The FreightWaves Pricing Power Index is a new weekly feature that highlights the balance of power between shippers and carriers.
Air cargo carriers are expecting a demand surge for scheduled and charter capacity if the British government overcomes opposition in Parliament and proceeds with a no-deal exit from the European Union Oct. 31, a scenario that even government experts agree will cause logistics chaos at English Channel ports. Opposition to a no-deal Brexit reached fever […]
2019 has been more challenging for trucking companies than any other non-recession year. Here is why.
FreightWaves releases several new datasets and improves on existing ones in this week’s SONAR release.
After a disappointing first half of 2019, the freight market finally appears to be heading another direction.
Integrated bulk, rail, trucking, box, warehousing and ports operator, Qube (ASX: QUB), has announced weighty full year earnings of A$1.73 billion (US$1.5 billion). It also made net profit after tax of 15. 4 percent to A$123.2 million. But it sees a subdued economy ahead…
WiseTech (ASX:WTC), a global provider of advanced logistics software, has reported a whopping 57 percent growth in revenues and a massive 37 percent net profit after tax for its full 2018-2019 financial year. Revenues generated in the last financial year stood at A$348.3 million and net profits were $54.1 million.
The trade war with China has altered international shipping patterns, which has started to shift freight volumes to the East Coast.
The price of diesel fuel has an obvious impact on transportation providers costs, but it also can give insight into demand for their services.
Carbon emissions are now available in SONAR on a state level.
There are reasons to expect a healthy pop in outbound Los Angeles spot rates.
California’s produce shipments can wreak havoc on trucking capacity in the spring. This year’s season was s shell of the previous two.
The volatile 2018 freight market is still being felt throughout the nations trucking industry. The freight futures settlement
Four months into the MAX grounding and several more to go, what’s the latest on the air cargo impact?
Diesel prices jumped in the Midwest this month due to a significant tax increase. Small carriers will have to adjust to keep costs down and maintain business.
Latest U.S. trade data for air cargo reveals a lot of noteworthy developments to watch going forward
Durable goods and dry van orders are declining. Could this mean a rough second half of 2019?
After the threat of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, Mexican freight transporters are now facing a new challenge with an anti-immigration checkpoint in Ciudad Juarez that is stretching wait times up to three hours near the border. Trucks and passenger vehicles traveling on the Chihuahua-Juárez highway heading north to El Paso are being delayed at a […]
Spot rates have fallen back to where they were two years ago. The problem for carriers; their costs have not.
Freight volumes may have peaked for the season, but it certainly doesn’t feel that way. There is still a lot of uncertainty for Q3 as we close a disappointing Q2.
