Category: Rate Trend of the Week

Reefer rates usually dip around Easter, when the urgency to get fresh shipments into stores before the holiday fades. That wasn’t the case last week,

Normally there’s a lull after the end of Q1, with the rush to get freight pushed out the door before month’s end now in the

Flatbed freight is going crazy, while vans and reefers are coming on strong. Rates and load-to-truck ratios are moving up for all three equipment types,

Flatbed freight is rolling out all over the U.S., and van freight is starting to gain traction, too. I talked about the latest trends as

Van trends: After two weeks of rising volumes, the number of van loads held steady last week on the spot market, while truck posts increased

Reefer demand and rates declined steadily throughout February, which is a pretty typical spot market trend. The declines in reefer rates were steeper than the

We had a turnaround in van trends last week, reversing course from the declines we’ve been seeing since mid-January. Volumes and rates rose nearly across

This week on Land Line Now with Terry Scruton, we talked about higher volumes, stable pricing, and what’s looking like an early spring for spot

February has been a strong month for flatbed freight. That’s not something you hear all that often, but the national average flatbed rate has increased