Michael Rudolph

Venture capital flowed into freight technology companies as the pandemic shook up supply chains. Now, investors are increasingly cautious.

Venture capital flowed into freight technology companies as the pandemic shook up supply chains. Now, investors are increasingly cautious.

J.P. Morgan analyst Brian Ossenbeck warned in a research note that Amazon’s entry as a for-hire competitor poses a substantial risk to LTL stocks.

Recent filings paint a stark picture of Nikola’s financial woes, with assets estimated between $500 million and $1 billion against liabilities ranging from $1 billion to $10 billion.

If consumers were able to keep pace with the incredible inflation of the early pandemic, they should be able to weather any storm kicked up by tariffs.

New tariffs pose a significant challenge for U.S. refiners, who are already grappling with declining profit margins.

The latest U.S. sanctions on Russian oil are rumored to be expansive, encompassing two Russian oil companies and more than 100 tankers, as well as oil traders and Russian insurance firms. The sanctions may also hit Chinese banks that facilitate Russian oil trades.

Blanket tariffs, like any other tax, may include certain exemptions. It is these exemptions — not the tariffs themselves — that are the real tool.

From ocean container flows to intermodal rail movements and truckload tenders, our white paper lays out the impact of the port strike.

Ship recycling has fallen to its lowest level in 20 years, per a recent report by the Baltic and International Maritime Council.

The early stages of this recovery are characterized by a rebalancing market, a return to normalcy after a four-year roller coaster of volatility.

The sustained imbalance between supply and demand has yet to be corrected, such that only an unprecedented tidal wave of demand could satisfy the current amount of capacity in the national freight economy.

Florida International University College of Business’s Dr. Patrucco teaches novel approaches to buyer-supplier relationships.

Spot rates did eventually see a boost at the start of the new year, albeit one that was unable to meet our prior forecasts.

Tender volumes began to outpace 2020 earlier this week and are now marching toward favorable comparisons with 2021.

Florida International University College of Business’s Dr. Maloney argues for a holistic, but not purely academic, understanding of supply chains.

Volumes are leveling out at the start of December, delaying the seasonal dip that ordinarily occurs at this time of the year.

On this week’s episode of Taking the Hire Road, Jeremy Reymer, founder of DriverReach, is joined by Simon Curtis, CEO of Career Driver and director of Curtis Gabriel.

This week, freight markets underwent a surprising rally that saw a wave of volumes sweep across the country.

Domestic manufacturers fail to inspire optimism, since they foresee major headwinds on output in the first half of 2024.