State of Freight: Reasons to be bullish on second half of 2024

FreightWaves’ State of Freight webinar for March offered a bit of optimism that the freight market could improve at some point later this year.

Craig Fuller, FreightWaves CEO and founder, and Zach Strickland, director of freight market intelligence, said while they don’t see any clear signs of a significant boost in the overall freight industry, there are signals that the market is moving in the right direction.

Here are five takeaways from the webinar:

2024 could be ‘more of a normal year’ for...

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The economics of growth — Freightonomics

The economy is continuing a slow post-COVID upswing but what are some indicators of that growth?

On this episode of Freightonomics, Anthony Smith and Zach Strickland discuss the latest Knight-Swift purchase of AAA Cooper and what the recent large LTL purchases mean for the sector. They also talk about how this purchase shows companies’ ability to grow without spending capital on new equipment.

Zac Rogers joins to discuss whether this is a way for carriers to use their newfound cash reserves to...

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