These new API offers from p44 represent the next step in supply chain connectivity, paving the way to a more transparent and collaborative future.
Uber Freight’s Market Access is an AI-powered algorithm that gives shippers transparent freight pricing and greater control over their procurement stipulations.
Tender rejections have yet to return to mid-May’s all-time low, but their softness could persist in a trough for the next two quarters.
One last round of bad news to cap this week: China and the U.S. both posted dismal data from their respective industrial economies.
Volumes did see some growth ahead of the upcoming Memorial Day holiday, though not nearly enough to bust out the champagne and sparklers.
So as not to bury the lede, this week’s lack of change in the PPI might ultimately prove to be the most exciting stability in quite some time.
Despite expectations for seasonal growth in the second quarter, the health of the American consumer has continued to become more precarious, stirring headwinds for even once-reliable sources of freight.
Surge Transportation’s Omar Singh discusses the value of offering a robust system of partnerships and offerings outside of the core business model.
Volumes are just beginning to tick up at the tail end of April, but freight demand in the quarter has been mostly flat and thus grossly unseasonable.
TriumphPay and Highway join forces to create an exclusive algorithm that will combat double brokering.
Shippers are in a strong market position. At TIA, they talked about what they want from the brokers who serve them.
Small-package shippers should consider stepping outside the norm to modernize their logistics strategy by evaluating alternative carriers.
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While ocean carriers are not facing the same risks as their domestic trucking counterparts, given their consolidation and enormous war chests, ocean’s weakness in demand will continue to trickle down into truckload markets.
Despite seeing slight seasonal growth, truckload markets are showing a continued soft patch.
Leaf Logistics offers a guide to address the root causes of freight market volatility through coordination to plan, schedule and move freight with more certainty.
Echo Global Logistics has held true to the same goal since its inception almost 20 years ago: Make transportation management simpler.
The gap between current levels of freight demand and those of 2019 is narrowing, casting doubt on the market’s ability to sustain growth.
The consumer will be key to resolving the present tension in freight demand’s future, but consumers continue to be predictably unpredictable.
Market conditions will likely become a bit more favorable before they get much worse.
