White Paper: State of the Industry – January 2026

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Mon, January 12, 2026 astatine 10:51 AM CST 1 min read

The January 2025 “State of the Industry Report” — presented successful affiliation with Ryder — shares an in-depth overview crossed the trucking, maritime and intermodal markets, arsenic good arsenic what to expect successful the coming weeks. The information contained wrong the study provides breakdowns of capacity, volumes and rates.

In this report, you volition find:

Truckload marketplace tightened sharply post-Thanksgiving with spot rates and tender rejections climbing rapidly.
Reefer and adust van tightened much than past year; flatbed is comparatively level y/y with the slightest magnitude of volatility.
Rejection rates are 2-3 percent points higher y/y. Spot rates are up adjacent to 9% y/y successful aggregate.
Intermodal measurement is up somewhat Q4 YoY, fueled by beardown work and complaint dispersed vs. truckload.
Manufacturing remains successful contraction (ISM PMI 48.2 successful Nov) owed to uncertainty and commodity inflation.
Fed chopped rates again owed to labour marketplace weakness (unemployment astatine 4.6%).
Housing marketplace information remains limited but successful a dilatory recovery, inactive down y/y.
Truckload marketplace lacks economical enactment from a request position to telephone a sustained flip, but the proviso conditions are bladed and getting thinner.