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Large LTL carriers make some volume gains, but market still soft
Journal of Commerce William B. Cassidy December 4, 2025 $Subscription Based
Less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers are beginning to see shipments pick up toward the end of the year, although there’s been little change in overall US freight demand.
Both XPO and Saia, the fourth- and sixth-largest US LTL providers, respectively, reported a year-over-year gain in shipments in November, reversing months of declining volumes.
LTL firms report mixed freight volumes in November
Trucking Dive David Taube December 4, 2025
Notably, ArcBest and Saia both saw year-over-year improvement in those measures compared to a year ago. Saia’s LTL shipments per day improved by 2.6%, while ArcBest’s shipments and tonnage both increased by 3% for its asset-based segment, according to carrier reports.
Logistics growth sees mild decline in November, states LMI
Logistics Management December 4, 2025
On the transportation side, the LMI explained that transportation markets are continuing what it called an upward trend, with the decreased in Transportation Capacity marking the lowest rate of expansion going back to September 2024 and is only the third time it has been flat since March 2022, “when the freight market flipped.” And it added that the gain in Transportation Prices rose at its fastest rate since February.
Link: CSCMP November 2025 Logistics Managers’ Index
J.B. Hunt controlling the controllable into 2026
Freight Waves Todd Maiden December 4, 2025
J.B. Hunt Transport Services declined to offer a formal outlook for 2026 during an investment conference this week. However, the multimodal transportation provider emphasized its commitment to control the controllable in the coming year as it remains hopeful that conditions will finally improve after the calendar flips.
English-language crackdown exposes how cheap labor and CDL fraud are remaking trucking
Freight Waves Noi Mahoney December 5, 2025
Trucking executives say the market disruption was fueled by fraudulent CDLs, manipulated e-logs and an influx of short-term foreign drivers
DOT’s non-domiciled CDL crackdown hugely popular with truck drivers: Overdrive survey results
Overdrive Alex Lockie December 4, 2025
Overdrive readers have spoken: More than 5,000 of you completed a survey released in late October gauging approval and expectations following the Department of Transportation’s move to push nearly 200,000 non-domiciled CDL holders out of truck driving work.
The results showed overwhelming support.
88% overall favored DOT’s move to oust non-domiciled drivers.
Lawsuit Abuse Strains Trucking Industry
Transport Topics Eugene Mulero December 4, 2025
“Both frivolous and excess litigation pose grave challenges to the trucking industry today. They drain significant time and resources that could otherwise be spent on improving industry operations and safety,” said Nathan Meisgeier, Werner Enterprises president and chief legal officer, in a statement that accompanied the report’s release.
Link: ATRI Press Release New ATRI Research Expands Insights on the Scale and Causes of Growing Trucking Litigation
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