Category: Freight Rates

Truckload Rates Rise, as Harvey Flood Waters Subside

Trends for Harvey-related rates and freight volumes continue to solidify in the DAT database, but it’s already clear that rates

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Spot market van has a new headwind – declining auto sales. I’ve been seeing the slump in rail freight traffic

Van rates subtracted two cents from the national average on Tuesday, dropping it from $1.71 to $1.69/mile. That’s the usual

TransFX recently announced a strategic partnership with DAT for the development of trucking futures contracts. Citing exhaustive research it did

Current trends in freight can be explained by looking at the top ten contract markets by the proportion of contract

Spot market freight veterans know that by mid-January we start to see freight volumes and rates trending down as the

Across the country, load-truck ratios are rocketing up in areas that produce and ship Christmas trees, with ratios as high

Trends sometimes get lost in the national picture so I decided to take a look from another vantage point. DAT

We look at national trends every week, but sometimes the detail can get lost. Then we look at lane-by-lane reports,

Reefer volumes were mostly in a holding pattern to close the month, similar to the last full week of October

I’d advise shippers not to get complacent about transportation costs. The recent bankruptcy of Hanjin Shipping combined with extreme U.S.