Category: Rate Trend of the Week

Demand for flatbed transportation has been off the charts for much of 2018. For a seven-week stretch in April and May, the national load-to-truck ratio

Peak season for Florida seems to have come to a close, and reefer rates responded accordingly. Prices out of Miami and Lakeland plummeted, but the

After getting off to a hot start in May, van trends took a slight dip last week in terms of truck loads and rates. That’s

Reefer load counts and rates continued to climb last week, boosted by produce markets across the country. Last week was the fifth in a row

After getting off to a hot start in May, van trends took a slight dip last week in terms of truck loads and rates. That’s

Many produce markets around the country are kicking into high gear, especially in the Southeast. Refrigerated truckload volumes have surged out of Florida, and reefer

April is in the rearview, and so is a recent trend of falling spot market rates. May got off to a hot start, boosted by

While the van markets might be showing signs of heating up, flatbed loads have been hot all winter long, and getting hotter. The national average

Van rates spiked in early April, but the national average was in a steady decline for the rest of the month. For the month, the

The spot market was in something of a balancing act last week. Volumes edged up, but that was outpaced once again by an increase in

April 1 was the end of the “soft enforcement” period of the ELD mandate. That means that trucks can now be placed out of service