The ongoing freight recession has now plagued the market for longer than the COVID boom, but high-frequency data from FreightWaves SONAR suggests it might be coming to an end sooner rather than later. Brokers, however, should not expect a market turn to completely alleviate the downward pressure on their gross margin.
While the freight recession has had a negative impact on both brokers’ margins, and carrier linehauls, an explosion of automation and technology, along with an unprecedented number...