Signal · Supply Chain & Logistics
Trucking Downturn: Why 85% of New Carriers Didn’t Survive
What the source reported
Source-reported<p>The freight market has seen a brutal downturn, with an astounding 85% failure rate for new carriers in the past three years. Kirk Mann, EVP & GM of Transportation and Vendor Solutions at Mitsubishi HC Capital America, dives into why this cycle was the longest, the impact of over-financed assets, and what it means for […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trucking-downturn-why-85-of-new-carriers-didnt-survive">Trucking Downturn: Why 85% of New Carriers Didn’t Survive</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.freightwaves.com">FreightWaves</a>.</p>
- Publication
- FreightWaves · Trade Publication
- Published
- 24th August 2026
- Original report
- freightwaves.com
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What ProcIntel recorded
ProcIntel-derived- Category
- Supply Chain & Logistics
- Geography
- Global, US
- Organisations
- None identified
- Collected
- 24th August 2026 · 23:52
Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.
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Initial Significance Moderate (20.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (12.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Geographic Breadth (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Low (31.5/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Corroboration (2.5/25 points).
- Strongest contributor
- Procurement Impact
- Limiting factor
- Geographic Breadth