Housing starts to build hope for downtrodden freight market
Posted - November 27, 2019
Chart of the Week: Building permits – USA, Flatbed Outbound Tender Rejection Index – USA, Single Family Housing Starts – USA SONAR:
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Freight rail seeks ways to stay afloat amid sinking rail volumes
Posted - November 27, 2019
As the freight rail industry looks ahead to 2020, the leaders of several Class I railroads and railroad lessors said a return to volume
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Major U.S. snowstorms still on track for Thanksgiving week
Posted - November 27, 2019
As first reported by FreightWaves of Friday, Nov. 22, Thanksgiving week will look like Christmas week in many areas of the U.S. as two
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Asia-Pacific carrier traffic declines from 2018, despite move into peak season
Posted - November 22, 2019
Many of the major Asia-Pacific airlines have now reported their results for October 2019 cargo traffic, and annual comparisons are not
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West Coast Ports Report Lackluster October
Posted - November 19, 2019
Three West Coast ports saw significant drop-offs in cargo volume last month, the latest indication that the United States’
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California Trucking Association Challenges New State Labor Law
Posted - November 18, 2019
Trucking fleets in California are stepping up the fight against a new state labor law that opponents say would prevent thousands of
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ATA September truck tonnage stays in familiar range
Posted - November 13, 2019
The ATA’s advanced seasonally-adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index for September, at 117.6 (2015=100), headed up 0.2% on the
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China-US trade war’s downward pressure on air cargo intensifies in August
Posted - November 13, 2019
Fatalities in Crashes Involving Large Trucks Increased by Just Under 1% from 2017 to 2018
Posted - October 23, 2019
Fatalities in crashes involving large trucks increased by just under 1% from 2017 to 2018, to 4,951 from 4,905, according to statistics
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Downward trends for Delta, LATAM traffic continue into September
Posted - October 21, 2019
In the Americas, both Chile-based LATAM Cargo and Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines reported year-over-year declines for the month of
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