like a strong