Category: Rate Trend of the Week

Spot market rates continue to decline seasonally, as volumes for February are slightly off compared to 2017. That loss can

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

Van rates and load counts have been trending down for three weeks, and the national average van rate slipped to

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

The demand for refrigerated trailers peaked at year-end, but the extra-cold weather in many parts of the country has kept

The national average van rate has soared in the new year, hitting a whopping $2.30/mile on January 6th. That’s a

Truckload capacity on the spot market was already tight before Christmas, but the load-to-truck ratio for dry van freight went