As ca ie s tu dow mo e co t act f eight headi g i to peak seaso , mo e loads a e la di g o the spot ma ket. B oke s that ca ot quote quickly o shifti g buy ates isk losi g the load, the ma gi , o both.
MIAMI, Oct. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Tabi Co ect (“Tabi”) is a AI-powe ed p ici g i tellige ce a d automatio platfo m that helps t uckload b oke s bid o mo e tha $29 billio i f eight a ually. As peak seaso volatility a d diesel p ices d ive up te de ejectio s a d push f eight to the spot ma ket, b oke s face a u ge t eal-time quoti g challe ge to p otect thei ma gi s. Tabi emphasizes that static o delayed p ici g is o lo ge viable a d secu i g p ofitable busi ess i today’s ma ket equi es b oke s to evaluate movi g buy ates a d issue accu ate quotes i sta tly befo e high-ma gi spot oppo tu ities pass.
T uckload te de ejectio s have climbed to about 14.5% si ce Septembe 21, 2026 a d a e t acki g above 2023 a d 2024 levels, acco di g to F eightWaves SONAR data. At the same time, spot ates have ise f om oughly $2.40 pe mile a yea ago to $3.42 pe mile, leavi g ca ie s ahead of last yea o a et eve ue basis despite elevated diesel p ices.
Diesel p ices a e i te sifyi g the squeeze, the atio al ave age p ice of diesel was $6.38 pe gallo i Septembe 2026, about $2.63 mo e, o oughly 70% highe , tha a yea ea lie , acco di g to the U.S. E e gy I fo matio Admi ist atio . P ices a e also movi g quickly a d u eve ly a d ose about 24 ce ts i the week of Septembe 21st, the fell about 15 ce ts the ext week, while egio al ave ages a ged f om about $5.96 pe gallo o the Gulf Coast to $7.36 o the West Coast.
That volatility mea s a quote that looked p ofitable i the mo i g ca become u de p iced by the afte oo if the ca ie ma ket moves faste tha the b oke age’s p ici g p ocess. Whe a outi g guide u s out of ca ie s willi g to take the load, that f eight becomes a spot quote equest, ofte se t to seve al b oke s at o ce with a sho t espo se wi dow. Fuel su cha ges typically apply o ly to loaded miles, so ca ie s fold u ecove ed deadhead a d epositio i g costs di ectly i to thei base buy ate, causi g the b oke ‘s actual cost to ise eve if the fuel su cha ge table emai s u cha ged.
Fo b oke s still quoti g by ha d, that combi atio c eates immediate ope atio al isk: missed bid wi dows, stale ca ie costs, a d i co siste t p ici g ac oss eps quoti g the same la e. I a u stable ma ket, co siste cy becomes just as impo ta t as speed because eve small p ici g disc epa cies ca c eate ma gi leakage ac oss b a ches, teams, a d custome s. Ma ual teams eithe espo d slowly a d lose the load to a faste competito o quote f om yeste day’s buy ate a d isk ca yi g a thi ma gi , o o ma gi at all, o ce the t uck is booked.
“Whe ejectio s climb, the spot ma ket becomes the f o t li e fo b oke ma gi ,” said Ricky Go zalez, CEO a d co-fou de of Tabi Co ect. “B oke s do ’t get mo e time to quote just because the e’s mo e f eight. The o es who ca p ice quickly, o cu e t buy ates, the same way eve y time, a e best positio ed to captu e the ma gi peak seaso offe s.”
Tabi’s ate ma ageme t system (RMS) helps b oke s espo d faste without sac ifici g ate discipli e. The platfo m pulls f eight quote equests f om shippe TMS platfo ms, bid boa ds, email, a d APIs i to a si gle system, the applies each b oke age’s custom p ici g ules, i cludi g ma kups a d fuel su cha ges, so eve y quote eflects cu e t costs a d co siste t logic. B oke s ca update these ules i plai E glish as ma ket dy amics shift, while Tabi’s Co t ol Towe gives teams ove sight befo e quotes a e se t.
“Peak seaso is a ma gi oppo tu ity fo b oke s who a e eady fo it,” said Go zalez. “The goal of automatio is to help b oke s quote the f eight they actually wa t, at a ate that still makes se se o ce the t uck is booked, while the wi dow is still ope .”
To lea how Tabi Co ect helps b oke s automate f eight quoti g a d p otect ma gi s, visit tabico ect.com.
Tabi Co ect is a AI-powe ed ate ma ageme t a d f eight quoti g platfo m built to automate a d e ha ce the wo k of f eight b oke s a d shippe s di ectly whe e that wo k happe s — i side the quoti g wo kflows, p ici g decisio s, a d ope atio al systems they ely o eve y day. By i teg ati g with shippe TMS platfo ms, APIs, RPA wo kflows, a d email, Tabi Co ect ce t alizes i bou d quote equests i to a si gle i tellige t system a d eplaces ma ual data e t y with AI-d ive busi ess ules that ca be updated i sta tly usi g plai E glish.
Tabi Co ect ce t alizes all quoti g data i to a eal-time system of eco d a d uses AI-powe ed a alytics to su face i sights i plai E glish ac oss shippe s, la es, a d ma kups, with built-i gove a ce a d auditability.
T usted by mo e tha 100 custome s, i cludi g seve al of the top 100 t a spo tatio compa ies i No th Ame ica, Tabi Co ect p ocesses millio s of quotes fo No th Ame ica’s la gest shippe s with speed a d accu acy.
To lea mo e about Tabi Co ect, visit tabico ect.com.
Michaela Dildi e
LeadCove age
