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FreightWaves Staff Friday, February 9, 2018

SCFI slips 1.3%

While spot rates from Shanghai to Europe and the Mediterranean remained relatively unchanged since last week, rates from Shanghai to the U.S. trades had declined, according to the Shanghai Shipping […]

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FreightWaves Staff Thursday, February 8, 2018

Landstar System joins BiTA

Landstar System, Inc., a worldwide, asset-light provider of integrated transportation management solutions delivering specialized transportation services, today announced it has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA).

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Brian Straight Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Truck orders boom, but why?

What exactly is going on with all these truck orders? ACT Research reported that January Class 5-8 preliminary orders came in at a surprising 80,400 units. Class 8 orders alone accounted for 48,700 units, their best month since March 2006.

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FreightWaves Staff Friday, February 2, 2018

You want it there how fast?

Most shippers, carriers, and students of the freight market spend most of their time focused on a particular mode. It makes intuitive sense that you would focus on the mode that you spend the most time in which you are buying services or providing services. Net result, there are plenty of experts in rail, truck, and intermodal/container freight, and with the ongoing prodigious growth of e-commerce, there is a growing number of experts in parcel freight. That said, we continue to be surprised how little attention overall is given to airfreight.

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FreightWaves Staff Friday, February 2, 2018

SCFI inches up 2.9%

Spot container rates from Shanghai to Europe, the Mediterranean and the United States all increased since last week, according to the Shanghai Shipping Exchange’s Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI).

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