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FreightWaves Staff Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Truckstop.com building alliances in the Freight Matching Wars

Today, Kevin and Andrew have two special guests: Bill Vitti, chief commercial officer of Truckstop, explains the recently announced partnership with Knight-Swift; then Peter Rentschler from Carrier Direct discusses his takeaways from last week’s Stifel Conference in Miami. Lastly, we discuss the triumphant return of flip phones and why Virgin Galactic stock has tripled since […]

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Tuesday, February 18, 2020

FreightWaves NOW: Too many chiefs spoil railway operations

Director of Freight Market Intelligence Zach Strickland breaks down the regions’ tender rejection rates across the US before narrowing in on the Savannah, GA and New Orleans, LA markets in the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet, Market Expert Donny Gilbert examines the change in tender rejects over the past two weeks in the Broker Update, […]

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Monday, February 17, 2020

FreightWaves NOW: I-70 corridor tightens as Rockies get more snow

Director of Freight Market Intelligence Zach Strickland discusses the national reject and volume indexes before diving into the Denver, CO market and surrounding areas in the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet, then SONAR Data Analyst Luke Falasca discusses how to properly use Tender Lead time in the Broker Update.

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Emily Ricks Monday, February 17, 2020

This Week’s Forecast February 17-21, 2020

Manufacturing outlook: The coming week will give some insights into the outlook for manufacturing activity in the Northeast region via the Empire State Manufacturing Index. The overall segment remains depressed and sustained rise is not expected through the first quarter. Construction outlook: There will be updates for housing and construction from housing starts, building permits, […]

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Friday, February 14, 2020

FreightWaves Now: Options for longhaul carriers

Market Expert Donny Gilbert brings in Meteorologist Nick Austin to highlight some weather concerns for carriers before highlighting markets for long haul loads in the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet, then Research Analyst Andrew Cox discusses the latest update to the DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index with Lead Economist Anthony Smith.

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Thursday, February 13, 2020

FreightWaves NOW: Pipeline protesters blocking Canadian railways

Market Expert Donny Gilbert highlights the US Dry van markets before diving into the Atlanta, GA, Cedar Rapids, IA and Pittsburgh, PA markets in the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet, then Market Expert Mike Baudendistel discusses the pipeline protesters interrupting the Canadian railways with Lead Economist Anthony Smith in the Intermodal and Rail Update.

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