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Spot market picks up steam heading into June
DAT Solutions' network of load boards shows truckload rates rising in most lanes just in time for June, a typically peak month for the spot market.
June 4, 2020
Business
Van demand indicators tick higher as outlook for rates recovery brightens
Rates are low but trending in the right direction with van, flatbed and reefer rates all above the average at the start of the month. Details on Overdrive.
May 28, 2020
Business
Spot rates bottoming out?
Weekly declines in freight rates for the week ending in Feb. 16 were small, indicating demand is increasing and rates may be bottoming out. More here.
February 20, 2020
Business
Starsky retrofitted Volvo truck completes 10 miles âunmannedâ on public road
Earlier this month, along the Florida Turnpike near Yeehaw Junction, a Volvo VNL retrofitted with autonomous driving capabilities by upstart Starsky Robotics became the first rig to drive a completely unmanned run at highway speeds on a public road alongside traffic.
June 26, 2019
Business
Volumes are high on the spot market, but rates are unmoved with an abundance of capacity
The weather is warming up and the freight is out there â in fact, van freight volumes for May are as high as theyâve ever been. But an abundance of capacity continued to keep spot truckload rates at less-than-stellar levels â and falling for vans compared to the April average â during the week ending May 19,
May 24, 2019
Business
Though spot rates remained flat, the last week saw demand dynamics change favorably as volumes grew
Posted load counts grew by a percent, while the number of available trucks fell 4%. There still was plenty capacity to meet demand, though, as national average spot rates ended the last full week of April at or below their averages for the month of March in all segments
May 2, 2019
Business
Spring has not sprung, to say the least, when it comes to vans, reefers on the spot market
National average spot van and refrigerated freight rates slipped again during the week ending April 13. The number of load posts fell 4 percent while truck posts increased. The arrival of produce season in several southern markets failed to make up for the effects of more capacity and bad weather.
April 17, 2019
Business
Truck posts up, spot rates flat in the last week
But not for flatbed, which gained 6 cents per mile as a national average rate. Spot volume fell 2 percent during the week ending April 7, while a 9 percent increase in available capacity in the form of trucks posted kept van and refrigerated rates from moving.
April 11, 2019
Business
Rates continue seasonal slide, severe weatherâs spot impact as yet minimal
DAT Solutions reports that spot truckload rates dipped again despite higher freight volumes than at this time in each of the past three years. Learn more here.
February 15, 2019
Custom Rigs
Military tribute truck draws on the âwinged knightsâ, the Husaria, of Polandâs history as inspiration
Airbrushed murals all around the cab and sleeper exteriors of independent Jerry Stetzâ 2007 Coronado depict the Husaria, or Polish Hussars, knights of the 16th-18th centuries. Stetz draws the line between the ancient defenders/warriors and modern combat soldiers fighting for what is his home today and for the last 20-plus years, the United States.
January 24, 2019
Business
Trucker likely started fatal chain-reaction crash, highway patrol reports
The Florida Highway Patrol report states a truck driver moved left out of the right lane and into the path of a 2007 Honda sedan âfor an unknown reason,â and both vehicles traveled through the median guardrail and into the southbound lanes, sparking a chain-reaction crash.
January 8, 2019
Business
Fiery crash involving two trucks on I-75 in Florida claims seven lives
A tractor-trailer and passenger car heading northbound on I-75 in Florida collided and went through the median guardrail into the southbound lanes. They then collided with multiple vehicles and caused a massive fire. See video coverage here.
January 4, 2019
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