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Tender Rejections at 13.5%: Is Freight Bottoming?

FreightWaves Trade press Published 27th August 2026 Global, US

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What the source reported

Source-reported

<p>Tender rejections are still running near 13.5% — and that could mean the freight market has found a short-term bottom ahead of Labor Day. In this SONAR update, we break down what stalled rejection declines mean for capacity, why this still looks like a supply-led cycle, how intermodal pulled pressure off truckload this summer, and [&#8230;]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tender-rejections-at-13-5-is-freight-bottoming">Tender Rejections at 13.5%: Is Freight Bottoming?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.freightwaves.com">FreightWaves</a>.</p>

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FreightWaves · Trade Publication
Published
27th August 2026
Original report
freightwaves.com

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What ProcIntel recorded

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Category
Supply Chain & Logistics
Geography
Global, US
Organisations
None identified
Collected
27th August 2026 · 21:43

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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Significance 2 · Moderate
Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Moderate (35.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (27.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Geographic Breadth (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Low (26.5/100, 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