The accelerating use of short-term, targeted contracts underscores the need to fill widening capacity gaps in shipper distribution networks as trucking rates climb higher.
New rules on low-value European imports are already changing market behavior, but the full impact on volume has yet to be measured just one month after the elimination of the de minimis exemption.
Each gigawatt of US data center expansion requires 100,000 truckloads, and experts question whether existing truck capacity is sufficient to meet the construction demand.
