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Freight tonnage in February reached its highest level in three years, American Trucking Associations reported March 24.

The ATA For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 0.4% in January to 113 from 112.5 in December as the industry regained some freight activity it lost in 2025.

The freight market outlook is underwhelming, with marginal rate increases unlikely to cover the ongoing rise in carriers’ costs, according to FTR Transportation Intelligence analysts.

The trucking sector is nearing balance as freight demand rises and capacity tightens, according to ACT Research Co.'s latest indices. Story by Connor D. Wolf.   

Throughout the pandemic-influenced years of 2020 through 2022, third-party logistics providers and freight brokers assuaged shippers by simply locating a truck for their freight.

A gauge of logistics stress in the U.S. economy eased in April as freight transportation cooled, a sign that the broader economy is downshifting to a speed that remains expansionary.

The past two years have been difficult ones for shippers to move their freight. But times like these are when logistics providers can most clearly demonstrate the value they bring to their business partners.