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WEBAn Illinois-based trucking and logistics company that contracted with the U.S. Postal Service to haul mail and had more than 480 drivers ceased operations abruptly Thursday, according to sources familiar with the closure. Read More ». Stuart Chirls Friday, September 6, 2024.
5 takeaways from State of Freight: Preparing for East, Gulf Coast …
WEB15 hours ago · The International Longshoremen’s Association is threatening to strike East and Gulf Coast ports on Oct. 1, raising the prospect of supply chain disruptions. It became the lead topic of discussion on Thursday’s webinar as FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller sat down with Zach Strickland, the company’s head of market intelligence.
Carriers forced to do more with less in lieu of market upswing
WEB18 hours ago · Despite 2024’s poor performance, 2025 is expected to bring growth. Avery Vise, vice president of trucking at FTR, expects truckload spot rates to increase 6.5% to 7% in 2025 compared to 1% overall in 2024. Contract rates are predicted to rise 3% after falling 3.5% in 2024. Vise expects truckload volumes to rise next year in the dry van and ...
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WEBCanada rail lockout ‘horrific’ for supply chain, carrier trade group head says. Trucking industry and logistics leaders said the lockout by Canada’s two largest railroads Thursday could create capacity crunches and rate spikes across the freight industry. Read More ». Thomas Wasson Thursday, August 22, 2024.
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WEB4 days ago · Trucking company owner pleads guilty to falsifying logs in fatal motorcycle crash. A former co-owner of now-defunct Westfield Transport of West Springfield, Massachusetts, has pleaded guilty to falsifying driving logs in connection with a June 2019 collision involving one of the company’s trucks.
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WEBFreightWaves is a price reporting agency (PRA) focused on the global freight market and the leading provider of high-frequency data for the global supply chain. FreightWaves’ price, demand, and capacity data allow customers to benchmark, analyze, monitor, and forecast the global physical economy. Without logistics, the supply chains that keep ...
FreightWaves names 2023 FreightTech 100
WEBSep 14, 2022 · The next round — FreightTech 25 — will be announced at F3 in November. The 100 companies included in the 2023 FreightTech 100 are some of the most disruptive in the freight technology space. FreightWaves announced on Wednesday the latest FreightTech 100 — a selection of the most innovative companies in the …
FreightWaves' Freight Sentiment Indexes
WEBApr 29, 2024 · For each individual sector, segment sentiment is calculated by averaging together the results from each question, which are themselves averaged from all respondents. The questions are equally weighted, so segment sentiment = (Q1 avg. + Q2 avg. + Q3 avg. + Q4 avg. + Q5 avg.) / 5. Along these lines, the overall sentiment = …
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WEBSep 11, 2024 · Shipowners hit with lawsuit after vessel loses control in Charleston. Carver Maritime, a shipping company in Charleston, South Carolina, filed a federal lawsuit against the owners and managers of MSC Michigan VII, which lost control on June 5 on the Cooper River. Read More ». Noi Mahoney Thursday, June 13, 2024.