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After a challenging period for Werner Enterprises, Chairman and CEO Derek Leathers optimistically predicts that the worst of the freight downcycle may be behind. Leathers provides insights:
Leathers acknowledges the endurance of smaller carriers and mentions Werner’s cost-saving initiatives of over $40 million, a significant portion of which have already been enacted. As the market recovers, Leathers assures that Werner will remember which shippers honored their agreements during tough times.
Source: FreightWaves
The consensus has the freight market around its bottom, so the only place to go is up. But the July Cass Freight Index suggests the climb isn't happening yet, with shipments -8.9%, truckload -12.7%, inferred rates -17% & expenditures -24.4% from last year https://t.co/U0GGI116XY pic.twitter.com/OFhLU4RITy
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