Tender volumes recover most of last week’s decline while rejection rates continue their slow downward trend despite contract rate increases…
Tender volumes take a February nap, sliding 4% over the past week while rejection rates were flat despite weather affecting certain markets..
Tender volumes continue to outperform year-ago levels. Rejection rates have declined throughout the past week as carriers return to major…
Tender volumes continue to outperform year-ago levels. Rejection rates have declined throughout the past week as carriers return to major…
Tender volumes continue to outperform year-ago levels. Rejection rates have declined throughout the past week as carriers return to major…
Tender volumes continue to outperform year-ago levels. Rejection rates have declined throughout the past week as carriers return to major…
Tender volumes continue to outperform year-ago levels. Rejection rates are continuing to rise in a unseasonable pattern placing pressure…
Rates reach new highs as capacity was slow to return to the road following the holidays. Tender volumes are soaring as demand is unrelenting…
Truckload volumes are beginning to erase holiday noise associated with Christmas and New Year’s. Rejection rates are staying elevated…
After a year of record revenue, carriers are staying of the road during the holiday weeks, holding rejection rates higher for longer…
Rejection rates are now back above 22%, the highest level since early September. Pricing power moved further to carriers despite the holiday related tender volume collapse.
Rejection rates have surged past the 21% level on the national level. Meanwhile, volumes have turned positive year-over-year. The combination of tightening capacity and stronger demand is placing upward pressure on rates.
Volumes turn downward heading into the Christmas week while rejection rates have rebound back above 20%. Carriers still maintain a firm grip on pricing power in the market.
Volume levels are following a similar trend to 2019, just 40% higher. Tender rejection rates are trending sideways, likely to move higher over the next week.
Tender volumes decline but remain elevated compared to ‘normal years’ meanwhile rejection rates have found footing around 20%.
Tender volumes decline but remain elevated compared to ‘normal years’ meanwhile rejection rates have found footing around 20%.
Tender volumes have started to erase the Thanksgiving noise. At the same time, rejection rates have plateaued around the 20% mark.
Thanksgiving noise continues to mask freight volumes, but that noise will be erased in the upcoming days. Meanwhile, Thanksgiving drove spot rates higher over the past week.
Thanksgiving always leads to a sharp decline in tender volumes. Leading into Thanksgiving freight markets experienced an uptick in accepted volumes.
Spot rates didn’t experience the uptick that rejection rates did last week. Thanksgiving is impacting both freight volumes and capacity.
Rejection rates have accelerated over the past week as drivers start to come off the road for the holiday.
Volume growth dissipates to kick off November while rejection rates remain well below year-ago levels.
Volume growth dissipates to kick off November while rejection rates remain well below year-ago levels.
Volume growth dissipates to kick off November while rejection rates remain well below year-ago levels. Tightness in Southern California will put upward pressure on rates.
Volume growth dissipates to kick off November while rejection rates remain well below year-ago levels. Tightness in Southern California will put upward pressure on rates.
Tender volumes rebound as tender rejection rates jump back over 20%. Meanwhile, spot rates break the three-week downward decline.
Load volumes are stable with volume growth inbound. Spot rates follow rejection rates on a downward slide.
Load volumes are stable with volume growth inbound. Spot rates follow rejection rates on a downward slide.
Freight volumes in the largest markets are starting to accelarting, signaling the start of the peak truckload season.
Freight volumes in Southern California are starting to ramp, signaling the start of the peak truckload season.
Elevated accepted tender volumes and rates signal that carriers are maintaining pricing power. Truckload capacity constraints are easing as contract rates climb.
Strong freight volumes signal that carriers are firmly in the driver seat with regards to pricing power.
Strong freight volumes signal that carriers are firmly in the driver seat with regards to pricing power.
Spot rate snap back signals that carriers are firmly in the driver seat with regards to pricing power.
Zach and Anthony talk about the latest coronavirus developments on transportation, the main functions of a freight forwarder and recent economic developments.
Markets comprising nearly 11% of the nation’s outbound freight in path of winter storm.
