Winter Storm Fern Tightens US Trucking Capacity, Prolonging Holiday Season Rate Surge
As the remnants of Winter Storm Fern linger across much of the United States, supply chain professionals are grappling with tightened trucking capacity that has effectively extended the elevated rate environment from the 2025 holiday peak season into late January 2026. What was anticipated as a post-holiday cooldown in spot rates has instead turned into a prolonged squeeze, driven by widespread disruptions from heavy snow, ice, and subzero temperatures that impacted over 40 states.
The storm, which barreled through from...
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