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American Shipper
Port of LA’s Seroka says tariffs to cut container volumes by 10%
Container traffic at the busiest U.S. import gateway is expected to drop by 10% in the second half of the year.
Truck Driver Issues
Despite weak freight market, trucking jobs soared in March
Trade and Compliance
Trump revokes duty-free access for Chinese e-commerce shipments
Truck Driver Issues
ATBS says independent drivers earned a little more in ’24 but drove more as well
Logistics/Supply Chains
Supply chain visibility tops Maersk logistics trends survey; AI finishes last
Tracking Tariffs
Running on Ice
Running on Ice: Pharmaceutical supply chain sidesteps tariffs, for now
In this edition: Pharma world catches a short-term break, and frozen pizza combos get a trend forecast.
Global Supply Chain
China hits US with tariffs, rare earth export controls
WHAT THE TRUCK?!?
Liberation Day tariff hangover
Layoffs and Bankruptcies
Automaker to temporarily lay off 900 US workers due to tariffs
Global Supply Chain
Senate adopts resolution to halt tariffs on Canadian imports
Global Supply Chain
Trump unveils wide-ranging global ‘reciprocal’ tariff plan
SONAR High Frequency Data
| Market | Percent Change | *Today’s Value | Last value |
|---|---|---|---|
| NTI.USANational Truckload Index | 0 | $2.26 | $2.25 |
| NTIL.USANTI (Linehaul Only) | 0.01 | $1.7 | $1.69 |
| NTIDL.USANTI (Linehaul Daily) | 0.01 | $1.72 | $1.71 |
| OTRI.USAOutbound Tender Rejection Index | -0.02 | 6.12 | 6.26 |
| OTVI.USAOutbound Tender Volume Index | -0.02 | 10138.51 | 10303.02 |
Latest News
The Stockout
Shippers opt for lower-cost, slower services
Reflecting the tariff pull-forward, rail intermodal takes share from truckload.
The Stockout
Flatbed market anything but flat
The Stockout
Fear of more tariffs prolongs retail pull-forward
State of Freight Webinar
5 takeaways from State of Freight: Getting ready for auto tariffs
In the March State of Freight webinar, Craig Fuller and Zach Strickland talked about a freight market on the verge of auto tariffs.
State of Freight: Taking stock of the market after a month of Trump
The State of Freight webinar for February focused on the market uncertainty brought about by the first month of the presidency of Donald Trump.
Takeaways from State of Freight: Volatility in Washington, intermodal surge
In the first State of Freight webinar for the year, intermodal and politics were on the agenda.
Chart of the Week
Chart of the Week
Surface transportation demand starting to soften
Until recently, surface transportation demand in total was relatively flat with shippers utilizing the rails more frequently. Annual intermodal growth has stabilized, with truckload demand eroding beyond the modal shift offset.
Chart of the Week
Carriers prioritizing West Coast
Chart of the Week
Resilient rejection rates illustrate truckload capacity’s decline
Chart of the Week
Truckload rejection rates surge in largest US-Mexico cross-border market
Chart of the Week
Winter spot rate slide a seasonal pattern
Editor's Picks
Trucking
Liberation Day triggers panic mode for manufacturers
The difficulty in comparing “hard” versus “soft” data is that sentiment influences decisions that will eventually bear out in the hard data.
Layoffs and Bankruptcies
Q1 ends with thousands more freight layoffs
American Shipper
Tariff backdrop finds ocean rates steady
American Shipper
Air Cargo
CMA CGM subsidiaries augment air cargo capacity in different ways
Ocean carrier CMA CGM continues to invest in air cargo. The latest moves include the acquisition of troubled Air Belgium and its logistics subsidiary launching a China-U.S. air charter service.
Modern Shipper
Technology
Q&A: Can the industry loosen up its data bottlenecks?
FreightWaves sat down with Ventagium’s founder, Arturo Torres Arpi, to explore barriers preventing companies from embracing data-driven strategies and solutions that can drive operational excellence.
Bankruptcies and Layoffs
Less than Truckload (LTL)
Yellow’s new bankruptcy plan revealed, next steps still uncertain
Details around final distributions to Yellow Corp.’s creditors are out, but the company’s largest shareholder may not be on board.
Layoffs and Bankruptcies
Texas trucking company, affiliates file for bankruptcy
Layoffs and Bankruptcies
US, Canadian steelworkers hit with layoffs amid tariff uncertainty
Technology
Less than Truckload (LTL)
Turvo, SMC3 team up to improve LTL shipping process
Turvo said Thursday that SMC3’s less-than-truckload freight management tools can now be accessed through its TMS.
