
Where to Find Loads This Week: 7 Hot Markets and 2 TriHauls
Van load availability edged up 0.5% last week on the spot market, but truck posts added 3.7%, so the load-to-truck

Van load availability edged up 0.5% last week on the spot market, but truck posts added 3.7%, so the load-to-truck

You wouldn’t know it to look at the weekly trends, but if you take a step back and view the

Van load availability dropped another 9% on the spot market last week, while truck posts on DAT Load Boards held

The Pacific Northwest continues to offer high load-to-truck ratios for flatbeds, as shown in this Hot States Map for the

Demand for reefers in the Pacific Northwest has also boosted van demand in that area, since reefers are competing less

The Pacific Northwest is heating up, with high demand for vans and reefers, and not enough trucks to haul the

Freight volume increased slightly for vans on the spot market last week, but truckload capacity increased more, so the national
Rates moved in the opposite direction from load-to-truck ratios last week. Van and reefer rates declined while load volume and

July is the in-between season for refrigerated (“reefer”) freight. The go-to markets in California and Texas are quiet, and hauls

The typical July lull has begun, and spot market rates are drifting down. Every year at this time, load availability

I watch transportation statistics all day, every day. It’s my job, but it also fascinates me. After 30 years in

Texas is now the number-one state for refrigerated (“reefer”) freight transportation on the spot market, and by a wide margin.