Van volumes keep rising. When will rates?
Truckload van shipments on the top 100 van lanes nearly hit a record high last week. In past years, a surge in fall freight almost
Truckload van shipments on the top 100 van lanes nearly hit a record high last week. In past years, a surge in fall freight almost
Domestic goods, combined with produce moving into the U.S. from Mexico and South America, provided a big boost to the reefer sector last week, as load counts hit
Van volumes got a bit of a boost late last week. Three of the most important van markets — Chicago, Dallas, and Los Angeles — all showed increased load
After a brief surge in reefer rates at the end of September, rates have moved lower in October. Last week freight volumes were down sharply
Normally this is when we start to see a bump in spot market freight, with the holiday retail season approaching. That didn’t materialize last week, as
Last week saw more shipments of refrigerated freight compared to the week before, but that wasn’t enough to boost reefer rates. In the top 72
We usually see a boost in freight volumes in the last week of the quarter, and last week was no different. Van freight volumes were
Just as we saw with van freight, flooding in the Houston area following Tropical Storm Imelda disrupted freight patterns across the the reefer supply chain. Freight volumes were
Tropical Storm Imelda hit the Gulf Coast last week, bringing up to 40 inches of rain to the Houston area. Houston is the country’s #3 van market
Truckload markets sprang into action as Hurricane Dorian attacked the East Coast. But since the storm passed, so too has the urgency that pushed rates
Flatbed freight has lagged for much of the year, but demand spiked on the top flatbed lanes last week. A big part of that was
National average reefer rates for September so far are above where they were in August. Part of that is because of apple harvest season, which has