Tag: west coast

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Small spot market improvements occurring at typical seasonal rates low point
Seasonally, we’re in the month that is usually the low point for spot rates during the year. The national average van rate in February is the lowest since May 2019, when it was also $1.79 a mile. However, the line-haul average rate (minus a calculated average surcharge) at that time was $1.47, 4 cents lower than where we are now.
February 27, 2020
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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
Second week going: Van volumes rise, but spot rates slide; weather disruption something of a norm
The strongest improvements for van markets were out West last week. Los Angeles volumes increased 8% and the average outbound rate gained 2 cents to $2.18 per mile. L.A. load-to-truck touched 5.2 last Friday. Wildfires, flooding, tornadoes and more continue to disrupt regional patterns.
October 30, 2019
DAT LT Ratio-Los Angeles Oct 27 Wide copy-2019-10-30-15-12
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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
DAT LT Ratio-Los Angeles Oct 22 Wide-2019-10-22-14-55
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Spot market update: If you’re following the demand, ‘Go west, young man’
“The whole West Coast is showing good freight and rising rates,” notes DAT’s Ken Harper, particularly in van/reefer segments. “L.A.-Long Beach was driven by the Hanjin debacle,” the abrupt bankruptcy of the Hanjin ocean shipping company, but Northern California and the Northwest are showing improvement as well.
September 29, 2016
Van overview: West Coast markets are hot, and they’re getting hotter. The load-to-truck ratio in Los Angeles lit up the entire state of California on the Hot Market map. Van trends are more mixed in the Midwest, and rates are moving down in the East.
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Spot market demand weak on West Coast with port disruptions
As spot freight falls into a typical seasonal plateau, the West Coast port disruption throws a complication on top of it All throughout the Western regions things are slower, DAT reports.
February 18, 2015
port of LA
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Hole hell in California
Wendy visits a middle-of-nowhere, Calif., rest area outhouse/reptile feeding facility.
January 9, 2013
Welcome To California
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