Truckload and intermodal rate and volume trends - along with market conditions - are shaping shipper and broker strategy for 2026. For the first episode of The Intermodal Logistics Podcast of the new year, we discuss all that and more as we offer our 2026 outlook.
InTek Logistics President Shelli Austin and InTek Logistics CEO Rick LaGore have you covered, looking at how transportation operations are going right now, how 2025 wrapped up, and the economic factors that led to last year's disappointment and will likely continue that direction this year.
Plus, they discuss how truckload rates have generally risen while intermodal has stayed lower (with fewer fluctuations), why companies continue to leave the market and impact capacity, why price plus service makes intermodal worth a try for first-timers and those who've used it in the past, and whether there is any volume catalyst coming to ignite the freight market this year.
Find Rick's deeper analysis of the coming year on the InTek Logistics blog https://www.inteklogistics.com/blog/2026-freight-market-forecast-2019-parallels and watch our freight forecast video https://youtu.be/NCH-wXfAI1A?si=y4CJnG7Em_oV3rZZ.
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