The State of Freight: Global Disruption and the Freight Market Reset

About this episode

The episode discusses the critical transition in freight markets due to rising geopolitical tensions and their impact on global supply chains.

Freight markets are entering a critical transition point. Rising geopolitical tension in the Middle East is already rippling through global supply chains. Shipping lanes are shifting, fuel prices are rising and carriers across every mode are adjusting capacity and pricing. At the same time, the U.S. freight market appears to be approaching its long-anticipated turning point. Join Craig Fuller and Zach Strickland for this month's State of Freight webinar as we break down the latest data and what it means for shippers, carriers and brokers. We’ll cover: - How the escalating conflict involving Iran is impacting global supply chains - The latest signals around the long-awaited freight market flip - How trucking, ocean, rail and air cargo markets are responding - What the latest data is telling us about capacity, pricing and demand Follow the Freightonomics Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Craig Fuller, Zach Strickland

Topics covered

• freight market
• global supply chains
• geopolitical tension
• capacity and pricing
• shipping lanes
• market transition

Keywords

• freight market
• global disruption
• shipping lanes
• fuel prices
• capacity
• pricing
• demand

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FreightWaves, Iran

Places: Middle East

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