While van rates have settled during the last month and flatbed rates continue to increase throughout 2011, reefer rates have

TransCore has seen a slight dip in spot market freightavailability as well as an uptick in truckload capacity. These trends

Hey guys, here’s list of stories I’ve been following this week: We were off to a rough start as more

Freight volumes fell in the last week of April in areasimpacted by severe weather and flooding. This directly affected freight

Nationally, flatbed rates are up $0.07 per mile in themonth of April. In the latest week, 28 of47 major lanes

Van rates declined on the U.S. spot market in the most recent two-week period. In 60 high-volume van lanes, 44

Van and flatbed rates have increased consistently over the past three months, as I’ve blogged before. Now that reefer rates

Spot market freight availability reached the highest volume in a single week since at least January 2008 led by vans

Rates typically increase on the spot market during the last week of the quarter, so they were expected to rise

This week I will again focus on the van segment which posted an overall 0.8% increase in linehaul rates and

By Mark Montague Each week I examine 48 major lanes, looking for price changes in each direction. Usually, several spot