3PL Insights

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In 1973, the ATA introduced the Truck Tonnage Index, a monthly estimation of the total weight of freight transported by truck in the United States. This article shares details on the Truck Tonnage Index, how the data reflects the overall economy, and other ways to interpret the data. The tonnage index for July 2021 was 109.8,

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FreightWaves SONAR

JUNE 30, 2023

Earlier this month, at the Future of Supply Chain event in Cleveland, FreightWaves introduced a solution to help stabilize the relationships between shippers and transportation providers and align incentives on both sides of the marketplace: Index-Linked Contracts. To learn more about Index-Linked Contracts, click here.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This is part of the Fast Growth 50 index for 2023, which identifies the fifty fastest-growing companies across six nations and regions, including the North of England. The Fast Growth 50 is an annual index that identifies the top 50 fastest-growing companies in six nations and regions, including the North of England.

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Blue Grace Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Q1 optimism seen in BlueGrace Confidence Index Show Submenu Resources The Logistics Blog® Newsroom Whitepaper Case Study Webinars Indexes Search Search BlueGrace Logistics - December 11, 2023 The recently-released edition of the BlueGrace Logistics Confidence Index issued by Tampa, Fla.-based

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Women in Trucking

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This is according to the 2023 WIT Index, which also reports the percentages of women in the C-Suite, serving on boards of directors, and in functional roles including operations, technicians, and HR/talent. Did you know that women make up nearly 12.1% of professional drivers?

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Blue Grace Logistics

AUGUST 30, 2023

Data for the BlueGrace Logistics Confidence Index is aggregated through a survey of shippers and reflects all freight transportation modes, while correlating growth or shrinkage to overall industry volume of shipments and price of products, according to BlueGrace.

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Logistics Management

APRIL 21, 2021

The DAT Truckload Volume Index reflects the change in the number of loads with a pickup date during that month, with the actual index number normalized each month to accommodate any new data sources without distortion, with a baseline of 100 equal to the number of loads moved in January 2015.

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Blue Grace Logistics

MARCH 1, 2023

What does this quarter’s index mean to shippers? Join us as Mark Derks, Chief Marketing Officer of BlueGrace and Jason Lockard, Sr. Vice President of BlueGrace Managed Logistics®, review the newest predictive marketplace tool. WHAT QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED? Why is forecasting “orders” critical in managing supply chains? We can help.

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Logistics Management

JANUARY 17, 2023

The new edition of the Cowen/AFS Freight Index, which was released today by New York-based investment firm Cowen Inc. and Shreveport, La.-based

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 7, 2023

The Global Supply Chain Pressure Index fell to -1.71 in May 2023, marking the lowest level on record based on data stretching back to 1997.

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Blue Grace Logistics

MARCH 1, 2024

Flat Shipper Confidence for Q2 2024 Show Submenu Resources The Logistics Blog® Newsroom Whitepaper Case Study Webinars Indexes Search Search BlueGrace Logistics - March 1, 2024 AJOT | March 1, 2024 The second quarter of 2024 forecast reveals horizontal to slightly down confidence from shippers across industry segments.

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Blue Grace Logistics

MARCH 1, 2023

What does this quarter’s index mean to shippers? Join us as Mark Derks, Chief Marketing Officer of BlueGrace and Jason Lockard, Sr. Vice President of BlueGrace Managed Logistics®, review the newest predictive marketplace tool. WHAT QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED? Why is forecasting “orders” critical in managing supply chains?

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 15, 2023

DHL and New York University’s Stern School of Business have released the new DHL Global Connectedness Index 2022 , an in-depth report on the state of globalisation and its prospects. After a slight decline in 2020, the composite DHL Global Connectedness Index rose back to above pre-pandemic levels in 2021.

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Supply Chain Brain

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Xeneta, an ocean freight rate benchmarking and market analytics platform, and Compass Financial Technologies, a financial index provider for alternative asset classes, announced the launch of the Xeneta Shipping Index by Compass, a daily container freight index.

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Logistics Management

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The most recent edition of the DAT Truckload Volume Index (TVI), for the month of October, which was recently released by DAT Freight & Analytics, again set a new all-time high, with the firm observing that truckload prices, at all-time highs, reflect how shippers are willing to pay premium rates to move their freight.

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Freight 105

Blue Grace Logistics

DECEMBER 12, 2022

BlueGrace Logistics Confidence Index™. The BlueGrace Logistics Confidence Index measures expected industry expansion or contraction based on revenue forecasts, inventory levels, and order volumes. Creating the BlueGrace Logistics Confidence Index supports the application of predictive and prescriptive analytics.

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Blue Grace Logistics

MAY 31, 2023

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 14, 2020

It would seem to come down to tracking these truckload freight rate index values. . Chief among them is a simple misunderstanding of freight rate index value and what index will help improve operations. . They lack the full scale and power of a real index. Defining the freight rate index. Download the White Paper.

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Blue Grace Logistics

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Confidence Index™ Offers Supply Chain Insights Ahead of 2023 Show Submenu Resources. BlueGrace Logistics Confidence Index™ Offers Supply Chain Insights Ahead of 2023. New index measures unique indicators within dynamic marketplace. See the Q4 BlueGrace Logistics Confidence Index Here. The Logistics Blog®. Whitepaper.

