The more things change …
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.
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.
Download this freight market report and learn why FreightWaves experts are seeing a fairly bleak outlook for the rest of 2023.
The pandemic may have exposed long-term weakness to the railroads’ intermodal growth plans.
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The Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) is the world’s leading—and most accurate—index of market rates for 40′ containers.
Southern California markets were flush with transportation activity during the pandemic. That has eroded and then some. This has not only left transportation networks exposed operationally but also created pricing gaps.
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What do historically low rejection rates mean for the truckload industry?
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.
The Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) is the world’s leading—and most accurate—index of market rates for 40′ containers.
Upstream and historic values are predicting another strong deterioration in truckload spot rates in April. How seriously should we take this?
Despite seeing slight seasonal growth, truckload markets are showing a continued soft patch.
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.