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Spot market in the last week: Load/truck ratios jump as rates fall back slightly
An influx of imports into West Coast ports helped push load-to-truck ratios higher on DAT load boards during the week ending Nov. 3. National average spot rates, however, continued to slide, if only slightly. Also: Close look at data from a market to watch: Atlanta.
November 7, 2018
Business
Truckers will soon be able to work Port of Oakland on Saturdays
The Port of Oakland intends to become one of the few U.S. ports to offer off-peak shifts by adding full Saturday operations.
September 2, 2015
Channel 19
Freight from the ports: Savannah benefiting from West Coast freight diversions
If trends continue, watch for well better van rates out of Georgia as freight heats up with the Spring.
April 7, 2015
Channel 19
Trucker demand on the West Coast with the port backlog: Update
As of last week Tuesday, Los Angeles outbound was showing a load-to-truck ratio of 0.7 on DAT boards — the company considers 2.5 a balanced ratio. Look for demand to heat up mid-March.
March 2, 2015
Channel 19
Port haulers on Occupy actions
The Occupy Wall Street movement claimed solidarity with West Coast port haulers yesterday in efforts with varying success to shut down ports in Southern and Northern California as well as farther north in the Pacific Northwest. Some port haulers reciprocated the gesture. This “Open Letter From America’s Port Truck Drivers,” for instance, originating from the […]
December 13, 2011
Business
Occupy demonstrators move against ports
Assemblies were reported for California ports and action was planned for other West Coast ports.
December 12, 2011
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