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DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index
Current environment points to higher rates forthcoming (with video)
The carriers continues their power grab this week. Shippers remain in control, but carriers are much better off than they were a few weeks ago.…
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DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index
21.1 million continuing jobless claims, and transportation stocks rip higher
This week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 25 (Shippers) Last week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 20 (Shippers) Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing…
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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 up off the bottom just enough to move the needle in carriers’ favor
The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power index moved up for the first time since the volume surge in March. The index now sits at 15,…
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DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index
Freight volumes have not found the bottom yet (with video)
Pricing power shifts towards the shippers in a major way this week. Contract freight volumes are now at Labor Day 2019 levels and are poised…
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DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index
Freight volumes officially below pre-crisis levels, no floor in sight (with video)
Carriers give back pricing power as volumes and rejections rates plummet. Spot rates are negative week-over-week for 95% of lanes from Truckstop.com.
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DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index
Freight volumes plummeting as fast as they soared (with video)
National freight volumes and tender rejections are falling as fast as they rose. Carriers remain in slight pricing power position, but their footing is slipping…
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DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index
Carriers in strongest pricing power position since 2018, but it won’t last (with video)
While this may be the peak pricing power for the carriers for this freight cycle, the carriers gain another 10 points in the DHL Supply…
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DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index
Tender rejections and spot rates tumble downwards in lockstep (with video)
Shippers gain another 5 points of pricing power in this week's DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index.
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DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index
Flat volumes plus loosening capacity equals more power for shippers (with video)
Despite strong economic data in favor of the carriers, flat volumes and loosening capacity garners a power grab by the shippers.
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