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Business

Year over year comparisons show van rates just 5 percent above this time in 2017

An increase in capacity in the market, especially among small and mid-sized carriers, may be keeping spot rates in check. Details here on Overdrive.

October 10, 2018

Business

Spot rates edge down in the last week for dry vans, reefers

Van volumes largely held, but reefer markets took a step back, and the national load-to-truck ratio actually dipped below where it was at this time a year ago.

August 15, 2018

Channel 19

How about ‘broker of choice?’: A little credit where it’s due from small fleet BH Global Logistics

Credit is given where credit's due -- it's important to recognize the good ones says BH Global after driver was mistread after being late for a load. More here.

July 24, 2018

Channel 19

Reader: Chase rates all you want, but look out for the soft-market banana peel

Lester advises against chasing rates and explains how building strong business relationships with brokers helps drivers maintain freight all year.

June 21, 2018

Business

Post-Roadcheck surge of trucks on spot market dents reefer, though van rates sustain

June spot market rates strong for van lanes, while high traffic reefer lanes saw less than average rates. Check out the spot market rates for June 10-16, 2018.

June 20, 2018

Business

Uber Freight introduces ‘fleet mode’ in app

Uber Freight has updated their app to include a "fleet mode" to help small fleet owners better manage and grow their trucking businesses.

June 4, 2018

Business

Heck of a time to be a flatbedder: High demand indicators on offer in this week’s spot update

All that dark green in the map? That means flatbedders utilizing DAT load boards have been busy, with a serious imbalance between the number of posted flatbed loads and the number of posted available trucks. What’s more: It’s been that way since winter and the ELD mandate’s inception.

May 3, 2018

Business

Spot market ‘checks and balances’ 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 – still higher than the March average. Meanwhile, Spring produce moving in reefers is off to a slow start, it seems …

April 25, 2018

Business

Spring has sprung on the spot market

So much for March going out like a lamb. Nationally, the final week of the month featured a 3.5 percent increase in available freight, a 3.1 percent decrease in capacity, and another record high load-to-truck ratio for flatbed freight, and rates continued to rise in the early week.

April 4, 2018

Business

April Fool’s Day ELD-OOS nightmare may not be tough as some have guessed

In the weekly spot market update, a little intel from a recent DAT survey suggests FMCSA’s 96 percent ELD compliance rate is probably close to correct. Meantime, spot rates hold firm, and may be on the rise this week with volume trends in dry van, flat segments.

March 28, 2018

Business

Van, reefer demand update: Rates reverse course, heading up in the last week

Van volumes have been rising for two weeks, and rates followed last week. Meanwhile, reefer has mimicked van trends, though swings have been sharper. At once, spot rates have on average been above contract rates for reefers since September, perhaps portending more positive moves to come there.

March 8, 2018

Business

Comchek Mobile streamlining load payment, other transactions for 5,000 new users monthly

Comdata’s wide presence in facilitating load payments/fuel advances has translated to perhaps unprecedented ability for the provider to leverage the transaction ease enabled by smartphones with appropriate security to help drivers and owner-operators “better maximize the use of their day,” company reps note.

March 1, 2018