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Spot market extremely tight, favoring truckers, ahead of Christmas week

A lot of truckers took time off last week ahead of Christmas, which meant there were already fewer trucks on the road. It was also the first week under the electronic logging device mandate, and the combination of the upcoming holiday and new regulations pushed the national load-to-truck ratio for vans up higher than it’s ever been – 10.1 loads per truck.

December 29, 2017

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Reefer, van spot market demand remain high in the last week over much of the country

Last week, the national average reefer rate hit its highest mark in three years at $2.40 per mile, and the market has looked more like June than November.

November 22, 2017

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What happened to the summer freight doldrums? August starts strong for vans, flats, reefers

DAT’s Ken Harper: “Here’s one for the record books: August started stronger for vans than any of the last 18 months. August! Really? What happened to the summer doldrums?”… Flatbed, reefer holding fairly strong as well, given the season.

August 11, 2017

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After hot end of July on the spot market, lucky lanes in van, reefer

The central question remains whether we’ll see the typical August slump in freight and rates for vans and reefers, or if the economy has enough oomph to make August as relatively exceptional as July was.

August 3, 2017

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Spot market opportunity: End of month, end of quarter, pre-holiday picks

Given it’s the end of June and the end of the second quarter of the year (when freight typically rises in volume as shippers move inventory) and we’re headed into a four-day-ish Fourth of July, conditions are strong for van, reefer freight.

June 28, 2017

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Back to normal: I-85 in Atlanta reopens six weeks after collapse

While through-trucks are not allowed to take I-85 through downtown Atlanta where the collapse occurred, the number of vehicles that had to be rerouted onto I-285, I-20 and other highways and surface streets clogged traffic around the city during the repair process.

May 16, 2017

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Guv: I-85 in Atlanta to reopen by Monday, just six weeks after bridge collapse

Just six weeks after a March 30 bridge collapse on I-85 in Atlanta snarled traffic around the city, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal announced Wednesday the interstate will reopen by the morning rush hour on Monday, May 15, and possibly sooner.

May 10, 2017

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Van rates edge up nationally, reefer freight moving out of growing areas to the South

DAT’s Ken Harper notes the freight-volume picture was more or less the same as in March to close out the month. The final week of April, “we had expected a bigger bump with the usual end-of-month inventories being cleared, but the bump didn’t happen,” Harper says.

May 3, 2017

Charlotte has been a major source of van loads on DAT load boards this spring, and the lane to Philadelphia paid an average of $2.31/mile last week. But volumes are down coming back out of Philly, and the lane to Charlotte is a low-paying one by and large – averaging just $1.37/mile. Split the return with a leg from Philly to Charleston, W.Va. ($1.91/mile average lately), then another from there to Charlotte ($2.16/mile). Not counting deadhead, the extra drop and pick would add a little more than 200 miles and more than $740 in revenue, figuring the averages, if you can make it work with your hours.

Atlanta gets worse: Truck traffic on I-20 WB now being diverted

Truckers traveling through Atlanta on I-20 westbound will be diverted after a section of the Interstate buckling Monday morning.

April 17, 2017

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Georgia DOT hopes $3.1M in incentives helps reopen I-85 by May 21

Georgia DOT officials are offering $3.1 million in incentives to a contracting company to get I-85 reopened as early as May 21, local news outlets are reporting.

April 12, 2017

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I-85 lanes closed indefinitely in Atlanta, causing major traffic disruptions

All lanes of I-85 north and south are closed indefinitely from the downtown connector to Georgia Highway 400. While most trucks are required to use I-285 to go around the city, the closure of one of the main thoroughfares out of Atlanta will cause backups on other routes.

March 31, 2017

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Weekly spot freight update: Reefer, van volumes still strong compared to 2016

The normal seasonal slow-down has been leading to lower demand and lower rates, but van volumes continue to look solid compared to 2016 in the spot market. And: How to maximize Cleveland-to-Chicago via Fort Wayne.

February 3, 2017

That lane outbound from Chicago is still averaging $2.59/mile, a pretty good rate for this time of year. Break the Cleveland to Chicago segment into two shorter hauls and you’ll more than make up the revenue difference, based on per-mile averages. Loads from Cleveland to Fort Wayne, Ind., paid $2.43/mile on average last week. From there to Chicago: $2.45/mile. If you can make it work with your schedule, you’d only be adding 26 miles and you’d boost your roundtrip revenue by around $340.

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