The most recent edition of the Cass Freight Index Report issued this week by Cass Information Systems continued an ongoing trend of annual freight shipment and expenditure declines, for the month of January. Many freight transportation and logistics executives and analysts consider the Cass Freight Index to be the most accurate barometer of freight volumes
The most recent edition of the Trucking Conditions Index (TCI), which was recently issues by freight transportation consultancy FTR, pointed to an uptick. According to FTR, a TCI reading above zero represents an adequate trucking environment, with readings above 10 indicating that volumes, prices and margin are in a good range for carriers. For December,
Coming off of a mixed third quarter, freight shipment and spending levels were down across the board on a sequential and annual basis, according to the most recent edition of the U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index, which was recently issued by Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank. This report, which was initially launched in the third quarter of
Freight transportation consultancy FTR reported this week that the most recent edition of its Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) took small steps on the way to continued improvement. FTR describes the SCI as an indicator that sums up all market influences that affect the transport environment for shippers, with a reading above zero being favorable and
The most recent edition of the Trucking Conditions Index (TCI), which was recently issues by freight transportation consultancy FTR, showed that market conditions remain in a holding pattern, of sorts. According to FTR, a TCI reading above zero represents an adequate trucking environment, with readings above 10 indicating that volumes, prices and margin are in
