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The rest: Tying the knot on 2014

The third and final part of the Channel 19 2014 year in review, threading the needle through the most-read posts to the blog, here with an emphasis on rates and pay, parking and more.

December 30, 2014

Great American Trucking Show attendees got a look at Ryan and co.’s ChampTruck prototype subsequently at the Overdrive booth.

Rates: Look-back on November demand by state

DAT’s Freight index remained up year over year in November. Here find a look what states were hot for outbound demand, measured by the outbound/inbound load ratio for the month.

December 13, 2014

DAT Solutions North American Freight Index Infographic

Rates update: Van, reefer see big gains in November, flatbed falls

Per-mile spot market rates in reefer and dry van segments saw big jumps in November, keeping in line with seasonal trends, while flatbed rates fell a few cents in the month.

December 2, 2014

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Spot market rates: Seasonal downswing continues as rates stay high

Per-mile rates on the spot market fell for the fourth straight month in October, mostly in line with seasonal trends, but they remained strong and much higher than Octobers in recent years, according to data released Nov. 3 by Internet Truckstop.

November 3, 2014

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Division on liability insurance hike in the spotlight at regulatory meeting

An FMCSA advisory committee discussion offered insight into how the agency will proceed with its rulemaking to increase liability insurance minimums and the potential consequences facing small business truckers if and when an increase occurs.

October 28, 2014

Could you survive a hike in liability insurance to $2 million? $4 million? Do you already carry well above the minimum required for property carriers. If you’re using a mobile device, tap the image to call and weigh in. If you’re on a desktop, call 530-408-6423. Make sure to tell us your name and state of residence, and we’ll put a podcast together rounding up the responses.

Chad Boblett trucks up from nothing

The story of how Marine Corps veteran and onetime company driver Chad Boblett drove his independent business to success shows that, sometimes, the big leap pans out, even in this business.

October 22, 2014

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Load availability continues to boom on spot market despite small monthly drops

Spot market volume in September jumped 32 percent compared to the same month last year, according to the monthly DAT Freight Index, continuing more than a year of strong year-over-year increases.

October 16, 2014

DAT’s weekly Trendlines update shows rates remaining mostly level from the week prior.

Spot market volume and van, flat rates edge up

According to DAT’s analysis of the spot market for the week ending October 4, freight availability rebounded 1.5 percent at the close of the month and quarter.

October 9, 2014

The chart above depicts national average spot market (“broker buy”) rates in the past four weeks, derived from DAT RateView. Explore DAT’s “Trendlines” website, publishing spot trends, via this link.

Getting the best rates: Two approaches

Owner-operators Rico Muhammad and Chad Boblett share Tortoise-and-Hare approaches to using data toward commanding better rates.

October 3, 2014

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Taking control of load-matching

What has emerged through the years is the ability for owner-operators to quickly and accurately pinpoint the markets where they’re in high demand, even before arriving.

October 2, 2014

Real-time data is providing “a window into the trucking industry that we’ve never really had before,” says transportation analyst John Larkin.

Riding the spot market boom

Higher than typical volumes on the spot market coupled with tight trucking capacity are improving the rate landscape. Independents: Identify high-demand freight situations and negotiate for top dollar.

October 1, 2014

Rising rates as of August 2014

When rates drive capacity: Growth in new-carrier registrations follows spot-market rate boom

Owner-operators with their eyes on real-time demand data are well-positioned to capitalize on a large volume of freight — and attendant good rates — available from brokers in the spot market.

September 19, 2014

Polling of Overdrive readers earlier in the year yielded these thoughts on the cause of overall capacity shortages in truckload — if reports are correct, capacity could be taking an opposite turn among very-small to mid-size carriers as a result of improved spot-market rates.

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