freight-market
31 posts tagged with “freight-market”
May Cass Freight Index Shows the Real Problem Is Cost per Shipment, Not Volume
May Cass Freight Index data shows shipments down only 1.2% year over year while expenditures rose 7.5%, making cost per shipment the freight KPI shippers need to manage now.
CXTMS InsightsJune 21, 2026 · 6 min read
Argentina Freight Growth Makes Visibility a First-Order Market Requirement
Argentina’s freight market is expanding, but inflation exposure, agricultural exports, port dependency, and inland complexity make shipment visibility a commercial requirement.
CXTMS InsightsJune 12, 2026 · 6 min read
Canada’s Freight Market Needs Regional Network Discipline, Not Just More Capacity
Canada’s freight market is growing, but geography, rail bottlenecks, parcel labor shifts, and port dependencies make regional network discipline more important than raw capacity.
CXTMS InsightsJune 12, 2026 · 7 min read
Freight Rate Recovery Is Supply-Driven. Shippers Need Earlier Rejection Signals.
Freight rate recovery in 2026 is being driven by capacity exits, spot pressure, and tender rejection risk. Shippers need earlier lane-level warning signals.
CXTMS InsightsJune 12, 2026 · 7 min read
Freight Layoffs Are a Network-Risk Signal Shippers Should Track
Freight layoffs and facility closures are not just labor headlines. They are early warnings that carrier coverage, service consistency, and backup capacity may be changing by lane.
CXTMS InsightsJune 11, 2026 · 7 min read
Russia’s Freight Market Is Still Growing, but Sanctions Make Execution the Real Constraint
Russia freight and logistics is projected to reach $74.87B in 2026, but sanctions make auditable execution the real operating challenge.
CXTMS InsightsJune 9, 2026 · 6 min read
Freight Capacity Is Tightening Before Demand Has Fully Recovered
Truckload capacity is tightening before freight demand fully rebounds, forcing shippers and forwarders to manage spot-rate risk earlier than expected.
CXTMS InsightsJune 6, 2026 · 6 min read
The Shippers Conditions Index Just Hit -18.9. Freight Teams Need a Fuel-Sensitive Budget Trigger.
FTR's Shippers Conditions Index fell to -18.9 in March as fuel, capacity utilization, and freight rates turned against shippers. Here's how logistics teams should turn that signal into budget triggers and surcharge workflows.
CXTMS InsightsMay 22, 2026 · 6 min read
April ATA Truck Tonnage Was Flat. That Is a Capacity Planning Signal, Not a Non-Event.
April ATA truck tonnage was flat with March but up year over year. For shippers, that stability is a capacity planning signal, not permission to ignore the truckload market.
CXTMS InsightsMay 20, 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