Tony Mulvey

Tony Mulvey joined the FreightWaves team as an analyst focused on producing equity-like multi-modal research for the transportation industry. Prior to FreightWaves, Tony received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Tennessee.
Feb - 2025 -
03 February
Tony Mulvey

Market stable to close January; tariffs signal wild ride for February

Tender rejection rates have held above 7% throughout January and the spread between spot and contract continues to narrow.

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Jan - 2025 -
27 January
Tony Mulvey

January doldrums finally impact truckload market

Tender rejection rates remain above 7%, but tender volumes and spot rates are experiencing some seasonal pressure

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21 January
Tony Mulvey

Truckload market tries to squash seasonal depression

Tender rejection rates are remaining elevated during a period where the market would traditionally be loosening

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13 January
Tony Mulvey

Winter weather helps market stabilize after holidays

Tender rejection rates were back on the rise this week as winter weather impacted markets across the south. Tender volumes start 2025 down y/y

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06 January
Tony Mulvey

Capacity returns to the road following the holidays

Tender rejection rates are retreating from their holiday highs, but spot rates have continued to inch higher into the new year.

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Dec - 2024 -
30 December
Tony Mulvey

Tender rejection rates touch double digits briefly

Tender rejection rates briefly touched 10% before retreating, which continues to show that the freight market is in transition…

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23 December
Tony Mulvey

Carriers clawing back some pricing power

Tender rejection rates have moved to a 2-year high, but spot rates have yet to see the significant increase from the holidays.

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16 December
Tony Mulvey

More challenging capacity conditions ahead of the holidays

Rejection rates and spot rates are likely to see further upward movement with less than two weeks until the Christmas holiday.

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09 December
Tony Mulvey

The home stretch: Volumes ease, spot rates retreat as year-end impacts yet to arrive

The holiday impacts have yet to arrive as both tender rejection rates and spot rates are off their recent highs and volumes continue to slide.

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Nov - 2024 -
25 November
Tony Mulvey

Is Thanksgiving going to disrupt the status quo?

Tender volumes and tender rejection rates moved higher this week with spot rates following suit. Thanksgiving could change the status quo.

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18 November
Tony Mulvey

The peak season sense of urgency has yet to arrive

Tender volumes and tender rejections declined over the week, but spot rates are still showing signs that peak season is going to be favorable.

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11 November
Tony Mulvey

Signs of a solid peak season are arriving

Tender volumes declined over the week, but tender rejections and spot rates are showing signs that peak season is going to be favorable.

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Oct - 2024 -
28 October
Tony Mulvey

Rejection rates holding above 5% ahead of ‘peak season’

Tender volumes declined over the week, but tender rejections and spot rates found a little positive momentum over the past week.

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21 October
Tony Mulvey

Impacts from Hurricane Milton waning

Tender volumes and rejection rates moved lower over the past week, while spot rates increased slightly during the week.

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14 October
Tony Mulvey

Hurricane Milton helps boost rejection rates

Tender volumes and rejection rates moved higher over the past week, but spot rates were unaffected on a national level.

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09 October
07 October
Tony Mulvey

A slight rebound to start the fourth quarter

Spot rates and tender rejection rates saw a slight increase to start Q4, but tender volumes fell as a result of the ILA strike.

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Sep - 2024 -
30 September
Tony Mulvey

Market closing September on a sour note

Tender volumes, tender rejection rates and spot rate all drop in the final full week of the third quarter.

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23 September
Tony Mulvey

Steady as can be

Tender volumes have started to flatten out while tender rejection rates have picked up a little steam this week.

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16 September
Tony Mulvey

Hurricane Francine does nothing to help freight market

Tender volumes have continued to show strength, but the market remains oversupplied. Hurricane Francine had little impact on the market

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