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Tuesday, March 10, 2020

National volumes hit new highs – FreightWaves NOW

Zach Strickland talks about national outbound volumes being the highest since June 2018 in the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet, Donny Gilbert goes deeper into dry van rejection rates, and Andrew Cox talks about maritime import shipments from China to the U.S.

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Monday, March 9, 2020

Oil price shock threatens rail traffic – FreightWaves NOW

Zach Strickland examines a surge in truckload volumes before diving into the Ontario, California, market in the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet, Donny Gilbert uses the weighted rejection index to showcase market shifts in the Broker Update, and Mike Baudendistel discusses the impacts of the oil price changes on the rail industry with Anthony Smith […]

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Emily Ricks Monday, March 9, 2020

This Week’s Forecast March 9-13, 2020

Construction outlook: Construction outlook:The Federal Reserve announced an emergency 50-basis-point (bps) rate cut last Tuesday, lowering its target Fed Funds range to 1-1.25% from 1.5-1.75%. The Fed cut is a reaction to the rising economic risk posed by the coronavirus becoming a global pandemic and the knock-on effects to global supply chains and consumer spending. […]

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Friday, March 6, 2020

Volumes hit ‘peak’ type levels – FreightWaves NOW

Zach Strickland discusses another rise in volume levels before examining some of the top markets across the country in the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet, Donny Gilbert discusses the Long Haul market in the Broker Update, and Andrew Cox discusses a shift in power to the Carriers with Anthony Smith in the DHL Supply Chain […]

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Thursday, March 5, 2020

Capacity tightens in the nation’s largest markets – FreightWaves NOW

Zach Strickland examines a rise in US outbound tender volumes before highlighting several of the nation’s largest markets in the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet, Donny Gilbert discusses the importance of utilizing historical data in SONAR in the Broker Update, and John Kingston discusses the latest happenings with the current OPEC meeting in the Oil […]

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John Kingston Thursday, March 5, 2020

‘Drilling Deep’: From the TCA meeting, passing the torch to a new generation of leaders

In this week’s “Drilling Deep” podcast, host John Kingston sits down with Dave Heller of the Truckload Carriers Association at the TCA’s annual meeting in the Orlando, Florida, area. Dave led a panel of several “next-generation” leaders at three smaller truckload companies. How are their views different from those of the generations before? Dave will […]

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