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FreightWaves Staff Thursday, August 19, 2021

White Paper: How to Navigate Carrier Capacity Limitations

A resurgent economy – paired with the uncertainty of a yo-yoing pandemic – has taken its toll on companies across the logistics industry. Shifting consumer behavior over the past 18 months has caused historically high demand in some sectors and unprecedented dips in others, leading to roller-coaster rates and widespread capacity disruptions. Learn how to […]

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FreightWaves Staff Friday, April 2, 2021

Backdrop for carriers picture perfect as produce season begins

Service-based spending categories like airlines, lodging and restaurants all were positively impacted by the stimulus, but the top 5 biggest growth segments came in goods. With the roaring consumer economy, blossoming industrial recovery, white-hot housing market and historically depleted inventories, there’s very little outside of severe inflation that could derail this trucking market.

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FreightWaves Staff Friday, February 26, 2021

Storm’s whipsaw effect tilts power in carriers’ favor — how long can it last?

There are many variables converging that will keep upward pressure on spot rates and tender rejections for the coming weeks. Carriers will be able to squeeze extra cents per mile over the next couple of weeks. Assets will come back online sooner rather than later, but volumes are beginning to pick up both seasonally and due to a whipsaw effect from the storm.

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FreightWaves Staff Friday, January 29, 2021

Freight markets bounce back after sleepy mid-January

This week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 70 (Carriers) Last week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 65 (Carriers) Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 75 (Carriers) The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics and data in FreightWaves SONAR to analyze the market and estimate the negotiating power for […]

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FreightWaves Staff Friday, January 22, 2021

Freight markets need another source of demand

We may be seeing signs of a traditional January lull, but at a much higher level than years past. On a rejection-adjusted basis, tender volumes are running up 23% yoy versus 20% last week. Tender rejections continue to decline modestly, but carriers are still rejecting more than 1-in-5 contracted tenders. Stimulus can only carry the freight markets so long. Fortunately, the industrial economy is revving up and retailers have significant restocking ahead.

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FreightWaves Staff Friday, December 11, 2020

One last leg up before the new year?

There is a strong pipeline of West Coast imports that should feed those markets well into Q1, but the retail portions will be less time-sensitive post-Christmas. The one factor that may be suppressing volumes in the holiday season is retailers’ decision to slow the velocity of their sales in the face of low inventory levels.

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FreightWaves Staff Friday, November 20, 2020

Can LA and Dallas lead the spot market higher?

Both truckload tenders and tender rejections rose this week. If spot rates are to continue the succinct but lagging dance with tender rejections, we should see spot rates inflate over the next two weeks. Also, with Thanksgiving just a week away, drivers will be seeking freight that drives them toward home, which typically pushes rejections and spot rates higher.

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FreightWaves Staff Friday, November 13, 2020

Carriers reigning supreme this peak season

We expect strong holiday truckload and parcel demand
driven by a consumer spending portfolio that has been weighted heavily toward goods over services since the pandemic began. We believe that we are now in peak season and that shippers’ requests for trucking capacity will continue to rise.

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FreightWaves Staff Friday, October 23, 2020

Carriers cruising into red-hot holiday season

This week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 75 (Carriers) Last week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 80 (Carriers) Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 75 (Carriers) The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics and data in FreightWaves SONAR to analyze the market and estimate the negotiating power for […]

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FreightWaves Staff Friday, September 25, 2020

Welcome to the top; get comfortable

This week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 80 (Carriers) Last week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 85 (Carriers) Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 80 (Carriers) The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics and data in FreightWaves SONAR to analyze the market and estimate the negotiating power for […]

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FreightWaves Staff Monday, June 1, 2020

Work Anywhere to Affect Everywhere

While the current COVID-19 pandemic is changing the way we live and work, the adaptations—at least for our working lives—may point to a new paradigm of work self-determination, lower overhead, and more productivity. Ramping up your technological capabilities will allow your business to build on these productivity gains by being able to work from anywhere […]

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FreightWaves Staff Thursday, May 28, 2020

21.1 million continuing jobless claims, and transportation stocks rip higher

This week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 25 (Shippers) Last week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 20 (Shippers) Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 50 (Balanced) The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics and data contained in FreightWaves SONAR to analyze the market and estimate the negotiating power […]

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