{"id":118108,"date":"2026-03-10T13:58:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shipping.einnews.com\/article\/898532029"},"modified":"2026-03-10T13:58:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:58:56","slug":"some-ltl-tonnage-improves-but-carriers-report-mixed-freight-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/some-ltl-tonnage-improves-but-carriers-report-mixed-freight-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Some LTL tonnage improves, but carriers report mixed freight performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"text-to-speech\"> <button class=\"text-to-speech__button button\"> <img data-opt-id=758893364  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.truckingdive.com\/static\/img\/play.svg?313321260226&ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.truckingdive.com\/static\/img\/play.svg?313321260226&ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.truckingdive.com\/static\/img\/play.svg?313321260226&ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.truckingdive.com\/static\/img\/play.svg?313321260226&ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.truckingdive.com\/static\/img\/play.svg?313321260226&ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.truckingdive.com\/static\/img\/play.svg?313321260226&ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.truckingdive.com\/static\/img\/play.svg?313321260226&ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.truckingdive.com\/static\/img\/play.svg?313321260226&ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.truckingdive.com\/static\/img\/play.svg?313321260226&ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.truckingdive.com\/static\/img\/play.svg?313321260226&ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.truckingdive.com\/static\/img\/play.svg?313321260226&ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" class=\"text-to-speech__button__icon\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.truckingdive.com\/static\/img\/play.svg?313321260226&ssl=1\" alt> Listen to the article <span class=\"text-to-speech__button__audio-length\">2 min<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls\"> <audio controls class=\"js-text-to-speech\" preload=\"none\">  <\/audio> <\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls__text\"> This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.truckingdive.com\/contact\/\">feedback<\/a>. <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Carriers reported a mix of freight dynamics for mid-quarter Q1, suggesting different exposures and advantages to the market.<\/p>\n<p>Heavier freight and higher volumes benefited some carriers, perhaps overlapping with positive manufacturing sentiment in the first few months of the year, a notable shift from 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[W]e remain cautiously optimistic about the direction of the domestic economy,\u201d Old Dominion Freight Line CEO and President Marty Freeman said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/ir.odfl.com\/news-events\/press-releases\/detail\/340\/old-dominion-freight-line-provides-update-for-first-quarter\">news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Results were preliminary, multiple companies noted. Here\u2019s what carriers said on their performance for the first two months of 2026 compared to a year ago.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"standard-heading\">ArcBest<\/h3>\n<p>The Arkansas based transport conglomerate had tonnage increase by 6%, shipments per day up by 2% and billed revenue per hundredweight down by 5%, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/894405\/000110465926024695\/arcb-20260306x8k.htm\">a securities filing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A changing freight profile helped its tonnage, but lower fuel surchange revenue contributed to the revenue shrink, the company said in its filing. ArcBest noted there\u2019s still softness in the market.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"standard-heading\">Old Dominion Freight Line<\/h3>\n<p>For the carrier, LTL revenue per hundredweight increased 3.5%, despite metrics showing a decrease in daily LTL tonnage and shipments per day, the <a href=\"https:\/\/content.equisolve.net\/odfl\/sec\/0000878927-26-000002\/for_pdf\/odfl-ex99_1.htm\">company reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The company is remaining disciplined in its yield management and sees ongoing improvement in its revenue per hundredweight metric.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"standard-heading\">Saia<\/h3>\n<p>Tonnage per workday was down 4.8%, with January year over year shipments declining but February YoY shipments improving, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/saia.gcs-web.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/saia-provides-january-and-february-ltl-operating-data\">a financial release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The company noted \u201ccontractual renewals in January 2026 were 6.6% and remained strong in February 2026 at 5.9%.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"standard-heading\">XPO<\/h3>\n<p>The carrier\u2019s tonnage increased by 0.2% in February, driven by a volume uptick, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/investors.xpo.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/xpo-provides-north-american-ltl-operating-data-february-2026\">a news release<\/a>. That entailed a 3% increase in shipments per day despite a 2.8% decrease in weight per shipment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"editor-note\">\n<p>Editor\u2019s note: This story was updated to state XPO\u2019s numbers pertained to just one month in Q1.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\"> <\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\"> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; advantages to the market. Heavier <span class=\"match\">freight<\/span> and higher volumes benefited &#8230; economy,\u00e2\u0080\u009d Old Dominion <span class=\"match\">Freight<\/span> Line CEO and President &#8230; to a securities filing. A changing <span class=\"match\">freight<\/span> profile helped its tonnage &#8230; in the market. Old Dominion <span class=\"match\">Freight<\/span> Line For the carrier, LTL &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}