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What is the difference between trucking contract and spot rates?
The clear difference between contract and spot rates.
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DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index
Carriers clawing back: power shifts towards the carriers for a second consecutive week
Increased rates and signs of capacity slowly leaving the market continues the power shift towards carriers.
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DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index
Thanksgiving volatility shifts power in carriers’ direction
The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index moves towards the carriers for the first time since early September.
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DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index
Carriers grasping for straws while losing ground
No good news for carriers besides a slight surge in volumes leading into the late Thanksgiving holiday.
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DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index
Load volumes continue to decelerate into the peak holiday shopping season
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…
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DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index
Key freight market indicators drag down carrier pricing power this week (with video)
Weak tender load volumes and rejections this week push the index toward shippers.
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DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index
Carriers gaining momentum, but shippers still hold slight edge in the FreightWaves Pricing Power Index
The weekly FreightWaves Pricing Power Index jumps 10 points in favor of carriers.
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Danger zone for brokers: Paper-spot rate spread cut in half this summer
Brokers' gross margins will compress unless they get shippers on board.
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Why Chicago brokers call contract rates ‘paper rates’
The boundary between spot and contract pricing is always shifting, especially when freight markets are volatile.
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