freight volumes

The Port of Los Angeles reported a year-over-year March volume drop of 30.9%. The port said Wednesday it moved 449,568 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in March. That's the lowest amount of monthly cargo moved through the port since February 2009.  "We've had two serious shocks to our supply...

Zach Strickland looks at volumes dropping unevenly within the freight market in the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet, then in the Rail and Intermodal Update, Mike Baudendistel and Anthony Smith discuss lower import volumes hitting international intermodal.

Zach Strickland looks at van outbound tender rejection rates falling rapidly in the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet, Luke Falasca talks about volume levels almost reaching seasonal norms, and then Mike Baudendistel returns this week with Anthony Smith to discuss the economy dragging down...

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Zach Strickland looks at the market volatility map in the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet, and Andrew Cox brings us the DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index. This week is leaning toward carrier favorability at 60 on the scale.

This week's DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 60 (Carriers) Last week's DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 65 (Carriers) Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 40 (Shippers) The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics and data contained in FreightWaves...

In the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet, Zach Strickland looks at outbound tender volumes to determine the likelihood of a drop on the horizon; Luke Falasca dives into several areas of the country, including the Philadelphia market; and Andrew Cox analyzes the University of Michigan's...

Zach Strickland examines volumes flattening over the weekend while also taking a closer look at Ontario, California, for outbound tender volume in the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet. Then in the Shipper Update, Andrew Cox and Anthony Smith discuss the effects of the extension of social...

Zach Strickland details the first national outbound tender volume drop since February in the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet, Luke Falasca analyzes freight volumes in the Broker Update, and in the Shipper Update, Andrew Cox and Anthony Smith discuss what types of freight are moving in the U....

There are important headwinds and tailwinds on the horizon that have yet to fully materialize. Trucking markets are taking the coronavirus in stride — at least by some measures. Even as imports and intermodal volumes plunged in February and into March, contracted truckload volumes are up. On a...

Strong consumer spending has been driving up freight volumes in El Paso, Texas, and New Mexico ports of entry the past several weeks. As American consumers keep spending money, factories in Juarez, Mexico, keep producing goods such as computers, televisions, medical equipment, cars and auto parts...

The Outbound Tender Volume Index (OTVI.USA) has continued its horizontal trajectory below its March 2018 starting point of 10,000 since it recovered from its New Year's trough. The index currently sits at 9,591.97, which is flat with 2018. National volumes have fallen by 1.2% since our reporting...

The Outbound Tender Volume Index (OTVI.USA) has gone horizontal below its March 2018 starting point of 10,000. The index currently sits at 9,690.61, which is slightly above its yearly comparable by less than 1%. Through the first two weeks of the year, we haven't seen the year-over-year growth we...

Outbound tender volumes (OTVI.USA) fell by 0.35% year-over-year this week and now sit well off the year-to-date high of 6.78% from early October. Volumes have been in a consistent downtrend for the last several weeks. Most importantly, this week's negative results in volumes are the second straight...