Fragmenting freight markets and the domino effect (Video)
Kyle Lintner, Principal and Managing Partner at K Ratio and Zach Strickland, FreightWaves’ Director of Freight Market Intelligence, join host Michael Vincent on this episode of Freight Forecasting. As a full-service risk management firm, K-Ratio provides solutions for shipper customers, carriers and 3PLs by implementing aligned strategies to reduce the price volatility associated with the […]
Finding opportunity in the COVID-19 freight market – Freight Forecasting
Freight Forecasting host Michael Vincent shows SONAR users how to build out market tables that will give quick insights into market conditions on a tactical level. Watch the episode below: In addition to showing you how to build a market table, you’ll learn to analyze the data through charting and comparing the different indices. Michael […]
The C-suite to the brokerage “boiler room” floor! – Freight Forecasting
In this episode of Freight Forecasting, host Michael Vincent and FreightWaves’Lead Economist Anthony Smith explore the most important freight data points and macro data sets to navigate the freight markets – whether you work on a brokerage floor or in the C-suite! Michael and Anthony look at the five “must have” SONAR dashboards. While SONAR […]
Navigating the freight recovery – Freight Forecasting (video)
Freight Forecasting welcomes FreightWaves’ Lead Economist, Anthony Smith, who joins host Michael Vincent to discuss the latest economic data releases. The information embedded in those releases can help the freight industry navigate the recovery from the pandemic-induced closure of much of the American economy. Industries and individual companies are up-and-running and freight volumes are increasing. […]
Swoosh, V, or W? Are the signs of recovery sustainable? – Freight Forecasting
FreightWaves’ Lead Economist, Anthony Smith, joins Michael Vincent to discuss how macroeconomic data can be used to forecast short- and long-term freight markets. They discuss whether the economic indicators are a reflection of recovery from the coronavirus closings will be a swoosh, V-shaped or W-shaped. Watch the episode below: Michael and Anthony also talk about […]
Are shippers making a mistake with low contracted rates? – Freight Forecasting
In this episode of FreightWavesTV’s Freight Forecasting, a key question is answered: Are shippers making a mistake with low contracted rates? Jason Miller, Associate Professor of Logistics at the Eli Broad School of Business at Michigan State University, discusses the current freight market and the pitfalls of pulling forward the contracted rate bid cycle with […]
Fastest growing brokerage in North America is innovating – Freight Forecasting
This edition of Freight Forecasting features Jason Roberts, President of Avenger Logistics. He and FreightWaves’ Freight Forecasting host Michael Vincent discuss how Avenger uses SONAR to keep its employees up-to-date on key trends and data so that they can make tactical and strategic decisions. Watch the episode below: Avenger Logistics is based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. […]
