Philadelphia is a backhaul market that has switched to a headhaul market so far this year, and outbound volumes in Louisville, Kentucky, have reached their highest point since SONAR began tracking the market in 2018.
Truckers will hit occasional delays the next few days as heavy rain hits the South (with forecast video).
Today on FreightWaves NOW, we give you quick hitters on volumes, the headhaul index, and a look at the latest consumer spending. Something here for carriers, brokers, and shippers.
After a period of attempting to improve detention times with carriers, they appear to be falling into the old habits of making load/unload times are lower priority according to FreightWaves’ Detention Minutes Index.
Los Angeles has had the heaviest freight volumes in the U.S. for the past several months, but carriers should be paying attention to where that freight is headed.
The two Super Bowl teams and their fanbases are very different, just like their freight market identities.
We take a look at the basic differences between headhaul, backhaul and deadhead in this infographic.
SONAR’s Headhaul Index map and the HAUL.JOT Index are both showing that the return to growth in inbound loaded container flow first seen in the Long Beach/LA port is continuing and gathering momentum.
Truckers are not singing the blues in Memphis (except on Beale Street): It’s currently the number one headhaul market in the U.S.
FreightWaves releases the Headhaul Index, a measurement of the discrepancy between inbound and outbound volumes.
