CAPACITY

Carriers reigning supreme this peak season

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: 65 (Carriers)

The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics and data in FreightWaves SONAR to analyze the market and estimate the negotiating power for rates between shippers and carriers.

Spot and contract volumes took legs up this week, while tender rejections briefly hit an all-time high before...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/carriers-reigning-supreme-this-peak-season

Buckle up — rates and volumes up 20% year-over-year and trending higher

This week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 80 (Carriers)

Last week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 75 (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 analyze the market and estimate the negotiating power for rates between shippers and carriers.

Last week, the Passport Research team wrote that the week ahead would be a bellwether for the holiday season. We...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/buckle-up-rates-and-volumes-up-20-year-over-year-and-trending-higher

How Container Liners Turn Losses To Profits & Manage Capacity

In an article published in the Maritime Executive, Luke Robert postulates and elaborates on the profit making strategy undertaken by the largest container liners plying the waters.

Let’s take a look how these shipping lines manage profitability.

Turning Around the Losses

Up till the beginning of 2020, most shipping lines were absorbing losses on their books despite doing their best to increase vessel utilization percentages. Due to this, carriers have looked at other ways of reducing their costs...

https://mfame.guru/how-container-liners-turn-losses-to-profits-manage-capacity/

How Containershipping Showed Resilience To Avert the COVID19 Crisis

Although the pandemic has brought chaos to the global economy, many lines are making more money, reports the Financial Times.

Holding a small axe in a white-gloved hand, South Korea’s first lady Kim Jung-sook cut the ropes tethering the HMM Algeciras and officially launched the world’s biggest containership at a ceremony in April.

The towering vessel, the first of a dozen ordered by shipping line HMM, is the size of four football pitches. If loaded on to a train, the 23,964 20-foot metal boxes it...

https://mfame.guru/how-containershipping-showed-resilience-to-avert-the-covid19-crisis/

Spot rates above $3/mile in 46 of 100 lanes

This week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 85 (Carriers)

Last week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 85 (Carriers)

Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 80 (Carriers)

The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics and data in FreightWaves SONAR to analyze the market and estimate the negotiating power for rates between shippers and carriers.

Lingering distortions from the Labor Day holiday make weekly comparisons difficult. Accepted tenders up 15%...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/spot-rates-above-3mi-in-46-of-100-lanes

Carriers get it while the gettin’s good — $3/mile LA to DAL

This week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 85 (Carriers)

Last week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 85 (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 analyze the market and estimate the negotiating power for rates between shippers and carriers.

Outbound Tender Volume Index (OTVI) up and to the right — sound familiar? OTVI surged to another record high this...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/carriers-get-it-while-the-gettins-good-3mile-la-to-dal

The second freight frenzy of 2020 is upon us

This week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 85 (Carriers)

Last week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 80 (Carriers)

Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 80 (Carriers)

The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics and data contained in FreightWaves SONAR to analyze the market and estimate the negotiating power for rates between shippers and carriers.

Freight volumes show no signs of slowing this week, and tender rejections are moving in lockstep....

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/the-second-freight-frenzy-of-2020-is-upon-us

Borderlands: Truck capacity tight near Mexican border; millions in drugs found in shipments of ketchup and onions

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Truck capacity tight near Mexican border; drugs found in shipments of ketchup and onions; DHL opens new foreign trade zone in El Paso; and Commerce opens inquiry aimed at Mexican wire mesh.

Freight volumes rising across Texas as border capacity tightens

Long-haul freight volumes are rising across Texas — especially in Houston, Laredo, San Antonio and Austin — with...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/borderlands:-truck-capacity-tight-near-mexican-border;-millions-in-drugs-found-in-shipments-of-ketchup-and-onions

Typical July freight slump looks unlikely this year

This week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 55 (Carriers)

Last week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 55 (Carriers)

Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 60 (Carriers)

The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics and data contained in FreightWaves SONAR to analyze the market and estimate the negotiating power for rates between shippers and carriers.

The Independence Day holiday had disrupted our outbound tender volume and reject indices due to their...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/typical-july-freight-slump-looks-unlikely-this-year

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