Trucking anticipates more M&A, less regulation in 2025
After two years of freight recession, the U.S. freight industry looks forward to a turnaround in 2025, expecting rate recovery, regulatory easing, and M&A deals such as FedEx Freight's spinoff and TFI International's acquisition to advance.
After a two-year freight recession, the trucking industry is hoping and anticipating 2025 will deliver relief.
Carriers expect rates to improve, the regulatory environment to ease and M&A moves — like the spinoff of FedEx Freight and a multibillion-dollar acquisition by TFI International — to unfold as President Donald Trump’s second administration takes shape.
In interviews with Trucking Dive, industry leaders and experts discussed top trends, regulations and storylines they’re monitoring as the year gets under way.