The main hedging participants for trucking freight futures are commercial users: trucking carriers, shippers, and 3PLs. While they each have a different hedging objective, their primary use of trucking freight futures is to hedge against the future risk of adverse changes in trucking rates.
Source: logistics Mgmt
Article 3: Hedging Applications for Trucking Carriers, Shippers & 3PLs
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