"Worst freight market since the Great Financial Crisis."
This statement is common across social media. Now we have some evidence to support it.
The worst trucking market prior to the current one was in 2019, the "Trucking Bloodbath." At one point, 10 large trucking companies filed for bankruptcy in a single week.
New England Motor Freight (NEMF)'s bankruptcy opened the year (3000 employees) and Celadon (5500 employees) ended it. There were hundreds in between.
The current trucking spot rate is below the 2019 seasonal equivalent. While this alone is bad, the worst news is that operating costs for trucking companies (not including fuel) are up more than $.30/mile in that same period.
On a cash flow-adjusted basis, spot rates are down to $1.19/mile & this does NOT include any increases in the cost of capital to finance operations.
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@FreightAlley Do you track fleets exiting the market / canceling? 1 truck owner ops on their own authority count equal to a legit full scale trucking company entering market? Shocked to see this still increasing in the current market decline.
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@FreightAlley Open deck still busy and still lots of part issues holding up 100% production from plants never seen it swing so fast back and forth and quickly
@FreightAlley Does a decline in tender rejection have anything to do with RFPs being done in period of time a hot market = higher contract rates in place with shippers even for a low cost carrier