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DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index
Typical July freight slump looks unlikely this year
The Independence Day holiday disrupted both our OTVI and OTRI this week. Volumes are poised to bounce back and remain elevated after the moving average…
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Freightonomics podcast
What goes down, must come up… Wait, no.
Anthony and Zach discuss the hours of service exemption, consumer prices, and other recent macroeconomic releases. Dr. Zac Rogers makes an appearance to review the…
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DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index
Volume faucet on full blast but rates still a dribble (with video)
The carriers gained pricing power this week on the back of surging volumes. Capacity remains loose although tightening each of the past five weeks.
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DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index
Carriers in strongest power position of past 2 months
This week the carriers gain some pricing power on the back of surging volumes. Tender rejections are beginning to show signs of life and spot…
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DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index
Volumes and rejections slowly increasing, but don’t ring the alarm yet
National volumes and tender rejections have been roughly flat for the past week. There is no change in the DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index…
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DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index
Shippers in extreme power position, but for all the wrong reasons
The shippers are in the strongest pricing power position in the DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index history, but for all the wrong reasons. Volumes…
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Freightonomics podcast
Every day is a new day
Anthony and Zach discuss the swelling unemployment numbers as well as the plummeting freight volumes and what the endgame might look like for the COVID-19…
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Freightonomics podcast
Coronavirus update and the main functions of a freight forwarder
Zach and Anthony talk about the latest coronavirus developments on transportation, the main functions of a freight forwarder and recent economic developments.
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DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index
Volumes surged, capacity snapped back and spot rates responded in kind — power shift to the carriers
The carriers gained pricing power this week as volumes jumped over 6%, capacity tightened slightly and spot rates increased across the country.
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Chart of the Week
Growth in long haul freight will drive tighter trucking market in 2020
Not only were volumes lower in 2019, but they traveled less miles, which compounded the impact of oversupply. Volumes have not recovered, but something else…
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