Trucking spot rates
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Inside FreightWaves
Why we built a trucking rate predictor
Our rate predictor builds rates from actual freight market conditions, using historically reported data only as a frame of reference.
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Container
Intermodal freight continues shift to East Coast, benefiting trucking
Trucks are competitively priced on East Coast lanes and offer better service than the railroads.
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Freight Futures News
Expectations for peak trucking spot rates continue to moderate
The forward curve inches lower.
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News
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 News
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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Chart of the Week
Will retail season deliver?
There are reasons to expect a healthy pop in outbound Los Angeles spot rates.
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Freight Futures News
The fall outlook for trucking rates, according to forward curves
Chicago to Atlanta should jump in September, LA to Dallas peaks in November, and Seattle to LA hits a high in December.
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Finance
Lakefront: hedging trucking rate risk could raise public carrier valuations
We caught up with Gary Saykaly, who is running a new Trucking & Freight Derivatives Group at Lakefront Futures & Options.
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