OTRI USA

Freight brokers expect spot rates to ramp this week, but the long-term outlook is uncertain.

Flat volumes, excess capacity persist.

The ramifications of 2019 will come in the form of shrinking capacity, pushing rates up as supply falls to meet demand instead of dwarfing it.

Reefer market strong

Freight volumes and tender rejections range-bound for now

Trucking market cools but remains healthy

Trucking fundamentals still strong as peak season ends

Markets from Los Angeles and Ontario to Yuma, Salt Lake City, and Minnesota have suddenly tightened as routing becomes directionally constrained.

Peak season has arrived

Tepid volumes with an upside breakout in tender rejections

This is the first time outbound tender rejections have remained above 6% for consecutive weeks since March 2019.

Will markets remain tight into the first quarter or soften right after Thanksgiving?

Freight volumes sluggish despite Thanksgiving distortions

Peak season woes continue

Freight volumes hint we may have a peak season after all

This Week’s DHL Supply Chain/FreightWaves Pricing Power Index: 25 (Shippers) Last Week’s DHL Supply Chain/FreightWaves Pricing Power Index: 25 (Shippers) Three-Month DHL Supply Chain/FreightWaves Pricing Power Index Outlook: 45 (Shippers) The trucking industry operates in a market based on real-time demand and supply. When demand is higher than capacity, carriers gain negotiating power for rates. […]

Trucking market keeps rising against easy comparisons

Volumes up 4% year-over-year this week

Freight volumes and rejections continue their newfound winning ways

Critical events caused more panic than actual disruption to supply and demand.

National outbound tender volumes and rejection rates support brewing optimism surrounding trucking market

The FreightWaves Pricing Power Index is a new weekly feature that highlights the balance of power between shippers and carriers.

For the trucking market, the third quarter has been stronger than the second, but no one would know it

Carriers and brokers have been talking about how slow August has been. Good news: According to our technical indicators, the market is about the turn back in their favor

Wall Street is in a panic over fears that the truckload sector has peaked. Wall Street is wrong. We break down the reasons using data from SONAR.

Tender rejections continue to fall towards the May 2nd low, indicating that capacity is loosening in the market. If it reaches the critical level of 19.12%, it could mean that the rest of the summer will be disappointing for carriers that reported a bullish summer outlook.

July has started off slower than carriers would like, showing normal freight patterns. Softer demand is also impacting utilization in the market.