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Rates, volumes held steady into Christmas week
Meanwhile, demand indicators in national average van and flatbed load-to-truck ratios declined, while the reefer ratio increased, compared to the previous week, reflecting demand to move fresh produce and temperature-controlled goods ahead of the Christmas holiday.
December 28, 2018
Business
Rates relatively stable in all segments, though indicators strengthen for flatbed
And: The five biggest rate increases on reefer lanes, how to split up a return to Columbus from Allentown, Pa., and indicators for all three major segments — rates, demand, more.
December 7, 2018
Business
Summer seasonal rate doldrums starting to turn early in some dry van, reefer markets
Rates often stagnate after the June peak, and markets softened in July. But prices may have turned a corner last week, with van rates holding steady on higher volumes in some markets.
August 9, 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
What happened to the summer freight doldrums? August starts strong for vans, flats, reefers
DAT’s Ken Harper: “Here’s 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?”… Flatbed, reefer holding fairly strong as well, given the season.
August 11, 2017
Business
Demand edges down, but freight volumes steady in van, lagging a bit in reefer with weather
A little “bitter fruit” in the spot market update this week, notes Ken Harper of DAT. “We’re still seeing good volumes on freight, especially on the Top 100 van lanes, but unfortunately the capacity is there as well, so rates haven’t lifted.”
March 29, 2017
Business
Spot market update: Local demand indicators for three major segments in the last week
A somewhat lackluster week on the spot market saw van and reefer volume increase slightly, but rates were more or less unchanged as a national average. Flatbed volume and rates considered broadly continued to drift down, but Savannah-Charlotte was a hot round trip.
September 1, 2016
Business
Van freight: A few hot markets amid cold overall picture
Spot van load availability edged up half a percent last week on DAT Load Boards, but rates followed overall demand down in most major markets. Some seasonal bright spots, however, were evident.
November 18, 2015
Business
Spot market van freight: As volume grows slowly, pricing lags
Freight trends this week: Nationally, van rates dropped a couple cents, but opportunity exists in local markets in N.Y., Pa., Md., Va. and Ind.; Charlotte-to-Buffalo lane still ripe for triangulation.
August 20, 2015
Business
Winter storm cutting from Midwest across Southeast and beyond through Thur.
Various winter storm warnings were in effect for areas from Texas and Oklahoma east to the Appalachians and beyond; Also: More winter-trucking pics from readers around the nation.
March 4, 2015
Business
It’s AMAZING! You WON’T BELIEVE IT!!
“Keep on truckin’ – and know there are people out there who will advocate for you, even if it means being banned from every mainstream news Facebook page there is. God bless the truckers.”
November 24, 2014
Business
New York State Thruway partially reopened 3 p.m. Friday afternoon
With some sections having been closed for more than three days, as of morning November 21 more than 100 miles of the New York State Thruway east and west of Buffalo, N.Y., remained closed.
November 21, 2014
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