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Truckload Rate Outlook for 2025 Softens, Remains Positive

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FTR expects contract truckload rates to increase 2.2% on a full-year basis in 2025, adding that by the end of 2025, contract rates will be rising 5% year on year.

Keiron Greenhalgh January 15, 2025
BusinessEquipmentLogistics

FTR: Truckload Spot Rates to Rise 6.5-7% in 2025

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FTR Transportation Intelligence expects truckload spot rates to rise 6.5-7% in 2025, Vice President of Trucking Avery Vise said in a presentation.

Keiron Greenhalgh September 12, 2024
GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogisticsGlobal Freight

Spot Container Shipping Rates Soar 173% on Red Sea Threats

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Short-term rates for container shipping between Asia, Europe and the U.S. are climbing on reduced capacity caused by the threats to cargo vessels in the Red Sea.

Brendan Murray January 4, 2024
BusinessLogistics

Barge Freight Rates Surge as Mississippi River Levels Drop

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The cost to transport America’s harvest from the Midwest to the rest of the world is soaring as shrinking water levels on the Mississippi River drive up barge freight rates.

Tarso Veloso August 31, 2023
BusinessEquipmentLogistics

Spot Market Struggles With Prolonged Bottom

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The spot market has become stuck in a stagnant bottom with market patterns preventing it from building back momentum.

Connor D. Wolf June 29, 2023
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentLogistics

Spot Rate Bottom Unclear Amid Capacity, Demand Mix

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Excess capacity in the spot market amid weakening demand has raised uncertainty over whether rates have actually hit bottom.

Connor D. Wolf April 5, 2023
BusinessLogistics

Shippers Remain in Control of Rates, but 2023 Could Bring Balance

Trucks on the highway near the Port of Miami

Shippers are in the driver’s seat as spot and contract rates continue to soften, but industry analysts said rates likely will stabilize throughout 2023.

Mindy Long December 29, 2022
BusinessLogistics

Spot Market Decline Accelerates as Demand Softens

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Trucking’s spot market is experiencing an accelerating decline as pre-pandemic conditions re-emerge.

Connor D. Wolf July 7, 2022
BusinessLogistics

Spot Rates Have Peaked, Some Shipping Lines Say

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One of the world’s biggest shipping lines has decided to stop increasing spot freight rates on routes out of Asia to Europe and the U.S. as it sees an end to the rally that has put prices at record highs.

Ann Koh September 14, 2021
BusinessLogistics

Spot Market Surges Amid Capacity Constraints, Bad Weather

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Trucking spot loads and rates have started to settle back to normal after surging for weeks as a result of ongoing capacity issues coupled with frigid weather.

Connor D. Wolf March 18, 2021

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