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14 posts tagged with “truckload”
Shippers Are Moving Back Toward Asset-Based Carriers. Reliability Is Beating Pure Rate Shopping.
Shippers are favoring asset-based truckload carriers as capacity tightens, transportation prices rise, and reliability becomes more valuable than short-term rate shopping.
CXTMS InsightsMay 18, 2026 · 6 min read
Truckload Capacity Tightened Fast in April. Tender Rejections Belong in Every Shipper’s Early-Warning Dashboard.
April’s sharp truckload capacity tightening shows why tender rejections should sit beside rates, dwell, and service metrics in every shipper dashboard.
CXTMS InsightsMay 11, 2026 · 6 min read
Secondary Capacity Is Back: How Shippers Should Rebuild Freight Budgets Around an 8% Contract-Rate Reset
FreightWaves reports long-term contract rates are up about 8% since last fall. Here is how shippers should rebuild freight budgets around secondary capacity, mini-bids, fuel exposure, and live routing-guide performance.
CXTMS InsightsMay 9, 2026 · 6 min read
April’s Freight Capacity Collapse: What a 28.4 LMI Capacity Reading Means for Shipper Budgets
April’s LMI transportation capacity reading of 28.4 and price reading of 95 signal a sharp freight-market turn that shippers need to budget for now.
CXTMS InsightsMay 8, 2026 · 7 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
The 2026 Trucking Capacity Cliff: Why Driver Shortage and Regulatory Pressures Are Collapsing Truckload Supply
ACT Research calls 2026 a structural transition year. ATA puts the driver shortage at 82,000 and climbing. The EPA 2027 pre-buy cycle is next. Here's why truckload capacity is on a cliff edge — and what shippers must do now.
CXTMS InsightsApril 29, 2026 · 7 min read
DAT’s March Volume Jump Says Truckload Tightening Isn’t a Headline Anymore. It’s Operating Reality.
DAT’s March Truckload Volume Index showed broad gains across van, reefer, and flatbed, adding one more signal that truckload capacity is tightening faster than many shippers planned for.
CXTMS InsightsApril 19, 2026 · 6 min read
LTL Pricing in 2026: Why the Truckload-to-LTL Modal Shift Is Accelerating and What Shippers Must Do Now
LTL rates are up 5.2% year-over-year while truckload spot rates hit multi-year highs. Here's how shippers should rethink their modal strategy.
CXTMS InsightsApril 8, 2026 · 6 min read
Spot-Contract Freight Rate Gap Narrows to $0.11 Per Mile: What the U.S. Bank-DAT Q1 2026 Index Means for Shipper Procurement
The spot-contract freight rate gap has compressed 72% to just $0.11 per mile according to the U.S. Bank-DAT Q1 2026 index. Here's what the convergence means for shipper procurement strategy.
CXTMS InsightsApril 3, 2026 · 6 min read
Truckload-to-LTL Modal Shift Accelerates: Why Tightening Capacity Is Pushing Freight Into Less-Than-Truckload Networks
Truckload capacity is tightening in 2026, pushing incremental freight into LTL networks. Learn how this modal shift affects rates, capacity, and shipper strategy.
CXTMS InsightsMarch 25, 2026 · 6 min read