Tag: retail freight

Business

Spot van rates climbed through Dec. 8 as demand indicators slackened

Van freight continues to look a bit weaker than expected as Christmas nears, while bright spots have been seen in flatbed performance nationally and reefer freight coming out of McAllen, Texas and other border areas.

December 17, 2018

Business

Holiday week major-lane van volume boost well illustrates e-commerce extension of retail freight season

The “Black Friday” after Thanksgiving once marked the end of the retail-freight season, but last week showed how e-commerce is extending the holiday push. Rates on the 100 highest-volume van lanes rose an average of 2.3 percent, or 5 cents per mile, during the week ending Nov. 24, with 78 of those lanes moving higher,

November 30, 2018

Overdrive Radio

The ‘Amazon effect’ and opportunities for small fleets, owner-ops who can cash in

Part 1 of this edition of Overdrive Radio podcast delves into the opportunities and dilemmas small carriers, owner-operators, and brokers currently face.

May 25, 2018

Business

Holiday freight is moving as L.A., Chicago top van markets in latest spot update; reefer strengthening too

Since Hurricane Irma, van freight rate gains have been more or less sustained, and “to put this in perspective, we haven’t seen van rates this high for a protracted time … since the Polar Vortex/Snowpocalypse of 2014,” DAT’s Ken Harper says.

November 8, 2017

Channel 19

uShip’s Charles Myers details commercial freight online-auction opportunities, future

The online-auction model of the uShip.com system for retail freight is entering the commercial arena. Their new General Manager of Freight, Charles Myers (pictured), like you, is a veteran of that arena. While he’s most recently served in freight projects in China, his background also includes the Presidency of commercial load board service GetLoaded.com. “I’ve […]

July 11, 2011