As shippers and carriers work to adjust to the “new abnormal,” some of the industry’s top experts share their insights on what’s around the next corner for freight management—and what new trends may emerge by 2030.
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Trucking companies, freight brokers and shipping lines are reaping big gains as companies scramble to move their goods.
Tight Capacity, Labor Shortage Persist
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September’s TVI reading—at 229—fell 1% from August. Despite the decline, this still marks the highest reading for any September on record, according to DAT. The TVI hit its all-time high in June, coming in at 237.
Despite a 1% drop in DAT's Truckload Volume Index, rates hit a high mark for any September—ever. With historic supply chain constraints, the holiday shipping season began early, driving van rates to a new monthly high for the fifth time this year.
The national average contract van rate was $2.85 per mile, up 3 cents compared to August. Read CCJ for more.
JLL’s H2 2021 Construction Outlook forecasts scant materials and labor availability continuing to constrain recovery through the first half of 2022, with worsening cost and labor conditions as nonresidential work volume finally begins to rise.
Rates across the dry van, flatbed, and reefer segments all continued to climb through the first week of October. Details here on Overdrive.