Manufacturing leads first-party logistics growth because of the sector’s long-established supply chains. Retail is the next-largest contributor to first-party logistics growth through the impact of e-commerce.
Carriers lower rates heading to the West Coast this year as inbound container volumes flood the ports.
Carrier operating ratios continue to fall in October with a less volatile freight market.
The history books will say many things about 2018, but whatever else is recorded, it will go down as one of the strongest years for spot and contract pricing increases in the history of trucking in the U.S. Will that trend continue?
FreightWaves adds a real time news widget with twitter feeds and up to the minute financial and transportation new reporting.
The freight market has softened significantly in the last few months, but it is not due to a drastic reduction in volume.
On today’s episode, Chad Prevost and Michael Crosby talk about how to use SONAR to make proactive business decisions.
On today’s episode, Chad Prevost, Zack Strickland, and JP Hampstead discuss SONAR features: Outbound Tender Reject Index and Producer Price Index.
Merge Transit is a spot market agency that helps owner-operators and small fleets reduce inefficiencies in their business, and looks to automate the process of dispatching.
With the market data available on SONAR, we have ability to see all the ebbs and flows of freight movement happen in real-time.
The big oil news of the week was OPEC deciding to cut production in an attempt to stop the price of oil from dropping further. Carriers should be happy with this in the long run but gained a short term boost to margins in the meantime.
FreightWaves adds commercial vehicle accident injuries and fatalities in SONAR as well as adds regions to the TRI.
FreightWaves has launched FreightWaves NOW, a daily video feature that funnels the organization’s deep expertise and forward-looking insights into an accessible video format.
The spot market has been cooling over the past several months, but the players seem more uncertain than ever.
Is the economy still healthy? Are people still making things, shipping things, and buying things? According to the railroad car data, the answer is a definitive “Yes.”
FreightWaves adds truck driver employment level estimates.
The benchmark price of domestic crude oil has dropped by 25% since early October. Historically, that would be a great thing for truckers, but with carriers operating more efficient trucks and oil production tied into the freight economy more than ever, it could be a warning sign for the broader freight market.
With the Thanksgiving holiday approaching, drivers are spending less time on the road and more time at home. This is shrinking the availability of capacity in the market.
FreightWaves adds benchmark KPIs for asset based carriers and new weather mapping feature.
The Cass Truckload Linehaul Index reached another record high in October while the company’s Intermodal Price Index points to rising intermodal costs.
