Gain Consulting LLC

06/10/2026

Peak season doesn't start in November. Your freight costs already did.

The shippers who come out ahead are doing three things right now:
✅ Locking in carrier capacity
✅ Auditing accessorials & surcharges
✅ Routing freight through the lowest-cost option

Gain Consulting helps you pass the Q4 stress test without blowing your budget.

06/10/2026

August LMI : Logistics Costs Keep Climbing, Even as Capacity Loosens

https://www.gain.consulting/post/august-lmi-logistics-costs-keep-climbing-even-as-capacity-loosens

02/10/2026

Manufacturing Keeps Growing, But Prices Are Surging Again

https://www.gain.consulting/post/manufacturing-keeps-growing-but-prices-are-surging-again

The latest ISM Manufacturing PMI report shows the sector expanded for a ninth straight month in September, registering 54.5% — just a tenth of a point below August. On the surface, that reads as "steady as it goes." Underneath, the report tells a more complicated story: new orders and employment b...

01/10/2026

Truckload Capacity Is Tightening — A Closer Look at the Data Behind the Shift

https://www.gain.consulting/post/truckload-capacity-is-tightening-a-closer-look-at-the-data-behind-the-shift

The U.S. trucking industry has entered a driver shortage for the first time in four years. Unlike prior shortage cycles, which were typically attributed to driver demographics, turnover, or a sudden demand spike, this one is primarily regulatory in origin — and that distinction matters for how shi...

28/09/2026

Diesel just hit an all-time high. ⛽

Every mile costs more now than it ever has. For shippers on thin margins, that's not a line item — that's a threat.

Gain Consulting clients? Already insulated.

Fuel prices aren't in your control. What you pay for them still can be.

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24/09/2026

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22/09/2026

Old Dominion Pulls Forward a 4.9% GRI as LTL Carriers Accelerate Rate Hikes

https://www.gain.consulting/post/old-dominion-pulls-forward-a-4-9-gri-as-ltl-carriers-accelerate-rate-hikes

21/09/2026

FedEx Rolls Out QR Code Verification for High-Value Deliveries

https://www.gain.consulting/post/fedex-rolls-out-qr-code-verification-for-high-value-deliveries

17/09/2026

Eagle Pass Empty-Truck Ban Lifted After Five Days of Cross-Border Restriction

https://www.gain.consulting/post/eagle-pass-empty-truck-ban-lifted-after-five-days-of-cross-border-restriction

Mexican customs authorities have reversed a five-day restriction that barred empty commercial trucks from crossing into Mexico through the Eagle Pass, Texas – Piedras Negras bridge, ending a disruption that stranded hundreds of tractors and cut daily cross-border truck traffic by more than half.Wh...

15/09/2026

Diesel Just Hit $9.99 a Gallon in California. What It Means for Your Freight Budget

https://www.gain.consulting/post/diesel-just-hit-9-99-a-gallon-in-california-what-it-means-for-your-freight-budget