By the Numbers
The Cathay Group releases traffic figures for August 2026
| September 18, 2026 | Air Cargo | General | By The Numbers
Cathay Pacific carried 5% more passengers in August 2026 compared with August 2025, while Available Seat Kilometres (ASKs) increased by 3%. In the first eight months of 2026, the number of passengers carried increased by 15% compared with the same period for 2025.
Xeneta weekly ocean container shipping market update September 18, 2026
| September 18, 2026 | Maritime | Breakbulk News | Bulk | By The Numbers
The Xeneta Weekly Ocean Container Shipping Market Update provides data and intelligence including the latest freight rate and capacity movements across global trades with supporting insight from Peter Sand, Xeneta Chief Analyst.
What goes into diesel prices?
| September 18, 2026 | Energy | By The Numbers
U.S. diesel prices have climbed to a record nominal high as elevated crude oil costs, tight global distillate supplies, low inventories, and strong refinery margins increase pressure on trucking, rail freight, agriculture, and heating markets.
Magnus Technologies’ diesel index reveals widening fuel surcharge gap as prices near 2026 high
| September 17, 2026 | Energy | By The Numbers
New quarterly analysis found diesel prices rebounded to a 2026 high by late August, up 52.4% YoY, exposing carriers on quarterly fuel surcharge resets to a widening margin gap
US airlines gained $16M in second quarter 2026, a decrease over second quarter 2025
| September 15, 2026 | Air Cargo | General | By The Numbers
U.S. airline financial reports are filed quarterly with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). See the tables that accompany this release on the BTS website for additional first-quarter 2026 (Tables 1-6) financial results.
Savannah exports up 4 percent in August
| September 15, 2026 | Ports & Terminals | Ports | By The Numbers
The Port of Savannah handled more than half a million twenty-foot equivalent container units in August, growing both loaded export and import container volumes. (Georgia Ports)
Circle Group: 1H 2026 Highlights are approved
| September 15, 2026 | Shipping Technology | By The Numbers
The figures for the first half of 2026 reflect the positive performance of the business
Fraport Traffic Figures – August 2026: Freight grows in Frankfurt, while passenger numbers remain flat
| September 11, 2026 | Air Cargo | General | By The Numbers
6.3 million passengers in Frankfurt – Total Group volumes increase by 2.1 percent
Port of Long Beach reports best August on record
| September 11, 2026 | Ports & Terminals | Ports | By The Numbers
The Port of Long Beach reported its busiest August on record, moving nearly 920,000 TEUs as imports and exports rose despite tariffs, geopolitical uncertainty, and shifting global supply chain conditions.
U.S. cargo and passenger airlines lost 2,783 jobs in July 2026
| September 10, 2026 | Air Cargo | General | By The Numbers
U.S. airline industry (passenger and cargo airlines combined) employment decreased to 1,037,936 workers in July 2026, 2,783 (0.27%) fewer workers than in June 2026 (1,040,719).
AAR reports rail traffic for the week ending September 05, 2026
| September 10, 2026 | Intermodal | Rail | By The Numbers
For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 533,545 carloads and intermodal units, up 13.8 percent compared with the same week last year.
TRAFFIX Releases Their Bi-Weekly Market Trends
| September 10, 2026 | Trucking | By The Numbers
The market tightened heading into Labor Day. Spot rates and rejections are rising again, even though there is not significantly more freight moving. This suggests that capacity is still constrained, which gives carriers more choice over the loads they accept, and that keeps shipping costs elevated.
The July 2026 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Fell 0.7% from June 2026
| September 09, 2026 | Intermodal | By The Numbers
This release is published on a fixed schedule as required by the Office of Management and Budget, and statistics in this release may be revised when inputs to the statistics are corrected or updated. Data on the program page of this website are the most up-to-date and complete.
Spot rates rise across the board for the first time since May
| September 09, 2026 | Trucking | By The Numbers
Refrigerated rates rose the most—3.8%, to $3.60—while dry van rates increased 3.5% to $2.71, specialized rates rose 2.6% to $3.34, and flatbed rates grew 0.9% to $3.31. Notably, this was the first week in 3 months that flatbed rates have risen at all.
FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index remained quite strong in July
| September 08, 2026 | Trucking | By The Numbers
FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index for July declined to 12.4 – an historically strong reading – after the two most favorable months for carriers ever in May and June. Less upward pressure on freight rates was the main factor in a modest deceleration in market conditions. Partial offsets were tighter capacity and lower financing costs.
Vintage tonnage captures the freight premium
| September 08, 2026 | Maritime | By The Numbers
The defining feature of the current asset market is not limited to five-year-old tonnage trading above newbuilding prices.
DAT truckload spot market data for Aug. 30–Sept. 5, 2026 (Week 36)
| September 08, 2026 | Trucking | By The Numbers
Load posts on the DAT One load board totaled just under 3.0 million for the week of Aug. 30–Sep. 5, down 3% from the prior week.
Xeneta weekly ocean container shipping market update September 4, 2026
| September 04, 2026 | Maritime | By The Numbers
The Xeneta Weekly Ocean Container Shipping Market Update provides data and intelligence including the latest freight rate and capacity movements across global trades with supporting insight from Peter Sand, Xeneta Chief Analyst
Old Dominion Freight Line releases 2025 Sustainability Data Supplement
| September 04, 2026 | Trucking | By The Numbers
The 2025 Sustainability Data Supplement content has been informed by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Road Transportation Sustainability Accounting Standard and is reported with reference to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards.
‘Cut out the noise’ and appreciate air cargo’s stability
| September 04, 2026 | Air Cargo | General | By The Numbers
Global air cargo demand remained strong in August, with volumes up +6% year-on-year, meaning shippers must wait a little longer to see a bigger drop in still-elevated freight rates, say industry analysts Xeneta.
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