spot market volatility
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Modes
Time for brokers to turn the tables on shippers?
Spooked shippers are trying to lock in capacity ahead of the holiday push.
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Freight Futures
Trucking capacity bleed-off is now supportive of rates
Contract rates are still sliding down against steady spot rates.
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Container
West Coast volumes poised to rip
Multi-modal data and channel checks with freight brokers point to a good setup for peak season.
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Business
Futures traders hedge L.A. to Seattle in uncertain rate environment
Rates could break out either to the upside or downside.
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Insights
Commentary: How on-demand freight is poised to transform logistics
Commentary by Bill Driegert, Senior Director of Uber Freight, explores the current and near-future of on-demand freight.
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Economics
FreightWaves Freight Intel Group researches “everything freight and logistics”
The FreightWaves Freight Intel Group is producing research culled from FreightWaves SONAR and other sources. Read about its first several research papers and how to…
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Economics
Four models forecasting trucking spot rates in 2019
We look at the trucking futures forward curve, Morgan Stanley's index, the Coyote Curve, and projections from Susquehanna.
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Last Mile
Expedited spot markets crashed harder than regular truckload
Expedited carriers and brokers discuss the reasons for weakness in expedited spot markets.
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Finance
“Not hedging is the risky behavior”: trucking freight futures at Transparency19
On Monday afternoon at Transparency19, Addison Armstrong, executive director of trucking freight futures at FreightWaves, moderated a conversation between Nodal Exchange, where freight futures are…
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News
Coyote calls for year-long slide in contract rates, but 2020 will tighten up
FreightWaves has also observed downward pressure on contract rates and the beginning of a capacity bleed-off.
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