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Consumer optimism may pull housing market through 2019
The housing market has been sliding since early 2018, but there are optimistic signals for a turnaround in 2019. Freight markets can only benefit from…
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The US-China trade war’s effects on truckload supply and demand in major west coast and east coast port markets
The inbound container flows had a big impact to freight volumes in the port cities of Savannah and Los Angeles this past year.
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Spot market rates and truck orders have surprisingly tight correlation
National spot market price movement has a surprisingly tight relationship with new truck orders.
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Capacity is still being added to the market long after it has cooled
Capacity is still being added to the market. Truck orders numbers for both new and used models support this.
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Specialty stores and electronic retail tops the list for longest dock times
Specialty retail and electronics retail stores are the least efficient loading and unloading docks for carriers according to FreightWaves latest index.
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Flatbed outlook for 2019 looks significantly worse compared to 2018
Manufacturing numbers are not looking as robust after a booming early 2018. The flatbed freight market may be in line for a big correction as…
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Shippers return to their old ways of detention as carrier compliance increases
After a period of attempting to improve detention times with carriers, they appear to be falling into the old habits of making load/unload times are…
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Los Angeles freight volumes are the highest in the U.S., but carriers beware
Los Angeles has had the heaviest freight volumes in the U.S. for the past several months, but carriers should be paying attention to where that…
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National freight volumes almost even year-over-year, capacity remains loose
National freight volumes are flat year-over-year, but capacity is as loose as ever. What is driving the discrepancy?
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Spot market drives carrier revenues higher in 2018
Increasing spot rates lead carrier revenues in 2018, will revenues start to fall now that rates have started to come down again?
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