tender rejections
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DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index
Flat volumes plus loosening capacity equals more power for shippers
Despite strong economic data in favor of the carriers, flat volumes and loosening capacity garners a power grab by the shippers.
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DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index
Transportation stocks were blistering hot this week, but freight data warrants no change in pricing power (with video)
Outbound volumes and rejections were horizontal this week. Target's poor earnings are not enough for us to believe the retail sector is in danger of…
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FreightWaves Infographics
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Insights
BR Williams’ Thomas Bardwell: Unexpected pressures will test carriers
A host of issues, from regulations to overcapacity, are coming together to place unanticipated stresses on carriers just as 2020 begins.
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News
Capacity ratchets tighter, volumes steady into the holiday
Markets from Los Angeles and Ontario to Yuma, Salt Lake City, and Minnesota have suddenly tightened as routing becomes directionally constrained.
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News
Capacity tightens into the holidays, but how long will it last?
Will markets remain tight into the first quarter or soften right after Thanksgiving?
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FreightWaves Infographics
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DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index
Rocky economic data leads to uncertainty for pricing power
Last Week’s Pricing Power Index: 35 (Shippers) The trucking industry operates in a market based on real-time demand and supply. When demand is higher than…
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Freight Futures News
Freight brokers: capacity loosening and shippers driving down rates in July
Capacity has returned to freight markets and spot rates are falling against "contract."
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Business
Mexican table grapes deliver late bumper crop, fueling higher reefer rates along the border
A colder than normal spring across northwestern Mexico meant the Mexican table grape export campaign suffered a delay of several weeks, spiking demand in June…
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