3% slip seen in spot market freight, while van and reefer rates heat up
Spot market load availability slipped by 3.4 percent and equipment capacity tightened by 1.7 percent in the week of September
Spot market load availability slipped by 3.4 percent and equipment capacity tightened by 1.7 percent in the week of September
Not surprisingly, in the week of September 12 to 18, load availability on the spot freight market increased by 21%
Spot market rates have been increasing throughout the first two weeks of September, for all equipment types. For example, van
On Friday afternoon, as we watched from our second-story office window in admiration, Gary F. of Ontario Canada-based Liberty Linehaul
Contract rates for reefers increased from $1.50 to $1.51 in July. This seems odd, because spot market demand — and
Looking at recent trends, there has been a slow but steady easing in spot market freight volume since April. This
We expected spot market rates to decline after the end of June, which is usually a peak month for freight.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently began providing commercial motor carrier companies with a preview of their safety
Motor Carrier Protection Act of 2010Summary of Major Provisions, excerpted from the web site of Senator Olympia Snowe Increases the
Heading into summer, spot market freight rates for refrigerated (reefer) vans are on track to exceed contract rates by nearly
Load availability has been increasing steadily on the spot market, driving the average load-to-truck ratio over 7-to-1. Flatbed freight surged
Carriers expect to face driver shortages this year, according to the Initial responses to TransCore’s carrier benchmark survey. They expressed