Zach and Anthony talk about the latest coronavirus developments on transportation, the main functions of a freight forwarder and recent economic developments.
The carriers gained pricing power this week as volumes jumped over 6%, capacity tightened slightly and spot rates increased across the country.
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 has changed that may help carriers this year.
The ramifications of 2019 will come in the form of shrinking capacity, pushing rates up as supply falls to meet demand instead of dwarfing it.
New fleet growth is slowing while used truck prices collapse. Is this the first sign of contracting trucking capacity?
If container carriers refrain from adding too much capacity, transpacific freight rates may rise in coming months, says Drewry Shipping Consultants.
FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller and associate editor JP Hampstead recap the week in freight.
Airlines use a lot of skills to maximize freighter and wide-body space for cargo
FourKites has introduced a new analysis tool to help shippers identify unused capacity in their trailers.
Introducing an app-based visibility solution could be the answer to shoddy tracking updates.
July PPI data showed another decline in trucking rates as yearly growth will likely turn negative soon.
Cathay Pacific is the latest in a string of airlines to cite trade tensions as the reason for plummeting cargo segments.
On this historic headhaul edition of WTT?!?, Emily Szink joins Dooner as they cover breaking news on the oil tanker seized by Iran, protests in Mexico, what’s up with capacity on the land with WTT?!? original JP. and capacity on the water with ocean expert Henry Byers. Lincoln Duff is Off the Blockchain with concerning […]
2019 is shaping up to be the worst year for trucking in the past five years.
The FreightWaves Freight Intel Group is producing research culled from FreightWaves SONAR and other sources. Read about its first several research papers and how to learn more.
The mandatory adoption of electronic logging devices (ELDs) has given decision-makers the ability to access a wealth of data they never knew they needed. The tough part is attempting to sift through and draw insights from that data.
Capacity normally tightens into the holiday weekend, but this Memorial Day is nothing like the previous years.
Freight volumes should be increasing heading towards Memorial Day weekend, but they are headed the other direction as shippers take a pause over tariff concerns.
Freight volumes continue to increase steadily with no real implications to rates yet. Mother’s Day flower season hits Miami.
Kuebix has now integrated Emerge’s private freight matching marketplace into its platform, allowing its users to access broader truckload capacity for their shipping needs.
