Canadian Pacific Kansas City: Will the STB approve?
What are the chances that this deal gets approved? That was the talk of the FreightWaves virtual office upon seeing ...
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Reefer markets: ‘Coin-flip compliance’ prevails
Refrigerated trucking carriers enter produce season in a strong position, supported by strong demand, tight capacity, imbalanced networks and high ...
Taiwan semiconductor shortage remains type-A issue
The biggest semiconductor shortage in history is rippling through global supply chains (and has been for months now). The immediate ...
Asset operators: It’s good to be a trucker
It is good to be in trucking again as nearly all key performance indicators (KPIs) are at their healthiest levels ...
Shippers facing nightmarish ‘game of chicken’ on the ocean
It is the annual contract season on the ocean. Usually the market sees a seasonal drop-off in demand around Chinese ...
Intermodal volume begins to dig out while network challenges remain
In last week’s Passport intermodal weekly, we discussed the very visible impact that the snowstorm in the central states was ...
Trucking markets: Smooth seas and blue skies
National average spot rates inclusive of fuel soared by 26 cents last week (9.1%) to $3.11 per mile. This was ...
This week’s snowstorm in 13 SONAR charts
Winter usually makes operating conditions worse in the first quarter of the year for everyone. Winter shipment delays and increased ...
Railroads scramble to adjust operations as winter storm hits key intermodal cities
Weather was a huge factor this week.
Trucking markets: Spot rates continue to trend up in holiday/weather distorted week
Trucking markets continue to trend sideways adjusting for weather.