Winter storms blow freight market back into disarray
Winter storms blow freight market back into disarray Winter weather retightens domestic trucking capacity even as demand drops 4,666 4 minutes read Chart of the Week: Outbound Tender Reject Index, Outbound Tender Volume Index – USA SONAR: OTVI.USA, OTRI.USA The recent string of winter storms and cold weather that has gripped the central U.S. disrupted shipping across the country in a way that is somewhat counterintuitive — volumes fell while capacity tightened. The Outbound Tender Volume Index (OTVI) — a measure of shipper requests for truckload capacity — fell over 6% last ...