Trucking and freightliner costs are surging internationally and in the US.
May 2026 Logistics Management
Please consider the May 2026 Logistics Management Report
The May Logistics Manager’s Index reads in at 69.5, down (-0.4) from April’s reading of 69.9. While the rate of expansion is down from last month, this is still the second fastest level of expansion since March 2022’s reading of 76.2.
Transportation continues to move at a significant pace. Transportation Prices are up (+1.0) to 96.0, which is the fastest rate of expansion ever recorded for any metric in the nearly ten-year history of the index. Transportation Capacity continues to contract quickly at 31.7, and Transportation Utilization expansion remains elevated at 69.5. The transportation market has been tight, with prices growing at an unprecedented rate since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
The spike in fuel…
