Tag Archive for freight rates

Recession Watch: Inventory Glut, Iffy Consumer Demand Sink US Freight Volume

by Wolf Richter • Apr 19, 2016 • 21 Comments

Worst March, worst first quarter since 2010.

Freight Shipments Hammered by Inventory Glut, Weak Demand

by Wolf Richter • Dec 15, 2015 • 19 Comments

The goods-based economy swoons.

US Freight – Trucking, Rail, all of it – Goes to Heck

by Wolf Richter • Nov 12, 2015 • 19 Comments

“A drawdown much like the one we saw in 2009 and 2010.”

Shanghai Containerized Freight Index Collapses: China-US Rates Hit Hard, China-Europe Rates Plunge to All-Time Low

by Wolf Richter • Apr 20, 2015 • 6 Comments

“Rates in many Asia export trades are in a tailspin.” And here’s why.