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Airfreight
Common ground could lead to higher ground for logistics in ‘19: State of Logistics report
The US logistics industry is making strides in overcoming macro volatility by a focus on IT improvements and shipper-carrier relationships
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Trucking
Indiana trucking company to shut down after insurance costs double, rates fall (with video)
A.L.A. Trucking’s 41 drivers and 15 other employees will lose their jobs in the layoff, owner Alan Adams confirmed late…
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Maritime
Ocean Rate Report: Rising off bottom, still far from recovery
There are some positive signs for shipping rates, but overall, disappointment prevails.
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Trucking
USX CEO sees big impact on capacity from drug/alcohol clearinghouse
Fuller says the new database on drug and alcohol tests will slice capacity by 10%.
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Economics
Cass Shipments Index falls for 5th straight month, sparks concerns of economic contraction
April shipments were down 3.2 percent year-over-year, prompting Boughton to acknowledge “material and growing downside risk to the economic outlook”…
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Chart of the Week
LTL is insulated but not immune to freight market volatility
The relationship between truckload and less-than-truckload (LTL) is like two cities positioned around the epicenter of an earthquake.
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Chart of the Week
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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Economics
Slowing freight to hold down rate increases in 2019, but fleet profitability remains positive
Rate increases are slowing and could even turn negative later this year, although fleet profits should remain strong for much…
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Economics
Trucking rates fall, led by declines in long-distance truckload rates
Data on producer prices shows that overall inflation pressure eased further in February, as a gain in goods prices was…
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Asia-Pacific
Freight rates from/to China slide down the slippery slope
Down, down, down – freight rates are down, nearly across the board, on export and import routes to and from…
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