Category: Rate Trend of the Week

A year ago, the spot market was a much more volatile place. Demand was soaring for retail freight, and the

In recent years, there’s been a spike in spot market rates in December. That hasn’t happened so far in 2018.

Reefer activity picked up after Thanksgiving, but not nearly as much as dry van freight. Right now, retail and e-commerce

Everyone came back from Thanksgiving break with plenty of work to do last week. Truck posts on the DAT load

Once upon a time, Black Friday marked the end of the retail freight season. Those days are gone. E-commerce has

With Thanksgiving approaching, it’s the reefer segment that is driving seasonal demand, as grocery stores prepare for the big day.

The West Coast continued to drive spot market demand last week. Load-to-truck ratios in Los Angeles hit 12.2 on Friday,

Demand for vans continues to heat up on the West Coast, boosting load-to-truck ratios in California, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah.

West Coast van freight heated up last week, especially in the Los Angeles market. Blame the weather. Even from a

Once again, the supply chains were dealt a major disruption last week from Mother Nature. With Hurricane Florence, the advanced

Even though rates are slow to respond, freight volumes are rising as we get closer to the fall holidays of