Transportation rate growth has gone parabolic as shipping demand continues to strain networks. What are the fundamental reasons for this and how long will these conditions persist?
Strong freight volumes signal that carriers are firmly in the driver seat with regards to pricing power.
Anthony Smith and Zach Strickland debate the fixes for port congestion on this episode of Freightonomics.
EKA Solutions Inc, an industry-leading provider of cloud-based integrated freight management ecosystem for carriers, brokers and shippers, announced that it is now offering FreightWaves SONAR freight lane and market trends pricing data. That data is melded with innovative decision support tools to EKA carrier, broker and shipper transportation management system (TMS) subscribers in a transformative […]
Used truck prices continued to hit new highs each of the last six months according to ACT Research. Prices will eventually become too much of a burden for small fleets and owner-operators to bear, if they haven’t already.
Strong freight volumes signal that carriers are firmly in the driver seat with regards to pricing power.
Anthony Smith and Zach Strickland take a look where the freight economy is headed as the fourth quarter begins.
Congestion around the ports and drayage capacity issues are pushing shippers to use trucks more frequently while loaded container volumes dip. But shipping patterns are changing in more ways than just mode conversion.
Spot rate snap back signals that carriers are firmly in the driver seat with regards to pricing power.
Anthony Smith and Zach Strickland talk about breaking up the intermodal bottleneck on this episode of Freightonomics.
Carriers are rejecting a disproportionate amount of long-haul freight heading east versus west. Does this dramatic imbalance have long-term implications?
In this sensitive market, small changes to the balance have deep, long lasting impacts.
Anthony Smith and Zach Strickland look at millennial culture and generational identification on this episode of Freightonomics.
Increasing the time between the request and requested pickup date is supposed to increase your odds of securing capacity. The aggregate data shows the opposite, but there is more than meets the eye.
Anthony Smith and Zach Strickland go back and forth on the latest trends in the freight market.
FreightWaves SONAR data platform adds GLEC compliance to its carbon calculations.
In this sensitive market, small changes to the balance have deep, long lasting impacts.
Shippers are requesting as much capacity as ever from maritime shippers in August after slowing their pace through most of the summer. What should we take away from this?
On this episode of Freightonomics, Anthony Smith and Zach Strickland debate if another economic shutdown is possible.
June proved to be possibly the best month ever for Truckload Carriers Association members. Brokerage revenue growing alongside driver revenues helps paint a picture of success, but what is success for a carrier?
