2026 Trucking Outlook: Rates, Capacity, and Trends
Sign up for our newsletter https://bit.ly/ccjsubscribe for more on the 2026 trucking forecast. Most of the trucking industry spent 2025 waiting for a recovery that never quite arrived. As we look toward 2026, experts are predicting that growth is coming, but will it be enough to matter or will it be a "margin-less" recovery? In this episode of 10-44, we discuss the 2026 forecast for trucking and why freight rates are moving so slowly. Contents of this video 00:00 10-44 intro 00:20 2025: A rate recovery that never really happened 01:03 Forecasting trucking in 2026 01:53 Industrial production and consumer spending 03:41 Freight rates in 2026 08:52 Capacity exits 11:59 New carriers entering the market 16:05 Will rates go up enough to matter? 17:57 Demand or a supply right-sizing?

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