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Freight Market Update and Q2 Trucking Outlook

Zipline Logistics

Following an unprecedented downturn, the freight market has posted an almost full calendar year of impressive growth spurred by demand from a few sectors of the domestic economy. The second half of the past quarter was highly atypical and posted freight volumes that vastly exceeded those generally seen during peak season.

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From Globalization to Glocalization

Enterra Insights

Some call it ‘global resilience’ or ‘economic statecraft’ We call it ‘homeland economics’ The crucial idea is to reduce risks to a country’s economy — those presented by the vagaries of markets, an unpredictable shock such as a pandemic, or the actions of a geopolitical opponent.

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What happened to all the Texas freight?

DAT Solutions

In the first half of the year, the spot market in Texas was boiling over, with not nearly enough trucks to cover the growing demand for freight. Regional van markets like Dallas and Memphis —which send freight to Houston—seem to be impacted by the slowdown in oil drilling as well. What happened? Map from DrillingInfo.com.

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Ghost in the Marketing Machine

Tailwind

Like some think King James is still alive and living in Cleveland… but they are sadly mistaken”. Presented more like a collaboration? Well, I never thought of it that way.”. Yes – innovative eh?”. But didn’t Kennedy and Trump have their books written by someone else… someone who was not mentioned up front.