The truckload market is fairly balanced as 2024 nears an end, but it is changing, according to the latest release of the Freight Forecast: Rate and Volume OUTLOOK report by ACT Research. read more

NOV 26, 2024 - 5:51 am

Recent data show declining equipment and load posts, in a sign of ongoing private fleet insourcing, according to the latest release of the Freight Forecast: Rate and Volume OUTLOOK report by ACT Research. read more

SEP 25, 2024 - 6:09 am

Private fleet capacity additions, inbound insourcing and increased spot market presence have dragged out the for-hire freight downturn for at least a year, according to the latest release of the Freight Forecast: U.S. Rate and Volume OUTLOOK report. read more

AUG 28, 2024 - 5:57 am

The freight market continues to be characterized by overcapacity, and with private fleets engaging in spot activity more than in past cycles, spot rates remain only slightly above the late-2023 lows, according to ACT Research. read more

JUL 25, 2024 - 6:28 am

Slowing U.S. Class 8 tractor fleet growth, while roughly a year later than price signals suggested, will help move the cycle forward, and how quickly it affects rates will depend mainly on freight demand and fleet productivity, according to ACT Research. read more

MAY 23, 2024 - 6:50 am

Freight demand is nearing an upturn as growing goods spending, a turning inventory cycle and rising industrial production will add to freight demand this year, according to ACT Research, which projected that after a two-year downturn, the upturn is likely to being within the next few months. read more

APR 25, 2024 - 6:53 am

While trucking demand remains soft overall, rising imports and intermodal trends are key leading indicators of a recovery in trucking this year, according to a recent report from ACT Research. read more

MAR 1, 2024 - 6:51 am

U.S. freight cycle fundamentals will improve in 2024, according to the latest release of ACT Research’s Freight Forecast, U.S. Rate and Volume Outlook report. read more

JAN 22, 2024 - 6:34 am

The surprising strength in the economy in 2023 may provide less ballast for freight in 2024, but supply contraction should propel the cycle forward in 2024, even if the broader economy slows, according to ACT Research. read more

DEC 20, 2023 - 6:43 am

According to ACT Research’s latest Freight Forecast, U.S. Rate and Volume Outlook report, freight markets are expected to continue bouncing along the bottom in the near term, with some holiday volatility and a change in trajectory on the way next year. read more

NOV 21, 2023 - 7:00 am

After a long downturn, freight demand fundamentals are gradually improving as pandemic substitution effects fade, destocking plays out and real incomes improve, according to the latest release of the Freight Forecast, U.S. Rate and Volume Outlook report from ACT Research. read more

OCT 31, 2023 - 7:17 am

The latest release of ACT Research’s For-Hire Trucking Index showed continued improvement in freight volumes, pricing and driver availability. read more

OCT 26, 2023 - 7:13 am

The latest release of ACT Research’s “For-Hire Trucking Index” suggests an approaching turning point in the freight cycle, but perhaps not as quickly as for-hire fleets would prefer. read more

SEP 28, 2023 - 5:05 am

Though significant progress has been made in rebalancing, it’s unlikely that freight industry capacity will broadly tighten until pressure from capacity growth eases, according to ACT Research. read more

SEP 25, 2023 - 5:35 am

According to ACT Research, driver capacity models suggest recent record declines in freight rates should be pushing out more jobs while tremors in the LTL market could press an industry rebalancing forward. read more

JUL 14, 2023 - 7:06 am