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SONAR Sightings: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, gains market share; flatbed rejections nose-dive

The highlights from Thursday’s SONAR reports are below. For more information on SONAR — the fastest freight-forecasting platform in the industry — or to request a demo, click here. Also, be sure to check out the latest SONAR update, TRAC — the freshest spot rate data in the industry.

Market Watch for Sept. 15:Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, has experienced a boom in outbound volume to become the third-largest truckload market in the country by market share.

Outbound volumes are...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/sonar-sightings-harrisburg-pennsylvania-gains-market-share-flatbed-rejections-nose-dive

Coordinated approach of sovereign issuers boosts market stability

Coordinated approach of sovereign issuers boosts market stability

Tuesday 10 August 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.32.2

Commentary: DMOs reassure investors with policy response

By Philip Moore in London

Investors have welcomed the decisiveness of the policy response of financial authorities to the global public health crisis. This response was all the more impressive because it was entirely unrehearsed. During a recent OMFIF event on European sovereign debt, an investment strategist said that a recurrent topic...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/08/10/coordinated-approach-of-sovereign-issuers-boosts-market-stability/

What does a tight US housing market mean for rail?

A photograph of a centerbeam car on a railroad track.

The U.S. housing market was tight in 2020, and that trend could continue into 2021, analysts say. Furthermore, that housing trend could have significant volume implications for lumber and wood shipped by rail.

“Home building is the biggest driver of lumber and wood products carloads. Given the home affordability issues in many places, lack of adequate inventory, and people looking for more space with single family homes who aren’t going to go back to offices, lumber and forest products could be...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/what-does-a-tight-us-housing-market-mean-for-rail

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