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Freight confidence slips

Short term worries helped pull down the latest overall Stifel Logistics Confidence Index, said joint  publishers Transport Intelligence (Ti) on 18 February. Although the economic outlook for 2014 is expected to be bright, it igot off to a slow start with the overall Logistics Confidence Index slipping 0.6 points to 56.0, the second consecutive monthly decline. The overall sea freight logistics confidence index fell 1.1% with overcapacity and erratic rates. However, compared ... [+]

Confidence returns to forwarding market

Improvements in the Stifel Logistics Confidence Index continued into November as the overall index climbed 2.5 index points to 57.1, says transport consultancy Ti. The index has remained above 50 since February - not only its highest level but the first time that the individual air and sea indices have ... [+]