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Protesters plan to shut down part of I-94 in Chicago Saturday
The gun violence awareness march will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 7, in the northbound lanes of the Dan Ryan (I-94), from 79th Street to 67th Street.
July 5, 2018
Business
Roadcheck rates, volumes for vans and reefers on the spot market
Spot rates continue positive trend for June with van rates soaring to their highest since April. See van and reefer hot markets from the DAT on Overdrive.
June 7, 2018
Business
Capacity tightened, rates rose, ahead of Memorial Day weekend
Spot rates on the rise, setting up June to see volumes unseen since January. View flatbed and van hot markets (and not so hot markets) according to the DAT.
May 31, 2018
Business
Van volumes dip slightly, while produce-led reefer volumes build
Last week was the fifth in a row for rising volumes of reefer freight while there was a small change to the negative in van rates and volumes last week.
May 17, 2018
Business
Spot market āchecks and balancesā on offer in the last week for van, reefer freight
Van freight volumes edged up last week, but load posts were outpaced once again by an increase in available trucks. That led to a 5 cent dip in the national van rate, which sits at $2.16 per mile for April ā still higher than the March average. Meanwhile, Spring produce moving in reefers is off to a slow start, it seems ā¦
April 25, 2018
Business
Some mottling in recently intense spot market demand maps, as seasonal declines continue
Spot rates in many parts of the country are still above the peak prices from 2017, but van rates are starting to climb down from extreme heights of recent weeks, reefer rates at an even faster pace. At once, this is not a typical February.
February 8, 2018
Business
Spot market demand indicators drop but remain favorable for truckers
Load post counts were on the rise last week, but truck posts rose even higher after the holidays. It was the first week the van load-to-truck ratio declined since the ELD mandate went into effect. Yet the ratio was still 10.7 van loads per truck, way above whatās been historically typical, for any time of year.
January 17, 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 āto put this in perspective, we havenāt seen van rates this high for a protracted time ā¦ since the Polar Vortex/Snowpocalypse of 2014,ā DATās Ken Harper says.
November 8, 2017
Business
What happened to the summer freight doldrums? August starts strong for vans, flats, reefers
DATās Ken Harper: āHereās 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?āā¦ Flatbed, reefer holding fairly strong as well, given the season.
August 11, 2017
Business
After hot end of July on the spot market, lucky lanes in van, reefer
The central question remains whether weāll 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
Business
Demand edges down, but freight volumes steady in van, lagging a bit in reefer with weather
A little ābitter fruitā in the spot market update this week, notes Ken Harper of DAT. āWeāre still seeing good volumes on freight, especially on the Top 100 van lanes, but unfortunately the capacity is there as well, so rates havenāt lifted.ā
March 29, 2017
Business
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
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