FedEx Freight News Updates

The company’s revenue was $2.442 billion in the three months that ended Sept. 30, an increase of 8.1% compared with $2.259 billion in the same period a year earlier. 

FedEx Freight offered mixed results in its first earnings report, pointing to transitional bumps as the company learns to stand on its own.

FedEx Freight swept the top three overall spots at the skills competition held during American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council Fall Meeting on Sept. 21.

Rather than plan around a national transition to zero-emission trucks, fleets are weighing total cost of ownership, operational feasibility and customer expectations.

LTL carriers are seeing stronger demand, rising shipment weights and higher rates as truckload capacity tightens, fueling optimism for the second half of 2026.

The current enforcement environment reflects a return to a rule that dates to 1937 but was unevenly applied for much of the past decade.

Owners and decision-makers at SMBs are optimistic about the prospects for the rest of 2026, a stance likely to extend the ongoing freight market recovery.

FedEx Freight — North America's largest less-than-truckload carrier — benefited from spillover in backhaul lanes with heavier shipments, executives said.

FedEx Freight is pursuing new business in sectors including data center infrastructure, grocery and healthcare to chart its future as a newly independent company.

The announcement follows ASCS’ Amazon Freight unit stepping out of the shadows May 4 after months of rumor. The company already has LTL experience.