Winter storms blow freight market back into disarray

Chart of the Week:  Outbound Tender Reject Index, Outbound Tender Volume Index – USA SONAR: OTVI.USA, OTRI.USA

The recent string of winter storms and cold weather that has gripped the central U.S. disrupted shipping across the country in a way that is somewhat counterintuitive — volumes fell while capacity tightened. 

The Outbound Tender Volume Index (OTVI) — a measure of shipper requests for truckload capacity — fell over 6% last week while the Outbound Tender Rejection Index (OTRI) — the rate...

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