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19 posts tagged with “truckload”
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
Accepted Truckload Volume May Be the Cleaner Freight Demand Signal Shippers Need
Accepted truckload volume gives shippers a cleaner read on freight that actually moves, helping procurement teams separate demand from routing-guide noise.
CXTMS InsightsJune 22, 2026 · 7 min read
Rail Intermodal Growth Is Becoming a Truckload Budget Pressure Valve Again
Rail intermodal growth is giving shippers a practical pressure valve as truckload rates tighten, but savings depend on lane-level execution discipline.
CXTMS InsightsJune 15, 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
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
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