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Logistics Management

JULY 26, 2021

Paced by a combination of rising truckload volumes, due largely to high levels of retail imports and peak produce shipments, June spot and contract truckload rates reached a new record, for the June edition of the DAT Truckload Volume Index, which was recently released by DAT Freight & analytics, an online marketplace for spot market truckload freight, (..)

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Blue Grace Logistics

JULY 21, 2021

FreightWaves NOW hosts Kaylee Nix and Anthony Smith talk to Adam Blankenship, COO of BlueGrace Logistics, about their LTL Service Correlation Index. The post BlueGrace Discusses LTL Service Correlation Index appeared first on BlueGrace Logistics. Click here to view.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 21, 2020

This week, we look at BluJay Solutions’ Freight Market Index. Our April 2020 Freight Market Index report will show America’s […]. The post Editor’s Choice: BluJay Solutions Freight Market Index appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. Even more important is data in context.

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Logistics Management

JANUARY 28, 2021

The report’s fourth quarter National Shipment Index—at 128.1—was annually, and on the spending side, the report’s fourth quarter spend index—at 222.36—was compared to the third quarter and up 1.3% was up 19.7%, from the third quarter to the fourth quarter, and was up 14.0% annually.

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Freight 107

Logistics Management

OCTOBER 22, 2021

-based 3PL and freight audit and payment company AFS Logistics LLC announced they have partnered up to roll out a new offering, entitled the Cowen/AFS Freight Index.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JUNE 27, 2023

Data for the BlueGrace Logistics Confidence Index is aggregated through a survey of shippers and reflects all freight transportation modes, while correlating growth or shrinkage to overall industry volume of shipments and price of products, according to BlueGrace.

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Logistics Management

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The report’s third quarter National Shipment Index—at 114.9—was On the spending side, the report’s third quarter spend index—at 186.0—was was up 6% compared to the second quarter and down 7.6% This followed a 7.6% decline, from the first quarter to the second quarter. was up 14.6%, from the second quarter to the third, and was off 7.3%

Freight 92

Freight 92

Logistics Management

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The September edition of the DAT Truckload Volume Index, which was issued this week by DAT Freight & analytics, an online marketplace for spot market truckload freight, picked up where August left off, posting all-time highs for spot market rates for van and refrigerated, or reefer, truckload freight.

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Logistics Management

AUGUST 14, 2020

The July edition of the DAT Truckload Volume Index, which was issued this week by DAT Freight & Analytics, a subsidiary of Roper Technologies and operator of an online marketplace for spot market truckload freight, pointed to gains, at a time when market conditions and freight demand remain impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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Supply Chain Brain

MAY 19, 2022

s removal this week from an industry benchmark index is raising new questions about what ESG actually means to investors. Tesla Inc.’s

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Industry 98

Logistics Management

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The report’s shipment index value—at 124.6—increased increased 1.5% compared to the second quarter (down from a 4.4% growth rate, from the first quarter to the second quarter) and increased 2.4% On a year-to-date basis, through the first three quarters of 2021, shipments are up 1.1% And the third quarter freight spend reading—at 246.8—was

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Freight 92

Freightos

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The concept of an index, reporting the market price for a specific good, was developed precisely for this reason. Its value explains the existence of the S&P 500 for nearly 95 years, the power of the Baltic Dry Index for determining bulk shipment prices, and even poultry indices. Enter the Freightos Baltic Index (FBX).

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Logistics Management

JANUARY 31, 2022

The report’s shipment index value—at 121.6—was was off 2.4%, from the third quarter to the fourth quarter, and was down 5.1% For calendar year 2021, shipments fell 0.5% annually and were down 4.5% when compared to 2019. The fourth quarter freight spend reading—at 267.5—saw gain, from the third quarter to the fourth quarter, and it was up 20.2%

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Freight 114

NGT News

JULY 31, 2023

Power EV Index, an analytics tool for tracking the electric vehicle market, to help establish benchmarks and monitor ongoing development of EV infrastructure nationwide. Power EV Index to Help Guide Charging Infrastructure Buildout appeared first on NGT News. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected the J.D.

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Fleet Owner

APRIL 20, 2022

The seasonally adjusted for-hire index is 3.8% above the March 2021 figures from American Trucking Associations, which tracks contracted freight in the U.S. This was the eighth straight month-to-month gain.

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Fleet Owner

JULY 17, 2019

FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index fell back nearly two points in May to a new reading of -2.3. The TCI has been in negative territory since March and reflects a general weakness in conditions affecting carriers. The outlook is for relative stabil

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Trucking 97

Logistics Management

JUNE 16, 2020

With minimal improvement off of dismal April readings, which were viewed as “recessionary,” the May edition of the Cass Freight Index, from Cass Information Systems, showed that the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on freight transportation shipments and expenditures remains intact.

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Freight Transportation 90

Logistics Management

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The United States Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported this week that its Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) eked out a slight increase in July, the most recent month for which data is available, up 0.3%, to 128.9, compared to June’s 128.5,

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