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2023 has proven very difficult for many in trucking, as there are large fleets found in either Q1 and Q2 collapses of revenues and profits, while a mega fleet CEO by the name of Werner trucking CEO Derek Leathers showed his disbelief at the operationality of small and medium fleets holding themselves up in the climate of post-COVID trucking.

There’s a disregard for how the money could start to collect in medium-sized carriers that had been building over COVID-19, while allowing for longer survival than previous. There’s a specific raise and drop in rates and predictions for what’s known as a “trucking bloodbath.” What’s meant to be known as devastation is how owner-operators have rates getting soft versus record-high diesel gasoline.

There’s plenty of driver shortage problems that the American Trucking Association recognizes and supports, though many of the numbers have been marked down from the original 80,000 unfilled roles to 78,000 through the previous October. ATA isn’t able to respond to many requests as there hasn’t been much more than a driver shortage.

Huger fleets such as Knight-Swift, that closes down plenty of locations of many CDL school and drivers that show a report in slowdown in fleet recruiting, regardless what’s said by the ATA. All the industry’s actions show a path towards excess capacity, while not quite a shortage.

By the time April 2022 had rolled around, spot rates had dropped from pandemic highs of $4 per mile to maybe a rise from $5 a gallon, or even $6 to $7.

At such a pointing to around 130,000 trucking authorities being granted the flexibility, thanks to the FMCSA.

Dry van spot rates hang around $2 per mile, while having echoed behind past seasonal patterns that can tick through the summer. DAT Freight & Analytics had been able to report volumes from the last week, as it dropped down 16.6% from the week before, while the volume showed for the lowest non-holiday week for load posts in three years.

The quantity of active truckers are pretty high in comparison to demand, as there is a constant underestimation of the resiliency of small carriers’. From the perspective of many owner-operators and small fleets show the capacity of having to deal with business owners to land direct freight and endure downturns.

The Werner company saw profitability drop by 37% in the past quarter. In which case, big fleets are themselves unable to be immune to the pressure of down freight market.