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Short documentary look inside lives touched by a Transport for Christ mobile chapel
It’s rare to see a close look at the realities of the lives of individual drivers and owner-operators anywhere outside the trucking press. Here find a look at Andrew Cohn’s short documentary “Destination Park,” centered around a Transport for Christ mobile chapel in Grand Rapids.
August 21, 2019
Business
Spot van demand falls, rates follow; some reefer bright spots
There’s some good news in the Midwest for reefer operators migrating away from California, where demand has declined. Load volume from Los Angeles fell 10%, Sacramento was down 5%, and Ontario lost 3% last week. Market to watch: Grand Rapids reefers.
August 13, 2019
Business
Summer dog days for rates on the spot market? Some exceptions in the last week
Last week vans were in highest demand in California, Nevada, and states bordering the Mississippi River. But rate gains were best in the East for the week ending Aug. 4. Markets to watch: vans out of Philadelphia, volatility in reefer markets, more.
August 9, 2019
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
Holiday freight is moving as L.A., Chicago top van markets in latest spot update; reefer strengthening too
Since Hurricane Irma, van freight rate gains have been more or less sustained, and “to put this in perspective, we haven’t seen van rates this high for a protracted time … since the Polar Vortex/Snowpocalypse of 2014,” DAT’s Ken Harper says.
November 8, 2017
Business
After hot end of July on the spot market, lucky lanes in van, reefer
The central question remains whether we’ll see the typical August slump in freight and rates for vans and reefers, or if the economy has enough oomph to make August as relatively exceptional as July was.
August 3, 2017
Business
Reefer market update: Rates, demand tumble nationally, with some bright spots in local markets
National average reefer rates continued to show declines last week, but outbound rates continue to trend up in key agricultural markets, including Grand Rapids, Mich.; McAllen, Texas; and Nogales, Ariz..
October 14, 2015
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