Knight-Swift Sees Weight Per Shipment Growth

Knight-Swift Transportation CEO Adam Miller said tightening capacity is creating optimism not seen in the truckload market in more than four years. Story by Connor D. Wolf. https://hubs.ly/Q04dnBKm0

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This is exactly where we’re seeing a shift in mindset across the sector. The focus is moving away from ownership, and towards how quickly businesses can respond to opportunity while protecting cashflow.

Knight-Swift Transportation anticipates significant contractual rate hikes during the current and upcoming bid cycles as the freight market emerges from a nearly four-year downturn. Strict regulatory enforcement and the recent fuel price shock are driving non-compliant and underperforming operators out of the market. Even without a notable pickup in demand, supply constraints have been severe enough to force shippers to contemplate realignment with asset-based carriers providing meaningful scale. https://vist.ly/4zixq

Norfolk Southern and short line operator Jaguar Transport Holdings, LLC announced an agreement to improve and expand rail freight service in Atlanta’s northeast metropolitan region. The deal calls for Jaguar to handle local switching, operate the NS Doraville transload terminal, and invest in targeted infrastructure upgrades to support new freight volumes and first- and last-mile connections for customers. https://vist.ly/4w2pg

Norfolk Southern and short line operator Jaguar Transport Holdings, LLC announced an agreement to improve and expand rail freight service in Atlanta’s northeast metropolitan region. The deal calls for Jaguar to handle local switching, operate the NS Doraville transload terminal, and invest in targeted infrastructure upgrades to support new freight volumes and first- and last-mile connections for customers. https://vist.ly/4wyqt

Rising freight rates may shock shippers. https://lnkd.in/gWsRHVPw -For example, Knight-Swift Transportation, one of the largest truckload carriers in North America, is targeting high-single-digit to low-double-digit rate increases as freight contracts come up for bid. Will they be successful in their negotiations with customers and prospects? Perhaps so. A variety of factors are reducing truckload capacity and carriers are eager to boost their margins. #freight #freightrates #trucking #shipping

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Knight-Swift Transportation said weather disruptions and higher diesel prices weighed on first-quarter results, but those pressures are contributing to tighter truckload capacity. Story by Keiron Greenhalgh. https://hubs.ly/Q04cKYMX0