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Your weekly snapshot of how the markets are doing.

Today on FreightWaves NOW, Market Expert Donny Gilbert gives us the national overview of volumes and rates. Sultan of SONAR, Zach Strickland hits on a theme related to seasonality especially from what’s happening in L.A.

In light of declining newspaper readership and the need to reduce costs, PCF is looking to parcel delivery providers as an alternative to traditional delivery methods. Download this complimentary white paper to read about the challenges that have led to this potential game-changer for the newspaper industry, as well as how PCF is using their logistics acumen and state-of-the-art technology to maximize reach for the newspaper industry.

What the Truck is going on in all things freight this week? Weekly Market Update: J.B. Hunt misses analysts’ first quarter earnings and revenue estimates. Truckload carriers’ first quarter results don’t appear to be in jeopardy after the J.B. Hunt report. Marten Transport reports best-ever net increase of more than 30 percent in first quarter of 2019. What gets hauled to Vegas, stays in Vegas.And then on to the freight tech headlines of the week.

An overview of blank sailing and how it can affect your shipments.

Today on FreightWaves NOW, we give you the severe weather conditions sweeping through several states across the Mississippi. Plus, our two economists bring us the bad news, followed by the good news on the latest available data.

The lowest adoption rate for TMS software is among single truck owner-operators.

Today on FreightWaves NOW, a weather event is happening. We have an intermodal update. We prove how getting more sleep leads to more miles.

To drive the industry forward, BiTA is committed to the digitization of analog and legacy data.

Today on FreightWaves NOW, Nick Austin tells us what’s good–and not so good–with the weather out there. Donny Gilbert tells us where spring has sprung for reefer opportunities.

It’s time for your weekly fuel report. More information available exclusively for SONAR users.

Today on FreightWaves NOW, Craig Fuller gives us an astounding data comparison of new truck orders correlating with spot prices, and Zach Strickland follows up with an overview of Monday–and he doesn’t have the blues because things are anomalous.

New trends in supply chain design have been tailwinds for the growth of the intermodal market, including the increasing length and complexity of global supply chains across modes and changing customer preferences tilted toward shipment velocity. Recognizing the opportunities afforded by a growing market, a host of small intermodal marketing companies (IMCs) have entered the space. But newcomer IMCs need better visibility into intermodal market conditions and shipment locations to be able to compete with high- volume incumbents. In this white paper, Blume Global and FreightWaves explore the current market forces driving the need for intermodal visibility.

A snapshot of what the markets are doing this week.

Today on FreightWaves NOW, we bring you the Freight Friday and weekend update and outlook, starting with weather. Then, we look from coast to coast at the slight variations beginning to happen with rates and capacity.

What The Truck?!? episode 63What the Truck is going on in all things freight this week? Our focus this week is on regulatory moves, final mile and LTL, and updates in freight tech and capital investment. This week Ellis Smith joins Chad Prevost in the studio while JP is on assignment in Orlando covering the TIA Conference.

8/10 Survey respondents believe digital, next-gen supply chains will be the predominant model in 5 years.

Today on FreightWaves NOW, Nick updates us on the blizzard in the upper midwest, and Jesse updates us on the headwinds facing air cargo.

“Truck, Driving, and Tractor Driver” is the most common job in 29 of the 50 states.

Today on FreightWaves NOW, the blizzard explodes, intermodal looks at capacity on two coasts, and what is the latest ISM data telling us about the economy?