Logistics Management - January 01, 2005
Cover Story
Rate Outlook: The Money Pit
Ask shippers what they think about freight rates these days, and they're likely to say they feel as if they're being sucked into a vortex of higher prices, with no way to escape. A confluence of events—labor shortages, regulatory costs, record-high fuel prices, and rising demand that's outstripping capacity—have all come together to create a rate maelstrom in 2005.
Ask shippers what they think about freight rates these days, and they're likely to say they feel as if they're being sucked into a vortex of higher prices, with no way to escape. A confluence of events—labor shortages, regulatory costs, record-high fuel prices, and rising demand that's outstripping capacity—have all come together to create a rate maelstrom in 2005.
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