Tender rejections in Denver market rising to 12% over the past week, one of the highest levels in the country.
Zach and Anthony discuss why January is so difficult to manage and why this one may be different for trucking; FMCSA and AB5 hangups; and give a economic and market update as well as projections.
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FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller and associate editor JP Hampstead recap the week in freight.
Market Voice Jim Blaze contents that railroads are using the wrong KPIs to increase volume and capture market share from trucks.
The FreightWaves Freight Intel Group’s latest research shows that a freight recession is taking place.
Donald Broughton writes that as goes the freight sector goes the economy in this commentary.
Information related to the national load tender volumes for the last full week of July comes from FreightWaves SONAR.
Market expert Donald Broughton writes about the numerous consequences of a U.S. Mexico trade war and the damage that will be done on both sides of the border.
In this commentary article, Donald Broughton looks at the second part of the economy – the consumer economy – and where we are now in the economic cycle.
Donald Broughton, FreightWaves’ chief market strategist, explains the problems he has with surveys based on ‘sentiment’ – except for the Institute for Supply Management survey. Read why he believes in its results.
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Market expert Jim Blaze questions the benefits to-date of precision scheduled railroading (PSR). Read his views on how railroads could prove PSR’s value to shippers.
Air cargo volume is down year-to-date. Learn what air cargo companies are doing – and not doing – to generate greater volume and revenue.
On today’s episode of FreightWaves NOW, Nick Austin and Zach Strickland take a look at weather as well as some year-over-year comparisons of freight markets and freight volumes.
Although it’s still early yet, there are indications that Cyclone Veronica may have adversely affected freight infrastructure along Australia’s north west coast – where some of the world’s largest iron ore export ports are located.
Today on FreightWaves NOW, Nick Austin tells us what’s not going on in the weather, and Zach Strickland tells us what is going on with freight volumes, while cross comparing with tender rejections? With volumes at 2018 levels, why are carriers accepting virtually everything? We also look at market shares across the country. All this and more happening right NOW!
Australia is experiencing growth in volumes of inbound international air cargo, new official figures show. Freight volumes from overseas airports to airports in Australia grew by 7.3% in the year ended November 2018.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced on Twitter on Friday morning that delays would affect LaGuardia International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport due to the effects of the government shutdown, potentially delaying air cargo operations at these airports.
How can air cargo and dry van spot market rates be related? Could the movement of these two seemingly unrelated rates provide more evidence the market is slowing?
The falling Purchasing Managers Index tends to be correlated with the general freight market, the Cass Freight Shipment Index illustrates this. Is it time for carriers to pull back?
Manufacturing leads first-party logistics growth because of the sector’s long-established supply chains. Retail is the next-largest contributor to first-party logistics growth through the impact of e-commerce.
The freight market has softened significantly in the last few months, but it is not due to a drastic reduction in volume.
Volume continues to slide but there was little change in the market over the past seven days.
Capacity is readily available in most regions of the country. Los Angeles has finally cooled off as the tariff deadline gets extended.
Freight activity surged prior to Thanksgiving with help from Los Angeles volume. Drivers returned to the road this week, and carriers have figured out where to position their trucks to alleviate some tightness.
With the Thanksgiving holiday approaching, drivers are spending less time on the road and more time at home. This is shrinking the availability of capacity in the market.
Ontario California has toppled the Atlanta market, the reigning capital of freight volume in the country. Surging volume is to blame. How long will the elevated volume last?
Outbound tender volumes have shot up 26% out of the Savannah market as the Southeast deals with hurricane Michael
Trucking volumes have dropped by 6% since the beggining of the month of October. Is this an indication that the market is slowing or is it a normal seasonal pattern?
It looks like the freight market is waking up from the long running summer doldrums, or is it just a byproduct of the pre-holiday shipper procrastination.
Spring has sprung in the Southeast as warmer weather sends shippers into full throttle. The unofficial capital of the South is leading the way according to a new index. Could this mean higher rates in an already heated market?
The worst kept secret in the industry is that demand is in excess of capacity in every mode of truckload trucking, and has been for several months.
