Tag: transportation research

Global trade as a percentage of global GDP peaked in 2006 for a variety of reasons. Geopolitical tensions are creating ...

Intermodal volumes were still up mid-single digits in Week 39 (up 5.5% year-over-year), even as railroads raise prices on shippers ...

Shippers, especially retailers, are giving ground on price to secure capacity for what promises to be an unpredictable Q4.

Average intermodal train velocities improved by 1.2 mph compared to last week while dwell times were flat, but those numbers ...

Rates pulled back by 1.3% w/w, but moves by brokerages and carriers indicate they think the rally has legs.

Year-over-year intermodal volume comps were soft last week due to noise from Labor Day, which fell in Week 36, not ...

Although driver hours of service (HOS) is now firmly sewn into the trucking industry, it was a subject of contention ...

The reefer market is following the dry van market, broadly speaking, and setting new highs in tendered loads, tender rejections ...

Last week the railroads were able to smooth out some operational inefficiencies in their intermodal networks and by and large ...

It’s official: Freight brokers have officially lost control of truckload spot rates. One of the most commonly cited benchmarks in ...