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The producer price index for long distance LTL prices follows the same trend-line as truckload spot rates FreightWaves' SONAR chart of the week (May 12, 2019 – May 18, 2019) Chart of the Week: Producer Price Index Long-Distance LTL, DAT Van Freight Rate Index (USA) (SONAR: PPI.LDLTL,...

Recent shipping trends reflect a slowdown in user demand across the air, rail, maritime and truckload modes of transport. Those trends seem to have passed by the $42 billion per year less-than-truckload (LTL) segment. Carriers have been in control of the market for two years, demand remains...

  In a 2016 Pew Research poll, 64 percent of Americans said they prefer to purchase items from brick-and-mortar stores rather than online, all things being equal. But 65 percent also said that price was the determining factor in their purchase, and with lower prices online now the...

Aterian Investment Partners, a private equity firm from New York, announced its acquisition of Chattanooga-based Xpress Global Systems, LLC (XGS), an LTL carrier focused on carpet and other floor covering products. Panton Capital Holdings, an Atlanta-based private equity firm, was the seller in the...

United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE: UPS) said today it will temporarily suspend the operations of its less-than-truckload unit, UPS Freight, at least until Teamsters union members vote for a second time on a collective bargaining agreement, and it has advised customers in the meantime to seek...