# Intermodal tightness pumps Chicago freight market - FreightWaves

> Tender rejections out of Chicago have risen to 24.15 percent since July 17, diverging from a national average that fell to 17.31 percent. Trucking tightness in Chicago and St. Louis reefer markets is attributed to capacity moving out of the region.

- Date: 2018-08-14 · published 2018-08-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63693-intermodal-tightness-pumps-chicago-freight-market-freightwaves
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Truck capacity tightness in Chicago raises domestic trucking costs for feed and grain shipments, but the effect is regional and does not clearly move feed commodity prices.

## Sources

- freightwaves.com: https://www.freightwaves.com/news/intermodal-tightness-pumps-chicago-freight-market

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