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Post-Thanksgiving spot freight — mixed pictures for flatbed, dry van, reefer
While spot rates have been setting records, there are signs that pricing is beginning to soften for the first time in more than seven months. Details here.
December 9, 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
Spot-market promise amid volume declines in the last week: West Coast vans
Freight volumes rose in a handful of major markets, but the number of spot load postings fell 5% nationwide, and truck posts dipped 1%, during the week ending Oct. 22. Bright spot: Vans on the west coast.
October 23, 2019
Business
Cargo Chief’s evolution toward multi-broker freight platform
Utilizing a myriad of sources for the carrier-provided data it makes available to brokers to save time in the process of matching with carriers on available loads, Cargo Chief’s C4 2.0 platform hopes to make good on a goal of greasing the skids for all freight transaction parties.
August 8, 2019
Overdrive Extra
When changing freight lanes, don’t forget to think differently, too
Quick-changing freight conditions affect carriers large and small, and faster than they ever did before as tech greases the change skids. The people who are going to adjust best, as has always been the case, will be independent thinkers with high-level critical thinking skills in the toolbox.
May 23, 2019
Business
After preceding week’s rise in volumes, van and reefer rates reversed downward course
There was finally a bit of a turnaround in the van and reefer markets last week when it comes to rates. After volumes built the preceding week, better weather combined with a 4.2% jump in the number of available loads to push rates higher during the week ending May 5.
May 8, 2019
Business
Trucks flooded the spot market last week returning from holidays — rates fell 4-6 cents/mile nationally
Holidays are over, it’s certain. The large majority of the trucking world is back to work. The number of trucks posted on the spot truckload freight market increased 77 percent last week, well ahead of the 9 percent gain in available loads.
January 17, 2019
Business
Spot van rates climbed through Dec. 8 as demand indicators slackened
Van freight continues to look a bit weaker than expected as Christmas nears, while bright spots have been seen in flatbed performance nationally and reefer freight coming out of McAllen, Texas and other border areas.
December 17, 2018
Business
Spot market tightens ahead of Labor Day — updates in van, flat, reefer
Market tightness slowed the recent trend of falling rates. The national average for van rates was down just 1 cent at $2.15 per mile, and on a lane-to-lane basis, the market stayed pretty well balanced, with regional demand shifts in reefers and flats.
August 30, 2018
Business
Despite seasonal dip, rates still ‘sky-high,’ with flatbed market tight nationwide
Despite spot market rates dipping slightly, they've dropped from record highs set in the month of June. Get more details on the spot market rates on Overdrive.
August 2, 2018
Business
Spot market: Where it’s hot and not for dry vans, reefers, flatbeds
The latest in the last week: Capacity is slowly returning to the spot market judging by a generally growing number of truck posts on DAT load boards, the company says, but trucks are still showing as in short supply in many parts of the country. That’s kept rates high.
June 27, 2018
Business
As spot market hummed into Thanksgiving week, higher rates in all three major segments emerged
“These should be happy holidays for the trucking community” when it comes rates, says DAT’s Ken Harper, “especially owner-operators. Looking farther out, the prognosis is still good, although there are reports of a slowing economy. We shall see.”
November 30, 2017
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