Annual logistics report shows rate recovery, but experts warn of looming truck capacity shock. By Eric Kulisch U.S. business spending on purchased freight transportation and logistics services increased 6.6 percent, or $79 billion, in 2011 to $1.28 trillion as companies held more inventory and paid higher rates for trucking and rail transportation, according to the 23rd annual “State of Logistics Report.” Logistics costs are still well below the peak...