Freight Shipping

Preliminary NA Class 8 net orders in February were 23,600 units, up 13% y/y (+27% m/m), while NA Classes 5–7 net orders were 17,500 units. Complete industry data for February, including final order numbers, will be published by ACT Research in mid-March. ACT’s State of the Industry: Classes 5–8 Vehicles…

According to this quarter’s issue of ACT Research’s Trailer Components & Raw Materials Forecast, supply-chain concerns still linger, with some manufacturers sharing that they see no short-term improvement in sight. …

Join one of our Freight Analysts as we do a deep dive into the code behind one of our use cases for the new Voyages dataset. Introduction Our Freight team has created a use case for our Voyages dataset which allows clients to track the behaviour of ballast vessels after…

The latest release of ACT’s For-Hire Trucking Index, show volumes and the supply-demand balance increased in December, while freight trucking rates continue to decline. The ACT For-Hire Trucking Index is a monthly survey of for-hire trucking service providers. ACT Research converts responses into diffusion indexes, where the neutral or flat…

Finding the right shipping option for your company can be a daunting task. That’s why we want to offer you a helping hand by giving you some advice on how to negotiate better rates and terms with trucking companies, coming from a trucking company. Find out what you need to…

ACT’s latest release of the North American Commercial Vehicle OUTLOOK reported moderating core personal consumption expenditures (PCE), slowing jobs growth, and decelerating wage inflation indicate the Fed’s campaign to bring inflation under control may be bearing fruit, and the need for further interest rate increases may be limited. The N.A…

What Is a Freight Charge? | Shipup Tracking Platform When you transport your goods from one country to another, there is a fee you should pay for the whole transportation…www.shipup.net As a writer for Shipup, I had the opportunity to dive into the often-overlooked world of freight charges. You may have heard the term thrown around before, but do you really know what it means and how it can affect the cost of shipping your goods?

A container freight station (CFS) is like a bustling hub in the world of global shipping. It’s a place where containerized cargo is expertly consolidated and deconsolidated, loading and unloading onto ships, trucks, and trains with precision and efficiency. But it’s not just a place for containers to come and…

In a recent blog post for Shipup, I had the opportunity to write about the often-confusing concept of the port of discharge and port of load in the shipping industry. The port of discharge is the final destination of the goods, where they are offloaded from the transportation vessel. The…