Top Stories
Legal issues
Ex-Roadrunner dispatch manager sentenced to 18 months for wire fraud
A federal judge has sentenced Amy Shepherd, 44, of Wichita, Kansas, to 18 months in prison for stealing nearly $113,000 from the trucking company where she worked for nearly three years.

Truck Driver Issues
Truck parking expansion money still elusive on Capitol Hill

Trucking Equipment
Class 8 orders hit 14-month high in November

Less than Truckload (LTL)
XPO’s November shipment increase needed to fill 28 new terminals
SONAR High-Frequency Supply Chain Data

Market | Percent Change | *Today’s Value | Last value |
---|---|---|---|
MQFWSCTP.USASupply Chain Tech Index | 0.02 | $3819.78 | $3737.38 |
Market | Percent Change | *Today’s Value | Last value |
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IMOTRI.LAXIntermodal Outbound LA Tender Rejection Rate | -0.24 | 1.96% | 2.59% |
IMOTRI.CHIIntermodal Outbound CHI Tender Rejection Rate | -0.04 | 0.74% | 0.77% |
Weekly NTI Update: September 26, 2022
FreightWaves Pricing Power Index
The most wonderful time
Tender volumes were outpacing 2022 levels before the holiday and came within spitting distance of 2020 — freight demand’s second-best year on record.
FreightWaves Pricing Power Index
The minor fall and the major lift
FreightWaves Pricing Power Index
Death by a thousand cuts
SONAR Analyst Reports
Ocean carriers’ record rejections last-ditch effort to bolster spot rates
SONAR’s Container Atlas shows new booking volumes plummeting over 35% from their Aug. 1 peak, a key indicator that U.S. import demand is rapidly deteriorating. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)
Contract rate decline takes pause despite significant spot market discount
Transportation providers are going to have to maintain an aggressive posture when competing for business during the upcoming bid season.
Ocean carriers steadily losing pricing power in trans-Pacific
Ocean carriers are steadily losing pricing power on the trans-Pacific as China to U.S. demand peaks for the second half of 2023.