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Whatâs changed at the docks? Virtually âeverythingâ
Truckers sound off on the good, the bad and the completely frustrating new protocols instituted by shippers and receivers. Details on Overdrive.
April 14, 2020
Business
Spot market load volume down 39% â in one week
DAT load board network notes the number of available truckloads on the spot market fell 39% during the first week of April 2020. More information here on Overdrive.
April 9, 2020
Business
News roundup, Oct. 16: Digital freight brokerâs âback-up planâ, LTL haulerâs last-mile expansion, new Pilot opens in Texas
Archerhub, a digital freight broker based in Denver, has a built-in âback-up planâ with its own small fleet of trucks. FedEx Freight is expanding its LTL final mile services. Pilot Flying J opened a new travel center in Odessa, Texas.
October 16, 2019
Business
New carrier admin portal from Uber Freight
Uber Freight debuted a new web-booking portal designed to help dispatchers simplify workflow, and a new app interface built to provide a more intuitive experience for carriers and drivers.
August 20, 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
Freight recession? Not as long as volumes continue strong
Major van marketsâ volumes regained all they lost during the July 4 holiday week, as talk of a freight recession arose from some industry quarters. Reefer shows signs of volume falls in the last week, but not the other major segments, DAT notes.
July 18, 2019
Business
Rates were on the up in holiday week, as demand indicators fell
It wasnât exactly a fireworks display, but national average spot van and refrigerated freight rates sparkled a bit last week as shippers looked for carriers to move freight during a compressed delivery window. Decreased activity, at once, caused demand indicators to fall.
July 11, 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
Down another 4-5 cents/mile: Average spot rates in the last week, all segments
Truckload capacity, with more truckers advertising their availability to haul via the load boards, is building in the first weeks of 2019. National average spot rates for dry van, reefer and flatbed are going the other direction. Showing signs of the mid-Winter seasonal slump getting well under way, the number of trucks on the spot [âŚ]
January 24, 2019
Business
Dump-focused service launches in L.A. market
Online dump-truck-focused load platform Trux has opened for business with the greater Los Angeles market as the first step in an eventual national roll-out planned to take place over the course of the year.
January 17, 2019
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The broker-margin transparency federal law already affords to carriers who request it
Owner-operators have a âright to reviewâ amounts paid by shippers, collected by brokers and disbursed to themselves in any brokered freight transaction. But a right does nothing for anyone if not exercised â too many truckers, watchers contend, just arenât aware of this one.
January 9, 2019
Business
Holiday week major-lane van volume boost well illustrates e-commerce extension of retail freight season
The âBlack Fridayâ after Thanksgiving once marked the end of the retail-freight season, but last week showed how e-commerce is extending the holiday push. Rates on the 100 highest-volume van lanes rose an average of 2.3 percent, or 5 cents per mile, during the week ending Nov. 24, with 78 of those lanes moving higher,
November 30, 2018
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