intermodal rates
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Chart of the Week
Will intermodal’s cost advantage be enough to grow beyond 2021?
Intermodal shipping is dominated by the largest shippers in the U.S. and operates on a more static network, which gains higher cost efficiency than trucking…
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Chart of the Week
Intermodal rates go off the rails
Shippers are willing to pay more to put freight on the rail just to get it moving out of Los Angeles.
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News
Intermodal growth here to stay, says Hub Group
Hub Group’s second-quarter earnings beat was accompanied by the expectation for intermodal volume to increase in the high-single-digit range for the rest of the year.
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Rail
Commentary: Will short-haul intermodal rail ever work?
Jim Blaze writes about the potential of short-haul intermodal traffic on the North American Class 1 railroads.
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Rail
Commentary: Is the Alameda Rail Corridor in financial danger?
Jim Blaze writes about the Alameda Corridor in Los Angeles, that takes some of the freight from the harbor to distribution centers. Is it still…
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Rail
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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News
Cass data negative in May, “signaling an economic contraction”
The report showed further deceleration in the freight markets in May and warns an economic contraction could be underway.
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Inside FreightWaves
Craig Fuller unveils FreightWaves SONAR 4.0
On stage at Transparency19, FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller unveiled SONAR 4.0 (video included).
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Inside SONAR
FreightWaves releases weekly intermodal and daily spot maritime rates in SONAR
FreightWaves adds air temperature information as well as new fleet count data.
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