spot market

Bybit — a major cryptocurrency derivatives exchange — announced the launch of its spot trading platform. What Happened: According to an announcement shared with Benzinga, Bybit's new spot trading platform has not market maker fees. At first, it will include Bitcoin (CRYPTO...

In the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet, Zach Strickland thinks that we may see some sustainability in the market, and in the DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index, Andrew Cox talks with Anthony Smith about how consumers are filling the service gap. Photo by M. B. M. on Unsplash

Relative capacity — measured by the percentage of contracted truckloads rejected by carriers and brokers — stayed loose through month-end, with national rejections at 5.36%. It's the freight on the Pacific Ocean that has us worried. Customs imports into Los Angeles/Long Beach are 23% below 2019's...

Spot freight may only account for 10-20% of total freight moved in the U.S., but its activity paints the picture of the entire freight market. Tom Mallon joins to discuss the direction of rates in 2020. Also; Coronavirus update along with the current state of the market as well as recent economic...

Anthony Smith hosts Market Expert Donny Gilbert to talk about the markets in today's Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet. Market Expert Lucas Falasca presents today's Broker Update and talks about lanes from Illinois to Michigan. Image Sourced from Pixabay

FreightWaves Market Expert Zach Strickland speaks with Associate Editor JP Hampstead about this week's rate changes as we enter peak season and Thanksgiving. Image Sourced from Pixabay

From the first day of on the job training, a freight broker is taught to focus on owner-operators and micro-fleets (one to three trucks) to find capacity. The tribal knowledge surrounding this belief is: smaller fleets rely on the spot market the most; and larger carriers source all their freight...

Spot truckload freight volumes failed to meet expectations in May, said DAT Solutions, which operates the largest truckload freight marketplace in North America. Image sourced from Pixabay

Rust Belt automotive volumes continue to disappoint Companies in the expedited market – which includes truckload, straight truck and Sprinter van freight – said that volumes and rates have fallen faster than the normal truckload spot market, albeit off higher highs. By now the story of...