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LTL Freight Rates: Using data to improve annual contract negotiations

FreightWaves SONAR

Moreover, Supply & Demand Chain Executive explains , “Developing a point-of-departure strategy for partial and LTL shipments can give small and medium-size businesses delivery costs comparable to the mega shippers. However, before reaching the negotiating table, someone needs to have bargaining power.

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10 Challenges for Shippers in Negotiating Trucking Contracts

FreightWaves SONAR

Transportation analytics is among the most effective tools in trucking contract negotiations. And it’s equally important to know the top 10 challenges for shippers in negotiating trucking contracts like limited headhaul insight and how to overcome them. Limited network contacts result in higher costs.

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Fixed-Price Ocean Contracts are Dying a Slow, Painful Death…

Freightos

Traditional fixed-price contracts, once the bedrock of stability, are yielding to the pressures of market dynamism, unable to keep up with the factors impacting the markets. The pivot towards index-linked contracts and Forward Freight Agreements (FFAs) is not merely a trend but a strategic recalibration towards agility and resilience.

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Navigating the Freight Downturn with Kevin Coomes

The Logistics of Logistics

Kevin is the Vice President of Sales at Greenscreens.ai , a technology that provides predictive pricing recommendations for maximum broker margins. is a pricing platform specifically tailored for the truckload spot freight market. offers real-time market price predictions that take into account the buying power of your company.

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Embracing Strategic Digitalization to Stay Ahead of Tech Obsolescence

Locus

If we consider the average cost of a new car in the United States was approximately $40,000 in 2021, this increase is equivalent to almost 4 billion new cars. Strategic digitalization is not an option—it’s a necessity to survive in this fast-paced, digitally-driven environment, effectively seizing market opportunities.

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How LTL shipping rates work and how to track trends developing in long-term pricing agreements

FreightWaves SONAR

LTL shipping rates would historically depend on freight class and the cost per hundredweight . In the past, calculating freight class depended on the physical weight of an item, as well as what else could be shipped within the same truck to set a cost per hundredweight (CPW). Density plays a role in the form of dimensional pricing.

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What shippers need to know about how carriers price freight with historic, peer and market data

FreightWaves SONAR

However, the sheer amount of fees applied in the process to price freight for a load can amount to quite a hefty sum. . But knowing what’s happening based on historic, peer and market data can help shippers figure out how carriers price freight loads. ” This means knowing how a carrier or shipper approaches freight pricing.