Tag: rates: Page 38

Business

Rates interactive: Explore online tool charting negotiation strength cycles

With Overdrive’s new interactive rate tool, gain insights into the day of the week when spot-market rate negotiations on average most favor your trailer type.

June 2, 2015

Business

National average rates: 2014 heat maps show best, worst states’ quarterly change

Explore 2014 average paid rates data in your niche — van, flat or reefer — via these interactive heat maps plotting state-by-state, quarter-by-quarter outbound rate changes.

May 26, 2015

Business

Freight volumes: Up last week on the spot market in spite of falling economic conditions

All the same, economist Noel Perry of FTR and Truckstop.com sounded some sour notes on economic outlook in the weekly Trans4Cast newsletter on spot freight trends and more.

May 19, 2015

Business

Another look at April rates: Spot market rates in all three segments tilt toward carriers (with charts)

Posted rates on the spot market in April didn’t continue the upward trend seen in March, according to the latest data from Truckstop.com, but paid rates — the actual amount paid to carriers after negotiation with brokers and shippers — climbed in all three segments in the month.

May 13, 2015

Business

April volume, rates: Spot load availability falls, base linehaul rates rise

Controlling for declines in fuel prices, base line-haul rates were up in April viewed year over year, suggesting a continuing good rate negotiating environment for independents able to secure freight.

May 12, 2015

Channel 19

Rates hall of fame: Top 10 U.S. states for outbound freight

Does knowing historical rate performance on average help you in your day-to-day negotiations and planning? Find 2014 top performing states and Q2 outbound averages nationwide here.

April 17, 2015

Channel 19

Uberization postscript, with Truckstop.com head Scott Moscrip

“The transportation industry is kind of like the Middle East, there’s always turmoil.” –Truckstop.com President and CEO Scott Moscrip on neverending broker-carrier-shipper back-and-forth on rates, unlikely to change with so-called “Uber-style” brokerages…

April 16, 2015

Business

Preferred pricing from Canal Insurance with dual-camera-system use

Lytx announced it has signed an agreement with Canal Insurance Company to offer the Lytx DriveCam Program to insureds in exchange for preferred insurance rates.

April 16, 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

Rates hall of shame: Bottom 10 U.S. states for outbound freight

Turns out it’s true: Colorado on average is on the list for outbound freight — so are many Northeast states. At once, some states in the NE region show some of the highest rates for inbound freight. More data, discussion here.

April 6, 2015

Voices

POLL: How far in advance do you negotiate your loads?

Independents, this poll probes the extent to which you pre-plan loads (negotiating a day or days ahead of time) or look to maximize rates by negotiating “the day of” the load.

April 6, 2015

Business

Reefer, van, flatbed all see rate increases in March

That’s the first across-the-board rate increase since June 2014 and at least a temporary bright spot in an otherwise rocky 8-month period, with gross rates largely trending downward in that time period and gains built up prior erased.

April 3, 2015