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WEEK
JUL 15 - JUL 21 VS. JUL 08 - JUL 14 |
MONTH
JUN 2024 VS. MAY 2024 |
YEAR
JUN 2024 VS. JUN 2023 |
| Spot Load Posts | -11.1% | -9.4% | -8.4% |
| Spot Truck Posts | +5.0% | -9.4% | -26.9% |
| Van Load-To-Truck | -17.4% | +7.5% | +34.9% |
| Van Spot Rates | -1.2% | +1.8% | -1.0% |
| Flatbed Load-To-Truck | -14.7% | -18.5% | +9.7% |
| Flatbed Spot Rates | -1.3% | -0.6% | -4.3% |
| Reefer Load-To-Truck | -13.4% | +11.9% | +28.2% |
| Reefer Spot Rates | -1.4% | +0.9% | -1.9% |
| Fuel Prices | -1.0% | -2.6% | -2.1% |
National Spot Rates
VAN
FLATBED
REEFER
Weekly Brief
Logistics Manager's Index shows promising signs
July 15 – 19: The Logistics Manager’s Index (LMI) recorded 55.3 in June, slightly down (-0.3) from May’s reading of 55.6. The index has expanded for seven consecutive months and 10 of the last 11 months. Dry van load post volumes retreated following the prior week’s retail shopping-driven surge, dropping by 14% w/w and 3% y/y. Last week’s volumes were 13% higher than Week 29 levels over the last seven years, excluding the pandemic-influenced years of 2020 and 2021.
Fuel Prices
FUEL PRICE / GALLON
Weekly Percent Change
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About Trendlines
DAT Trendlines is a free weekly spot market freight report, providing an overview of national freight market trends. The average trucking rates are based on DAT iQ’s $150 billion database of actual freight payments.
The report includes a weekly snapshot of the rolling month-to-date national average trucking rates for van, reefer and flatbed. National average rates in Trendlines are for lanes of 250 miles or more.
Trendlines also includes national supply and demand metrics based on load and truck posts on the DAT One load board network by freight brokers, shippers and carriers.You can also explore historical monthly trucking industry trends and compare spot trucking freight rates to the contract rates that shippers pay directly to carriers by visiting the links below:
Van Demand & Capacity
Van Spot Market Rates
Flatbed Demand & Capacity
Flatbed Spot Market Rates
Reefer Demand & Capacity
Reefer Spot Market Rates
The national trends reported in DAT Trendlines are not necessarily reflective of trends that freight brokers, shippers and carriers may be seeing in individual trucking lanes or regions. To fully understand market and truckload pricing dynamics in your lanes, DAT provides a full suite of freight rate and market data available from DAT iQ or tools in DAT One load boards.
To access the full history of DAT Trendlines reports, contact DAT’s Analytics Services team.