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Edge Logistics fighting through the freight brokerage winter

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Surge Transportation declared bankruptcy in July. Convoy shut down its freight operations in...

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El mercado de la carga de camiones vuelve a aflojar y los rechazos de las licitaciones alcanzan un nuevo mínimo 

A estas alturas, la mayoría de los observadores y analistas de la industria están de acuerdo en que el mercado de carga de camiones de Estados Unidos se ha ralentizado significativamente, como parte de una normalización más amplia de las mercancías y de la resaca de nuestra recuperación COVID. Múltiples índices de referencia de las tarifas al contado han estado cayendo durante meses; las métricas de capacidad se han aflojado. Las cargas contractuales aceptadas (CLAV.USA) tocaron techo en...

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Truckload market loosens again as tender rejections touch new low

By now, most industry observers and analysts agree that the U.S. truckload market has slowed significantly, part of a broader goods normalization and hangover in our COVID-recovery. Multiple spot rate benchmarks have been falling for months; capacity metrics have loosened. Accepted contract loads (CLAV.USA) peaked in October 2021 and just took a sharper turn downward. 

National outbound tender rejections (OTRI.USA), which measure the percentage of truckload shipments tendered by shippers that...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truckload-market-loosens-again-as-tender-rejections-touch-new-low

DSC chat: Where will spot rates go in 2022?

Edge Logistics President Will Kerr, right, with FreightWaves analyst Tom Mulvey.

This fireside chat recap is from the FreightWaves Domestic Supply Chain Summit.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Where will spot rates go in 2022?

DETAILS: As rates continue to soar, Edge Logistics’ Will Kerr talks to FreightWaves’ Tony Mulvey about where the freight market is headed in 2022.

SPEAKERS: Kerr is president of Edge Logistics, and Mulvey is a senior research analyst at FreightWaves.

BIO: Kerr has been president of Chicago-based freight brokerage Edge Logistics since 2014. In November, he was named...

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J.B. Hunt 360 integrates with KeepTruckin freight marketplace

J.B. Hunt Transportation Services Inc. (NASDAQ:JBHT), an asset-based supply chain leader, on Thursday announced a freight marketplace integration with KeepTruckin, a fleet management solution. Freight available within J.B. Hunt 360, the company’s technology solution, will be accessible within KeepTruckin’s Smart Load Board, generating new capacity for J.B. Hunt customers.

“The KeepTruckin Smart Load Board is the first and only ELD-based freight marketplace that automatically matches loads based...

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The Daily Dash: Wildfires impacting freight movement

Oregon wildfire

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, the West Coast wildfires are creating hazardous conditions for truck drivers and affecting freight movement. Plus, trailer orders are rising once again and volatile supply chains may become the new normal.

Wildfires putting drivers at risk

The wildfires on the West Coast are creating dangerous conditions for people living in the area, but they are also impacting freight movement. Shippers are...

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Edge Logistics launches mobile version of CAPACITY platform

Edge Logistics, a Chicago-based truckload freight brokerage, announced Wednesday morning that the mobile version of its digital freight-matching platform CAPACITY was now live in Apple’s App Store and available for download. 

Edge officially launched CAPACITY in January after developing its Preferred Lane matching algorithms and web portal in a collaboration with LeanTech, which provided a dedicated technology team based in Medellín, Colombia.

The CAPACITY platform is an important example of a...

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