Category: Rate Trend of the Week

The holiday rush is underway. Last week, van rates hit their highest level since January, as the national average jumped to $1.94 per mile. That’s

Thanksgiving coincided with the end of the month, adding extra urgency to truckload reefer shipments. That boosted rates and pushed the national average reefer rate up

Thanksgiving week was short but intense. Thanksgiving occurred later in November this year, so the holiday weekend coincided with end-of-month pressures. Not surprisingly, rates rose sharply on loads

The holiday rush is underway. Refrigerated freight volumes hit a new weekly record, surpassing even 2017’s record-setting volumes. Reefer rates jumped more than 3% last week and

Holiday freight continues to move, and van rates have risen in three of the past four weeks. In the top 100 van lanes last week, rates increased in

Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away, and there’s an urgency to get fresh and frozen goods to supermarkets before the big day. Last week we

Freight volumes have been building for weeks, but sufficient capacity has kept rates in check so far this fall. The national average van rate of

We’re currently in that transitional season between the end of fall harvests and the beginning of the holiday rush. For example, last week the Grand Rapids,

Load volumes have been rising since mid-October, but rates have not responded until now. For November so far, both van and reefer rates are 2¢ higher

Flatbed rates and load-to-truck ratios trended down last month. The average flatbed rate for October was $2.12 per mile, 3¢ lower than the September average. However, there

Over the past few weeks, freight volumes have been building, but there was enough capacity to keep rates from rising. Last week we saw a turnaround.

September finished strong for flatbed freight, but load counts have drifted down during the month of October. Flatbed rates have also drifted lower. Manufacturing has slowed