Freight expenditures moved up again in April, with expenditures index hitting its highest point in fifteen years, according to the Cass Freight Index Report. At the same time, North American shipment volumes rose to their highest level since June 2011. Freight has continued to gain momentum, indicating that the second quarter should be stronger. Shipment […]
TransCore link logistics Canadian freight index opened the new year with never seen before highs in load volumes. After closing last year setting a record high for December, January volumes climbed sharply by 43 percent month-over-month, marking its volumes the highest ever recorded for the month of January in any year. January’s year-over-year increase also […]
A new measure from the DAT North American Spot Freight Index shows that freight volume rose 10 percent in December compared to November, capping two quarters of unusually strong seasonal volume. Typically, freight levels peak in Q2, fall in Q3, and remain low through year end, but this year’s pattern formed a high plateau through […]
Spot market freight availability remained strong in November, according to the DAT North American Freight Index. For the fifth consecutive month, freight availability continued to outpace levels seen in recent years, during a time when volume typically declines. Month over month, freight availability declined 9.5 percent, the result of 4 fewer business days in November […]
