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This week's DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 75 (Carriers) Last week's DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 70 (Carriers)  Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 75 (Carriers) The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics and data in FreightWaves SONAR to...

This week's DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 70 (Carriers) Last week's DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 70 (Carriers)  Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 65 (Carriers) The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics and data in FreightWaves SONAR to...

This week's DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 80 (Carriers) Last week's DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 80 (Carriers) Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 75 (Carriers) The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics and data contained in FreightWaves...

Spot rates in the trans-Pacific ocean trade continue to reach epic new heights, leading to talk of price gouging. "Container lines have done well during the global pandemic, but are they profiteering from the crisis?" asked U.K.-based consultancy Drewry. "Perversely, lines look set to make more...

The unprecedented surge in truckload volumes to restock retail stores with groceries, soap and hand sanitizer, bottled water and electronics is tightening trucking capacity and pushing spot rates up. On a national basis, contracted truckload volumes are now up 16.5% year-over-year (OTVIY.USA)....

On Friday, Oct. 11, headlines blared of crude-tanker rates topping $300,000 per day, but the reality didn't quite match the initial hype. Those numbers were for conditional deals, known in the industry as "on subjects." Panicked charterers spent the following weekend calming their nerves, and the...

This week's DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 25 (Shippers) Last week's DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 20 (Shippers) Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 55 (Carriers) The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics and data contained in FreightWaves...

This week's DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 25 (Shippers) Last week's DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 30 (Shippers) Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 45 (Shippers) The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics and data contained in FreightWaves...

December slides in container spot rates could give way to higher rates on mainline trades, according to Maritime Strategies International, or MSI. Carriers achieved success with GRIs and aggressive capacity management at the start of November, but spot rates then retreated. "We expect Asia-Europe...

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Although national freight volumes are still trending positive at 6.16% growth year-over-year (OTVIY.USA), in absolute terms volumes are stagnating. Last October, volumes fell off a cliff and did not fully recover, sparking a 10-month long freight recession. Current year-over-year comparisons are...

Spot rates have fallen back to 2017 levels, but costs are still on the rise for carriers. Plus, ocean container rates increased on July 1st from China to the U.S.