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Maritime
West Coast container ports hit as labor talks take ominous turn
The dockworkers’ union and terminal employers are still sparring over wages and benefits more than a year after contract talks began.

Mexico Borderlands
Borderlands: Texas seaport completes $146M container terminal expansion

Chart of the Week
Truckload market shrugs off Roadcheck and Memorial Day

FreightWaves Pricing Power Index
June bugs and gold bugs
SONAR High-Frequency Supply Chain Data

Market | Percent Change | *Today’s Value | Last value |
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MQFWSCTP.USASupply Chain Tech Index | 0.01 | $3441.34 | $3415.12 |
Market | Percent Change | *Today’s Value | Last value |
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IMOTRI.LAXIntermodal Outbound LA Tender Rejection Rate | 0 | 0.09% | 0.09% |
IMOTRI.CHIIntermodal Outbound CHI Tender Rejection Rate | 0 | 0% | 0% |
Weekly NTI Update: September 26, 2022
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FBX Report: June 02, 2023
The Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) is the world’s leading—and most accurate—index of market rates for 40′ containers.
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Weekly Fuel Report: May 30, 2023
FreightWaves Pricing Power Index
Memorial Day might instead signal mayday
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Weekly Fuel Report: May 23, 2023
SONAR Analyst Reports
Reality of ocean container volume far cry from China reopening hype
It is becoming increasingly clear that hopes of a container boost from the reopening of China are all but gone.
2nd-half freight rebound increasingly unlikely
Further downside risks to the U.S. economy make the odds of a rebound in containerized import volumes unlikely.
Trucking demand visibility is far more important than supply
Many people get hung up on trying to figure out how much capacity is readily available in trucking when they should be more focused on monitoring demand trends.