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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
Business
Airbnb for under-utilized trucks?: The âCOOP by Ryderâ short-term-rental platform
Trailers, too. Marco Ardila of Florida-based Firstway Logistics Trucking, an 11-truck fleet, has been among those utilizing the new platform where owners can list their vehicles on the digital platform, set vehicle availability for idle periods, and upon vehicle return receive guaranteed payments from Ryder.
January 28, 2019
Business
Truly Spring-like freight volumes arrive for vans, reefers, rates adjust up
Waiting for spring freight? It's finally here. DAT analyst, Matt Sullivan, explains which spot rates & volumes are looking strong for vans & reefers this May.
May 9, 2018
Business
Spot market extremely tight, favoring truckers, ahead of Christmas week
A lot of truckers took time off last week ahead of Christmas, which meant there were already fewer trucks on the road. It was also the first week under the electronic logging device mandate, and the combination of the upcoming holiday and new regulations pushed the national load-to-truck ratio for vans up higher than itâs ever been â 10.1 loads per truck.
December 29, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
ELD protest enters third day in Miami
A group of drivers and owner-operators have shut down along U.S. 27 near the Florida 826 interchange in greater Miami through the end of the day today, at least, in protest of the electronic logging device mandate. Others have joined in around the country.
December 20, 2017
Business
Dozens of trucks burn in separate incidents, arson suspected in two fires
Arsonists targeted tractor-trailers over the weekend in Maine and Oklahoma, burning a total of nine trucks between the separate incidents, according to local media reports. Also, as many as 30 trucks were destroyed in a separate warehouse fire in Miami on Monday.
April 4, 2017
Business
Reefer rates follow van to winter lows, particularly out West
With last weekâs spot market update, it looked like van rate averages on many lanes might have been near the bottom for this slow season. Itâs looking that way for reefer rates now, and spot market volumes have been relatively constant in the segment.
February 22, 2017
Business
Florida group plans trucking rally from Miami to Tallahassee for June 6
Florida truckers have come together with plans for a rally ride from Miami to Tallahassee to âexpress their dissatisfactionâ with some specific issues plaguing the industry. A press release issued to Overdrive by Ponce Seoane and Alberto Cruz-Torres, two of the organizers, begins with this appeal: We are a group of owner operators and transportation professionals [âŚ]
May 20, 2016
Business
Two steps forward, one step back: Spot market van, reefer rates retreat in last week after gains
After volume and rate gains across van, reefer and flat segments the prior week, this past week has seen van loads flat for volume. More posted trucks resulted in something of a slight rates give-back. But weâre still up over the April average.
May 19, 2016
Business
Van, reefer rates steady but still low, reefer hot spots in the Southeast
National average rates held steady for vans and reefers last week. Spot market loads on DAT Load Boards edged down 2 percent overall in volume, but demand increased for reefers, especially in the Southeast. As noted, Miami and Atlanta are performing fairly well for reefers, depending on the destination. Furthermore, the run to Miami from Atlanta [âŚ]
April 28, 2016
Parking
Notes on Miami
âLast week I learned that I donât care much for Miami.â Diamond in the rough: the Mobil station on state road 997 in Krome has one of the best cheese-steaks around. âŚ
April 17, 2015
Channel 19
Interviewing Overdrive 2010 Trucker of the Year Mike Crawford
Always a pleasure, it is, to get a call from Mike âMustangâ Crawford (pictured), the Prime-leased owner-operator who is Overdriveâs 2010 Trucker of the Year (follow that link for my story about him in our February edition). I got one such call just last week. Crawford told me about his truckâs recent inadvertent inclusion in [âŚ]
February 8, 2010
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