trucking capacity
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Economics
Sales surging but the retail apocalypse continues
Using data from FreightWaves SONAR, economist Ibrahiim Bayaan writes about the state of the U.S. retail market and what is ahead for this key sector.
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Modes
Uber Freight goes after larger fleets with dispatcher portal
Uber Freight needs access to more capacity to keep up with 153 percent growth in gross bookings.
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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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Market Update
Shippers have the upper hand in 2019. Here’s what that means:
FreightWaves is monitoring a number of trends that will impact the freight market in 2019. Digitization will play a key role in these trends as…
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News
Carriers roughed up as shippers, brokers search for freight market bottom
Shippers aren’t shy about moving contract rates down in RFP negotiations, and even brokers are surprised at how cheap capacity has become.
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Freight Futures
MW18: Freight Futures will launch on the Nodal Exchange March 29
This morning at MarketWaves18 in Grapevine, Texas, FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller announced that freight futures will begin trading on March 29, 2018.
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Economics
Goldman Sachs: trucking rates to peak in Q4, gradually decline in 2019
The investment bank issued a report this morning calling for one more spot rate peak in the fourth quarter, followed by a softer 2019 that…
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News
Coyote thinks the trucking cycle is about to roll over
Coyote’s new white paper contains a stark warning to truckers and an optimistic promise to shippers, predicting a rapid collapse of spot rates.
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