As the 2026 Spring Festival approaches, the peak season for New Year goods stocking coincides with the start of the Spring Festival Travel Rush. As the core carrier for transporting bulk commodities and large goods, truck logistics has entered a pre-holiday transportation peak, and cost adjustments have become a key focus of the industry. At present, major domestic logistics enterprises have released Spring Festival truck logistics service announcements. Phased collection of resource adjustment fees, core enterprises adhering to non-stop service, and phased suspension of operations by some enterprises have become the three major characteristics of current truck logistics costs and services, while the dual pressure of labor and transportation capacity is the core reason for rising costs.

From the overall perspective of cost adjustments, since January 19, 2026, leading enterprises providing truck express services such as SF Express, JD Logistics, and Deppon have officially launched the peak season resource adjustment fee collection policy, all adopting phased, weight-based, and differentiated charging methods. The cost increase is concentrated at 0.1-1.5 yuan per kilogram, becoming the mainstream adjustment standard for pre-holiday truck logistics costs. Among them, SF Express charges an adjustment fee of 0.1-1.5 yuan per kilogram for heavy goods of 20kg (inclusive) or more from January 19 to February 15, and adds fees for all categories of shipments during the Spring Festival holiday from February 16 to February 23. JD Logistics focuses on its express heavy goods products, charging an additional 0.1-1.2 yuan per kilogram throughout the period from January 19 to February 23. Deppon's charges are relatively moderate, only adding 0.2-0.5 yuan per kilogram for some customers and products from January 19 to February 14, with dynamic adjustments to be made during the subsequent holiday. In addition to dedicated line express, urban truck logistics has also seen a price increase. Huolala launched peak service fees starting from January 29, with a maximum single price increase of 40% for models of 4.2 meters and above, and even 60% for errand-style truck services, becoming an important signal of rising urban truck logistics costs.

 

It is worth noting that the current price increase of truck logistics before the Spring Festival is not a "universal increase" for all customers, but mainly targets e-commerce merchants, contracted customers, and heavy goods transportation. The cost of personal large-item transportation for ordinary individual customers has changed little, and most enterprises have launched preferential or exemption policies on adjustment fees for long-term in-depth cooperative monthly settlement customers and member customers. This differentiated charging method not only balances the operational costs of enterprises but also minimizes the impact on personal Spring Festival shipping needs, becoming an industry consensus. At the same time, all enterprises with price increases have promised "non-stop service". The direct-operated truck transportation networks of SF Express, JD Logistics, and Deppon operate throughout the period, and JD Logistics' "Asia No.1" intelligent industrial park guarantees transportation capacity 24/7. Even if some third-tier and below cities cannot commit to timeliness, they can still provide basic pickup and delivery services.

Different from the leading enterprises' "non-stop service + price increase", some small and medium-sized truck logistics enterprises have chosen phased suspension of operations to avoid operational pressure during the Spring Festival, which has further exacerbated the scarcity of high-quality transportation capacity before the holiday. It is understood that Yimidida's national truck operation will end on February 9 at the latest and resume normal operations on February 25. Shunxin Express will suspend store pickup and delivery from February 12 and resume truck transfer services on February 24. Some franchised truck logistics stores under the Tongda system have also started reducing shipments from February 10 and will gradually resume work until February 22. From a regional perspective, truck logistics in remote areas such as Xinjiang, Tibet, and Heilongjiang has suspended operations earlier, with some stores stopping pickup and delivery as early as February 5. In core logistics hubs such as the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta, and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, truck transportation services can support until New Year's Eve on February 16, showing significant regional differences in services.

In fact, the price increase of truck logistics before the Spring Festival is not an "in disguised form of price increase" in the industry, but an inevitable choice under the sharp increase in dual costs of labor and transportation capacity, as well as a long-standing practice in the logistics industry. From the labor side, most front-line logistics practitioners such as truck drivers, sorters, and loaders are migrant workers from other places, who have an urgent need to return to their hometowns for the Spring Festival. To retain on-duty personnel, enterprises need to pay triple wages and holiday subsidies, and also temporarily recruit temporary workers to fill the gaps, making labor costs 3-5 times higher than usual. From the transportation capacity side, the Spring Festival Travel Rush leads to the overlap of passenger and logistics flows on national trunk highways. Factors such as expressway congestion and extreme weather further reduce transportation efficiency. To ensure the timely delivery of goods, enterprises need to additionally deploy trucks and plan alternative transportation routes, resulting in a substantial increase in fuel costs, tolls, and vehicle scheduling costs. Coupled with the fact that the peak cargo volume of truck transportation during the New Year Goods Festival is close to that of Double 11, under the imbalance between supply and demand of transportation capacity, collecting resource adjustment fees to regulate resource allocation has become a necessary means to ensure Spring Festival truck logistics services.

 

For enterprises and individuals with truck logistics transportation needs during the Spring Festival, the current period is acritical window for planning transportation plans. It is recommended to give priority to leading logistics enterprises with clear non-stop service commitments and confirm transportation capacity and timeliness with stores in advance. Especially for e-commerce merchants, they can use the enterprise's monthly settlement customer preferential policies to reduce adjustment fee costs. At the same time, avoid transportation blind areas in remote areas. If goods need to be shipped to regions such as Xinjiang and Tibet, transportation arrangements should be completed as soon as possible to avoid goods detention due to store suspension. In addition, you can learn about the Spring Festival service announcements of various enterprises in advance and use digital tools to query store operation status and real-time freight rates, so as to maximize transportation efficiency while controlling logistics costs.

Overall, the pre-2026 Spring Festival truck logistics market presents the characteristics of scarce high-quality transportation capacity, reasonable price increases, and obvious service differentiation. The "non-stop service" commitment also provides more guarantees for goods transportation during the Spring Festival. With the refined allocation of transportation capacity and digital management by logistics enterprises, even if costs increase, the core goal of "price increase for performance" can be achieved, making the transportation of bulk commodities and large goods during the Spring Festival more stable and efficient.