Trucking

For August, the most recent month for which data is available, the SCI came in at 1.3, following a -2.0 reading in July.

Load posts on DAT One rose 2% to 2.26 million last week, while truck posts fell for the second consecutive week, down 5% to 232,703.

Prior to the White House’s proclamation being issued, Dan Moyer, senior analyst, commercial vehicles, at freight transportation consultancy FTR, said that this development had rattled fleets, OEMs, and suppliers coping with weak demand, rising costs, and fragile supply chains.

Following a series of less-than-truckload-related acquisitions made in recent years by its parent company Knight-Swift Transportation—a July 2021 acquisition of AAA Cooper Transportation (ACT) and its affiliated entity AAA Cooper for $1.35 billion, a December 2021 acquisition of RAC MME Holdings LLC, which is better known in trucking circles as MME (with the brand names Midwest Motor Express Inc. (MME) and also Midnite Express Inc.), for $150 million and a July 2024 acquisition of Dependable Highway Express (DHE) for $185 million—effective January 1, 2026, both MME...

Following respective 1.1% and 0.9% gains in July and August, ATA reported that its September advanced Seasonally Adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index saw a 0.9% decline, coming in at 114.2 (2015=100).

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Following August spot truckload volume and rate declines, September readings were more mixed, while conditions largely remained the same, according to the new edition of the DAT Truckload Volume Index, which was released today by DAT Freight and Analytics.

Washington is considering a measure that would crack down on unsavory leasing practices in the trucking industry that backers say trap truck drivers into long-term debt and prevent them from becoming profitable owner-operators.

A trio of industry stakeholders—each focused on different areas of surface transportation, including truckload, ground parcel, and less-than-truckload (LTL)—addressed current market conditions for their respective modes, as well as take a look at key priorities shippers need to be focusing on in 2026, at a session at this week’s Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) EDGE conference in National Harbor, Maryland.

It is now more difficult for non-U.S. citizens to obtain a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) under new Department of Transportation (DOT) rules.

The national average price per gallon, for the week of October 6, fell 4.3 cents, to $3.711, for the week of October 6, which was preceded by a $0.005-cent increase, to $3.754, for the week of September 29

FTR reported that preliminary September Class 8 truck net orders, at 20,500 units, rose 60% over August and fell 41% annually. ACT reported that September preliminary North America Class 8 net orders, at 20,800 units, were off 44% annually.

For July, the most recent month for which data is available, the SCI came in at -2.0, an improvement over June’s -2.6 reading.

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For July, the most recent month for which data is available, the TCI reading came in at -1.03, faring better than June’s -1.83 reading, the lowest in 2025, with the firm noting that the TCI improved despite all freight-related factors coming in lower than in June.