04/28/2026
After four flat years, the freight market is finally turning.
Spot rates are running at their highest average since June 2022. Broker-posted rates are up roughly 26 percent year over year. Tender rejections are sitting near 14 percent. Capacity has tightened, not because freight surged, but because diesel and regulators did the work all winter.
If you run a fleet, this is the inflection point you have been waiting for. The leverage is starting to swing back to carriers with documented service metrics.
New post on the blog this morning. Three concrete moves to make before Q3, plus what fleet owners and owner-operators should be doing differently right now.
Read it - link in comments or bio.