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Reefer, van spot market demand remain high in the last week over much of the country
Last week, the national average reefer rate hit its highest mark in three years at $2.40 per mile, and the market has looked more like June than November.
November 22, 2017
Business
Short holiday week on the spot market: Rates rose, though demand indicators lagged
The spot market last week saw lower load volumes than in recent weeks on DAT load boards, notes the companyâs Ken Harper, mostly given the Fourth of July landed on a Tuesday this year. And though freight volumes were down, average rates for vans, reefers and flats were up by a dime, a nickel and a nickel respectively.
July 13, 2017
Business
Mixed week on the spot market for vans, reefers
This weekâs spot market demand update sees capacity loosening up a bit â truck posts. However, volumes remained high, and rates held for vans on most top-volume lanes.
June 22, 2017
Business
Though the weather turns colder, spot market temps turn up for vans, flatbeds
Winter weather in the Midwest and Northeast could push rates even higher the week of Christmas, since parcel freight will be moving until Saturday the 24th, and those lanes will be slower and more difficult.
December 16, 2016
Business
Christmas gifts for spot market carriers in e-commerce
According to Adobeâs digital index, shoppers have spent $1 billion online on all but one of the 35 days between Nov. 1 and Dec. 5, and Cyber Monday was roughly double that â $1.94B. Obviously, the goods had to get to distribution centers in order to be fulfilled.
December 8, 2016
Business
A roll into and through the fall freight seasonâs demand for dry vans
Van, reefer demand continued relatively strong in this weekâs spot market update following the Thanksgiving 2016 holiday. Hot markets, rising and falling rates on specific lanes, and more in this update.
December 2, 2016
Business
Post-July 4 spot market fireworks
Spot market rates typically take something of a dive after the July 4 holiday, but that wasnât the case in the âshort weekâ last week.
July 13, 2016
Business
Van spot market update: Can you guess the worst-performing lanes of the week?
âWhat goes up must come down,â says DATâs Ken Harper, who notes laws of gravity as a general rule might well be applied to âto truck loads and rates on the spot market,â particularly as seen this past week.
December 17, 2015
Channel 19
Rates, lanes on Labor Day weekend and beyond: A new resource
Whereâd you load Friday? As owner-operator Chad Boblett of the Rate Per Mile Masters Facebook group and Rates and Lanes podcast notes, the answer probably had a lot to do with the rate you were able to negotiate for the long weekend.
August 30, 2014
Channel 19
âAmerican Trucksâ from across the pond; Need-a-new-lane blues
Swiss photographer Ulysses Frechelinâs âAmerican Trucksâ fine-art photo book; and reader Eric Buckel on I-15 from Barstow to Vegas: Add a new lane!
July 1, 2014
Business
DAT launches RateView
DATâs new RateView revamp of the Truckload Rate Index with several new features can be helpful for owner-operator load, lane and price analysis for profitable load planning.
August 13, 2013
Voices
Hours restart looming July 1
Could the July 1 hours changes be much ado about nothing? Many Overdrive readers say so â but for some drivers with little control over weekly scheduling routinely maximizing driving hours, the change may bust the bottom line.
May 19, 2013
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