spot market News Updates

Business, Logistics, For-Hire

Truckload Rate Outlook for 2025 Softens, Remains Positive

FTR expects contract truckload rates to increase 2.2% on a full-year basis in 2025, adding that by the end of 2025, contract rates will be rising 5% year on year.

January 15, 2025
Business, Technology, Logistics

Uber Freight Expands Procurement Platform With Spot Freight

Uber Freight introduced a spot freight fulfillment platform to expand beyond its flagship contract procurement tool launched last year, the company announced May 16.

May 20, 2024
Business, Equipment, Logistics

Spot Market Rebalance Slows Amid Volatile Capacity

The spot market is struggling to rebalance as the rate of carriers exiting has slowed despite sluggish demand.

April 11, 2024
Business, Equipment, Logistics

Spot Market Remains Suppressed Amid Stubborn Capacity

The trucking spot market has remained in a down cycle for more than a year as the number of trucks and drivers diminished — albeit at a slower rate than the decline in overall freight demand.

February 29, 2024
Business, Logistics

How Freight Brokers Survive in a Down Market

The second quarter of 2023 has revealed a potentially bleaker outlook for the freight market, almost reaching numbers of the freight recession witnessed in 2019. Discover the secrets behind success as we explore how freight brokers should navigate the uncertainty of a down market.

October 1, 2023
Business, Logistics

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September 1, 2023
Business, Equipment, Logistics

Spot Market Struggles With Prolonged Bottom

The spot market has become stuck in a stagnant bottom with market patterns preventing it from building back momentum.

June 29, 2023
Business, Logistics

Some Owner-Operators Return to Fleets as Spot Market Softens

A surge in spot market rates that led some truck drivers to leave fleet jobs and go into business for themselves has cooled off, bringing with it a downturn in the number of drivers striking out on their own, industry data shows.

November 21, 2022
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel, Logistics

Rising Fuel Costs Slow Spot Rate Descent

The rise in fuel prices is slowing a decline in spot rates while also potentially suppressing base revenue for some carriers, experts said.

March 31, 2022
Business, Equipment, Logistics

Spot Market Bounces Back After Thanksgiving Slump

Spot freight volumes fell Thanksgiving week, but they have more than recovered.

December 13, 2021