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Business

Spot van rates hit low for the year

On the top 100 van lanes, 64 lanes showed lower average rates last week, 29 were higher, and seven were unchanged. Also: Trends and key markets for van, flat and reefer segments.

October 25, 2018

Business

Load volumes in the last week fell with Hurricane Michael

Hurricane Michael contributed to a decline in load posts on the DAT network of load board. Get the numbers for the week ending Oct. 13, 2018, on Overdrive.

October 18, 2018

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

Rates on the national level stable over the last few weeks

While load-to-truck ratios and spot rates spiked prior to Hurricane Florence, demand and pricing on a national level has been stable for the last few weeks.

October 5, 2018

Business

Spot market rates settle after historic spring and summer

As spot market rates come down from record highs, the dips for reefer and dry van are part of seasonal trends, with rates usually dipping some in late summer.

October 2, 2018

Business

Illustrating how Hurricane Florence affected spot market demand

In the wake of Hurricane Florence, DAT Solutions illustrates inbound load-to-truck ratios for vans for the weeks of September 9 and 16, 2018.

October 1, 2018

Channel 19

‘Rock your rate’: Using spot market demand data to advantage

Boblett provides a platform on which members of his Rate Per Mile Masters Facebook group could ask specific questions and get the answers they are looking for.

September 26, 2018

Business

Readjusting spot market resumes downward seasonal trend most places, shifts in Florence-affected areas

Find out Hurricane Florence's impact on spot market rates and where van and reefer hauls are the best across the United States on Overdrive.

September 21, 2018

Business

Freight boom, ELDs created ‘most disruptive time seen in trucking’

The FTR Conference covered trucking and the combination of economic growth, ELDs and hurricanes forcing record-tight truck capacity and historically high rates.

September 18, 2018

Business

Van rates rose in the ‘short’ Labor Day week, reversing recent seasonal falls

Find out how weather events can affect spot market rates and get your hot (and not so hot) sport market rates for van and reefer freight on Overdrive.

September 12, 2018

Business

Spot market tightens ahead of Labor Day — updates in van, flat, reefer

Market tightness slowed the recent trend of falling rates. The national average for van rates was down just 1 cent at $2.15 per mile, and on a lane-to-lane basis, the market stayed pretty well balanced, with regional demand shifts in reefers and flats.

August 30, 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