Bid season is well underway, and providers and shippers now have more information about where they stand on rates, not to mention the market’s consensus around transportation capacity and freight demand. The 2026 Freight Markets Summit is where you will explore the contract and spot rate landscape of the next year, and learn which side of the market has pricing power. Our speakers will discuss market psychology and freight market participants’ attitude toward risk going into 2026—will shippers play conservatively, allowing pricing to come up in order to maintain service throughout the year, or will they try to hold the line? The 2026 Freight Markets Summit FreightWaves TV event will bring you the most up-to-date analysis and discussion of multimodal freight markets, including trucking, ocean container, and rail intermodal.
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In this keynote, Ryan Hammett, Director of Market Intelligence & Insights at C.H. Robinson joins us to dive into 2025 surprises from spot rate volatility to shipper psychology. We also dive into the year ahead and look at important trends like US-Mexico trade, macroeconomic moves, and how to sift freight signal from the peak season noise.
FreightWaves’ Noi Mahoney and Jesús Ojeda, head of Mexico Operations for Uber Freight, discuss freight trends in cross-border trade, such as how tariffs and USMCA rules of origin regulations are affecting sourcing strategies across North America.
In this conversation, Paul Brashier, VP of Global Supply Chain at ITS Logistics, discusses the current state of the freight market, focusing on rail and port operations with FreightWaves’ Mary O’Connell. He shares insights on the impact of recent market trends and the challenges faced in demand fluctuations. Brashier also covers shifts in sourcing strategies, particularly towards Latin America, and the importance of monitoring carrier health and compliance issues as the market moves into 2026.
In this fireside chat, Spencer Tenney, president & CEO of the Tenney Group joins us to talk about the current state of M&A following their recent 2025 Mid-Year M&A report and give an outlook for 2026
The LTL freight market has seen significant changes over the past few years. With the final dissolution of Yellow, new classifications from the NMFTA, all the way to increasing accessorials, President of Shipolify, North Winship breaks down the LTL market changes with FreightWaves’ Mary O’Connell.
Mike Baudendistel interviews Rick LaGore, CEO, InTek Logistics, Inc., on the current rail intermodal market dynamics and outlook for the domestic intermodal industry.
Carrier insurance is a necessity in the supply chain, but with the rise of nuclear verdicts and cargo theft, the costs and trends are bucking the norm. CEO and Founder of Mesh VI, Andy Sharpe, joins FreightWaves’ Mary O’Connell to break down changes in the insurance market and how to best adapt to the changes.
FreightWaves’ Noi Mahoney and Troy Ryley, president of Echo Mexico, discuss how U.S.-Mexico trade stands to gain significantly from the global shift toward regionalized supply chains.
In this fireside chat, Todd Waldron, Vice President of Carrier Experience at Truckstop, joins us to dive into the impacts of the Thanksgiving holiday on capacity and rates, how seasonal demand met seasonal truckload capacity changes, what's ahead for the next year, and a recap of Truckstop's recent moves like buying Denim and how their technology is evolving to meet carrier needs in this changing market.
Michael Caney, Chief Commercial Officer at Highway, talks to JP Hampstead, strategic analyst at FreightWaves, about the nature of freight fraud in 2025, the technological, policy, and market responses to the fraud, and the second-order impacts to the freight market these responses are having.
The freight market has seen unprecedented changes in the last year, Davis Spencer, vice president of market intelligence at Arrive Logistics joins FreightWaves’ Mary O’Connell to break down some of the biggest trends in 2025 and what key indicators to look for in 2026 that could indicate a market change.
