Reefer Rates Continue to Cool
February is usually the slowest month of the year for spot freight, and declines in reefer rates have been sharper
February is usually the slowest month of the year for spot freight, and declines in reefer rates have been sharper
The national average van rate has fallen for six straight weeks now, but that’s pretty typical for mid-February. What’s less
Flatbed trends have been mostly neutral overall so far in February. There are signs of spring, with higher volumes in
DAT Industry Pricing Analyst Mark Montague spoke with OOIDA’s Terry Scruton this week on Land Line Now. They discussed the
Spot market rates continue to decline seasonally, as volumes for February are slightly off compared to 2017. That loss can
Each week we sit down and talk freight rates and trends with Terry Scruton of OOIDA. This week, DAT’s Mark
Van rates continued to moderate last week, and van load posts declined as we moved into February. Prices are still
The energy sector heated up in January, which contributed to higher flatbed load counts for the month. Bad weather in
This is typically the off-season for refrigerated freight, but we can still see the impact of the ELD mandate across
Spot market demand tends to slow down in the middle of January, so it wasn’t surprising that load posts on
Reefer load counts stayed high through the second week of January, with temperature-controlled trailers being used in many areas to
Load posts on the DAT Network have risen steadily since the second week in November, and they were up another