Category: Rate Trend of the Week

Van rates drop as more Americans shelter at home

Demand for dry van equipment continued to slide last week, along with rates. We saw it coming, as load-to-truck ratios

Truckload markets have been on the rebound for the past three weeks, but the pace of recovery sped up last

As more and more businesses across the country reopen, truckload freight markets are also trying to find their footing. Obviously,

Freight markets have been slowly rebounding in May, with the normal seasonal uptick providing some relief for transportation companies that have

The COVID-19 crisis has created an extremely difficult business environment for trucking companies this spring. Not only has it created

Spot market truckload rates hit a four-year low in April. For dry van freight, the national average was just $1.64

Reefer carriers are feeling the pain of coronavirus-related closures, as volume and rates declined sharply for reefer equipment in the

It’s been an up-and-down kind of market for reefer equipment. We’re not talking about a gentle rise and fall —

COVID-19 is causing the mother of all supply chain disruptions. Two weeks ago, we worried that the gap in imports

Rates haven’t been all that high for flatbeds, but the national average has held in a pretty stable in a

Freight rates remain in their typical seasonal slump. We’re now in that lull that occurs after the holidays, but before

It’s officially the slow season for truckload freight. January is coming to an end, and it already feels like the