Month: July 2026

When things go wrong for owner operators and small carriers, the right insurance is a financial foundation that can help keep a business solvent. In today’s freight environment, equipment, insurance and loss costs have increased, creating challenges for truckers. According to the American Trucking Research Institute (ATRI), insurance premiums rose 3% in 2024 to a… Continue reading How Insurance Coverage Enhancements Can Help Fleets Navigate Risk and Control Costs

For decades, the trucking industry has been promised that alternative fuels would transform how fleets power their operations. For just as long, those promises have bumped up against the hard realities of the road, which included underpowered engines, spotty fueling infrastructure, uncertain economics, and the diesel standard. Chad Lindholm, Senior Vice President of Sales at… Continue reading RNG’s Moment Has Arrived

Transportation rates rose again in June as capacity across the sector tightened further, according to data from a monthly survey of supply chain professionals. The Logistics Managers’ Index—a diffusion index in which a reading above 50 indicates expansion, while one below 50 signals contraction—returned a 92.4 reading for transportation prices in June. That was only… Continue reading Transportation pricing index hovers near all-time high in June

U.S. trucking activity hit a bit of a speed bump this spring, with the ATA Tonnage Index May 2026 contracting by 2% in May following a 0.9% slide in April. According to ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello, a strong 4.7% gain during the first quarter was offset by a 2.9% drop over the last two… Continue reading Flatbed Report: Trucking tonnage takes a short-term dip

The April trucking ton-mile index reveals that the recent spike in trucking freight rates is almost entirely supply-side driven, rather than a reflection of robust aggregate freight demand. The seasonally adjusted ton-mile index showed a very sluggish 0.2% growth both month-over-month and year-over-year, which drastically underperforms historical demand expansions like the 3.5% jump seen in… Continue reading Dry Van Report: Freight rate surge masks sluggish demand driven by AI boom