less-than-truckload News Updates

The settlement ushered through by Yellow’s liquidating trust has the backing of the largest shareholder of Yellow, MFN Partners, unlike earlier versions.

Saia reported an OR of 86.9 in the second quarter of 2026, compared with 87.8 in the same period 12 months earlier. The firm's OR also improved sequentially.

The upswing in demand was evident in XPO’s shipments and weight per shipment in the second quarter of 2026, boosting the company’s profit and revenue.

The carrier is looking into adding a nonunion LTL carrier for around C$200 million, or $142 million at current exchange rates, CEO Alain Bédard said.

The freight market has been quickly tightening this year, with increased federal enforcement actions accelerating an existing decline in capacity.

The service centers are in smaller markets, and ArcBest plans to consolidate their operations into other facilities within the affected regions.

The average cost to operate a truck in 2025 was $2.336 per mile — the highest since ATRI’s Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking was launched in 2016.

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

While market conditions have begun to improve in 2026, the largest carriers across many trucking segments reported largely mixed revenue results for 2025.

The additions are the latest phase of the carrier’s expansion of its national network of terminals, an initiative coinciding with freight's ongoing rebound.