A slight rebound to start the fourth quarter
Spot rates and tender rejection rates saw a slight increase to start Q4, but tender volumes fell as a result of the ILA strike.
Spot rates and tender rejection rates saw a slight increase to start Q4, but tender volumes fell as a result of the ILA strike.
Tender volumes, tender rejection rates and spot rate all drop in the final full week of the third quarter.
Tender volumes have started to flatten out while tender rejection rates have picked up a little steam this week.
Tender volumes have continued to show strength, but the market remains oversupplied. Hurricane Francine had little impact on the market
Even a short work stoppage by the ILA would greatly disrupt freight networks. SONAR charts show evidence of shippers looking to avoid getting caught in a potential ILA strike which has impacts on maritime, rail intermodal and truckload data.
Tender rejection rates suffered the largest weekly decline in the past 6 weeks while tender volumes are being impacted by the holiday weekend
Tender volumes closed August higher, up 3.13% year over year. A slight rise in rejection rates before Labor Day was still below July peaks.
FreightWaves’ State of Freight webinar suggests U.S. consumers could help boost the freight marketplace during the holidays.
Tender volumes increased over the past week, while tender rejection rates remained unchanged. The next week will be important for the direction of the freight market in the fourth quarter.
Tender volumes started to gain a little positive momentum over the past week while tender rejection rates inched slightly lower…
The freight market is fairly stable to start August as spot rates and tender rejection rates experienced little change week over week…