Cracks in Trucking Capacity Show Up in the South
Chart of the Week: Inbound Ocean TEUs Index – USA SONAR: VOTRI.URSE, VOTRI.URNE, VOTRI.URSW, VOTRI.URWT, VOTRI.URMW Southeastern dry van regional rejection rates — the rate at which truckload carriers turn down loads from contracted shippers — have surged past all other regions this summer, hitting their highest level since July 2022. This breaks a trend of nearly two years of low volatility for the region. The Southeastern region is the second-largest outbound region for freight in the U.S., behind the Midwest. It includes states east of the