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37 posts tagged with “freight rates”
Dry Van Spot Rates Are Rising While Volumes Slide. Routing Guides Need a Stress Test.
Dry van spot rates are rising even as truckload volumes slide, making routing-guide health, backup-carrier readiness, and budget triggers urgent operating controls.
CXTMS InsightsJuly 1, 2026 · 6 min read
LTL Rate Increases Are Arriving Before Peak Season. Shippers Need Mode-Mix Discipline.
LTL rate increases are landing before peak season, forcing shippers to tighten consolidation rules, accessorial controls, and mode-shift thresholds.
CXTMS InsightsJune 26, 2026 · 7 min read
Ocean Shipping Recovery After Hormuz Will Be Measured in Network Weeks, Not Headlines
Ocean shipping recovery after the Strait of Hormuz disruption will depend on network sequencing, surcharge discipline, and shipment-level planning.
CXTMS InsightsJune 25, 2026 · 6 min read
Ocean Peak-Season Surcharges Are Returning Before Demand Looks Strong
Ocean carriers are bringing back peak-season surcharges even as import demand remains uneven, creating budgeting and margin risk for freight forwarders.
CXTMS InsightsJune 6, 2026 · 7 min read
Q2 Freight Brokerage Rates Need a Strategy, Not a Guess
Q2 freight brokerage rates are moving through a capacity-sensitive market. Brokers and shippers need lane-level rate strategy, not static assumptions.
CXTMS InsightsJune 4, 2026 · 7 min read
Trucking Credit Metrics Are Improving. That Is a Capacity Signal Shippers Should Not Ignore.
Improving trucking credit and balance-sheet signals are early warnings that capacity discipline, carrier survivability, and bid behavior are changing.
CXTMS InsightsJune 2, 2026 · 6 min read
Fuel Is Still Driving Spot Truckload Rates Even When Volumes Soften
April truckload data shows fuel costs can keep spot rates elevated even when van and reefer volumes soften, forcing freight teams to separate demand signals from cost signals.
CXTMS InsightsMay 21, 2026 · 6 min read
Air Cargo Spot Rates Jumped 30% in April. The Cause Was Capacity, Not Just Fuel.
April air cargo spot rates jumped 30% year over year, but shippers need to separate fuel surcharge exposure from true capacity scarcity before buying premium uplift.
CXTMS InsightsMay 17, 2026 · 6 min read
Freight Cost Inflation Is Back in the Budget Room: How to Reforecast Transportation Spend Mid-Year
Freight rates, fuel volatility, and spot exposure are forcing shippers to refresh transportation budgets mid-year. Here is a practical reforecasting model.
CXTMS InsightsMay 12, 2026 · 6 min read
CASS Freight Index March 2026: What the Q1 Shipment and Rate Data Signal for Q2 Strategy
March 2026 CASS Freight Index data shows expenditures up 4.2% year-over-year while shipments fell 4.5% — a rate-volume divergence that has serious implications for Q2 freight procurement strategy.
CXTMS InsightsMay 6, 2026 · 5 min read