Ontario California has toppled the Atlanta market, the reigning capital of freight volume in the country. Surging volume is to blame. How long will the elevated volume last?
The freight market remains slow in most parts of the country except for one. Will it spill into other regions?
FreightWaves adds improves mapping and watchlist features while adding rail data.
Lead times increasing are a sign that shippers are taking capacity shortages seriously. Carriers and brokers that depend on spot market freight are left wanting.
SONAR’s OTVI.LAX is clearly indicating that the strength in the inbound loaded container flow out of the Long Beach/LA port is continuing and gathering momentum.
The freight market is showing the first signs of turning in over a month. Is this the start of retail season?
FreightWaves adds agricultural commodity and warehouse data to SONAR.
As we approach the holiday retail season, carriers and brokers have shifted their attention to the country’s major ports to capture upward volatility in trucking volumes.
East coast bound containers from China are getting a pre-holiday discount as shippers increase volume to North America in front of tariff increases.
The freight market continues to stabilize, but there should be a little fuel left in the tank for one more seasonal push before the holidays.
FreightWaves adds energy market related data to SONAR.
SONAR’s Headhaul Index map and the HAUL.JOT Index are both showing that the return to growth in inbound loaded container flow first seen in the Long Beach/LA port is continuing and gathering momentum.
Demand for flatbeds always drop off this time of year, but is this a sign of a broader industrial slowdown?
October of 2018 has been very different from the same month a year ago thus far. We have had 2 major hurricanes make landfall and the economy is still strong. So why does it seem so different?
SONAR’s signature index has a birthday; Ocean Network Express to lose $600M; oilfield service companies guide for tight margins in Q3; President Trump bails on coal industry incentives; pros and cons of blockchain in container shipping; spending 60,000 hours reverse-engineering a Tesla Model 3.
FreightWaves improves watchlist functionality with new heat mapping feature as well as improves searching with new categories and search bar improvement.
Outbound tender volumes have shot up 26% out of the Savannah market as the Southeast deals with hurricane Michael
Truckload volume continues to decline to annual lows after the first week of October. Freight volume is redistributing out west as Michael hits the Southeast U.S.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted today, posting its biggest loss since May 29; meanwhile the S&P 500 is on a losing streak that hasn’t been matched in upwards of 2 years.
FreightWaves triples the lanes available for the tender rejection indices along with diesel price and volume data. Highly regarded Institute for Supply Management indices have also been added to deepen the macro-economic section.
