10 Min Risk Assessment – Protecting your lanes from Q4 spikes

From our partners’ offices, some industry news:

“Good morning,  Team.

I hope the weekend treated you well.

With Q4 here, we are seeing the door close on securing predictable capacity before the pre-holiday surge.

Let’s schedule aside 10 minutes to discuss this week to conduct a Q4 Risk Assessment on your top lanes.

Please also see a brief market update below.

FTL

·         Capacity Squeeze Incoming: The current oversupply is ending. Carrier bankruptcies are rising, and new truck builds are down 25%.

·         Expect tight capacity and rate spikes during peak retail/produce seasons. I can assist by securing drop trailer capacity now.

·         FTL spot rates are stable at low levels but are vulnerable to sudden spikes from weather and/or seasonal demand.

International

·         Ocean Rates & Capacity: Vessel capacity is up 6% YoY due to new ship deliveries. This massive oversupply has caused Transpacific rates to drop 50-60% since Q2.

·         Tariffs & Risk: Extreme uncertainty due to the potential end of the U.S.-China tariffs and the new 25% tariffs on Indian imports.

Thank you.”