intermodal
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American Shipper
Container carriers still concerned about low sulfur fuel availability
If not enough 0.5% low sulfur fuel is available after Jan. 1. 2020 ships may resort to using more expensive 0.1% sulfur fuel used today…
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News
TL carriers seeing recent improvement
Two of the nation’s largest truckload carriers said they are seeing green shoots in freight demand.
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Modes
1 on 1 with Matt Elenjickal: FourKites founder details company’s rise
FourKites was founded with the idea of developing a cloud-based SaaS platform that allows for seamless communication and real-time collaboration in the supply chain. As…
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SONAR Release Notes
New in SONAR: Daily intermodal volumes, status, and rates
This week’s addition of intermodal volume data to our SONAR platform brings us one step closer to having price, volume, and capacity for all modes…
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News
Contrarian peak season call from Universal Logistics
While management teams at some of the nation’s largest TL carriers have been talking up the potential for a solid peak shipping season, Universal Logistics…
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News
J.B. Hunt provides some optimism, less doom at investor conference
The outlook from JBHT was notably better than the concern around the lack of an uptick in seasonal demand that many carriers expressed at multiple…
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Equipment
Hunt imposes intermodal surcharge to recoup cost of shuttling empty boxes
J.B. Hunt imposes peak season intermodal surcharge to recoup costs of returning empties
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Railroad
Commentary: Is intermodal rail stalling?
Market Voice Jim Blaze writes about rail intermodal and what is happening to this area of the railroad sector.
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Economics
Sales surging but the retail apocalypse continues
Using data from FreightWaves SONAR, economist Ibrahiim Bayaan writes about the state of the U.S. retail market and what is ahead for this key sector.
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Air Cargo
Freight tonnage will grow 25.6 percent by 2030, ATA projects
Freight tonnage will grow 25.6 percent by the end of the next decade, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) predicts in its annual ATA Freight Transportation…
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