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FreightWaves adds air cargo volume and pricing data to SONAR platform

MSU Supply Chain Management and FreightWaves will partner on curriculum, joint events, and transportation-related research projects.

Dry van rates hit air-pocket last month and lose altitude; but other indicators of freight economy still looking up.

Economic and freight indicators are mixed, with some suggesting a downturn is coming, but others pointing to continued growth.

The falling Purchasing Managers Index tends to be correlated with the general freight market, the Cass Freight Shipment Index illustrates this. Is it time for carriers to pull back?

On today’s episode, Chad Prevost talks to Market Expert Nick Austin and Sonar Account Executive Brad Guinane about weather, volume, tender market share, and tender rejections.

Record intermodal shipments on the rail for the second year in a row has deep implication for the trucking market into 2019. Trucking will benefit, at least partially, from Norfolk Southern’s latest decision.

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.