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Spot market rates soared to multi-year highs
Spot market rates make a big jump in September which was likely the result of hurricanes that hit Texas and Florida. Learn more on Commercial Carrier Journal.
October 2, 2017
Business
Monday Money: Rates, demand continue to climb; shippers ‘beginning to balk’
Trends in truck capacity and freight demand continue to point toward a tight market to close out 2014, with the New Year to bring even more stress on truck supply and considerably higher shipping rates, according the latest roundup of industry indicators. An industry analyst, however, cautions truckers: shippers are beginning to balk at more rate increases.
November 24, 2014
Business
Despite transportation ‘turmoil,’ rates to climb 8-10 percent by mid-2015, economist says
The economics of supply and demand means that 8-10 percent increases in transportation rates by the end of the 2015 second quarter are not out of the question.
November 14, 2014
Business
Got capacity? Drivers, demand and ‘darn’ regs
In a closing panel, moderator Mike Regan joked that the 2014 CSCMP Annual Global Conference could have been renamed simply: “Got capacity?”
September 26, 2014
Business
Cass: August shipments bounce back; rates, not so much
North American freight volumes bounced back in August from a normal July dip, but did not cause a similar increase in freight spending, according to the latest Cass Freight Index. Compared to July, spending was down slightly.
September 10, 2014
Business
June spot market freight soars on economic upturn: 6 slides
Freight availability on the spot market was 50 percent higher in June compared to the same month the previous year, continuing a pattern of elevated activity in 2014, according to the DAT North American Freight Index — a surge backed by an upturn in the economy, as the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday.
July 17, 2014
Business
Survey: Carriers optimistic on near-term volume, rates
A sense of steady growth in the economy is producing increasingly positive expectations from trucking companies, especially smaller carriers, according to the fourth-quarter business outlook survey by Transport Capital Partners. The survey suggests the slow but upward growth of the economy is moving the freight market to a higher level.
December 12, 2013
Business
Rates stay strong despite month-over-month drop
Spot market rates in all three segments reached all-time highs in June, and though the per-mile rates fell slightly in July, they’re still stronger then the same month in 2012.
August 2, 2013
Business
2012 Economic Outlook
With freight demand for 2012 unclear, carriers’ financial fates may rest on how they handle recruiting, rates and costs.
January 1, 2012
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