2022 opens with East Coast vs. West Coast battle for truckload capacity
Carriers are working hard on covering the high-priced West Coast freight, leaving shippers in the Northeast wanting.
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Carriers are working hard on covering the high-priced West Coast freight, leaving shippers in the Northeast wanting.
Prices have increased 17% but carrier compliance shows only marginal improvement
After a year of record demand, shippers are hesitant to pull their feet off the accelerators heading into the “slow” season.
The Inbound Ocean TEUs Volume Index (IOTI) measures bookings or shipping orders for twenty-foot equivalent units by estimated time of departure from the ports of origin on a daily basis. This index is a leading indicator of domestic shipping and warehousing activity. Over the past four months, the index’s high and low ranges have become ...
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