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Rates Hit Multi-Year Highs. What's Next?

Posted: 17 Oct, 2017 by Pat Pitz

Over the past few weeks, freight rates have surged to multi-year highs and capacity was diverted, causing truck shortages in some key markets. Consider these recent milestones, compiled from DAT RateView: Vans - During the first week in October the national average van rate rate hit $2.09 per mile on the spot market. The van rate hasn't been that high since late 2014. During the last week of September the van load to truck ratio hit 7.0 loads per truck, the highest ever recorded in DAT Trendline...

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Categories: Freight Rates

Tags: Broker Carrier Owner-Operator Shipper Hurricane Irma Hurricane Harvey Emergency Freight

Spot Market Van Volume Hits Record-Breaking High

Posted: 26 Sep, 2017 by Matt Sullivan

Spot market volumes hit an all-time high on the top 100 van lanes last week. Rates rose on 66 of those lanes, and the national average van rate of $1.94 per mile is 16¢ higher than it was for the month of August.

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Categories: Rate Trend of the Week

Tags: Carrier Owner-Operator Hurricane Irma Hurricane Harvey Emergency Freight

Freight Rates Adjust to Post-Hurricane Irma Demand

Posted: 19 Sep, 2017 by Matt Sullivan

Nationally, spot market volumes rose above pre-Harvey levels, and load-to-truck ratios on DAT load boards remain high. Relief efforts are underway in Florida, and our hearts go out to those recovering from Hurricane Irma.

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Categories: Rate Trend of the Week

Tags: Broker Carrier Owner-Operator Hurricane Irma Hurricane Harvey Emergency Freight

Want to haul FEMA loads? It's complicated

Posted: 19 Sep, 2017 by Peggy Dorf

How to find FEMA loads and what to expect when hauling emergency freight.

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Categories: Trucking Industry Trends

Tags: Broker Carrier Owner-Operator Hurricane Irma Hurricane Harvey Emergency Freight

Emergency Freight: What Harvey Tells Us About Irma

Posted: 13 Sep, 2017 by Peggy Dorf

Hurricane Irma's impact on freight appears to be following patterns that are more typical of a big weather event, while Harvey was exceptional in many ways.That's because Florida is more of a destination than an origin during this season, but Houston is a manufacturing powerhouse that also serves as...

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Tags: Broker Carrier Shipper Hurricane Irma Hurricane Harvey Emergency Freight

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