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This Week in Logistics News (August 25-29, 2014)

Talking Logistics

June 2014 North American Freight Numbers. According to the company, “The ‘Newegg Express’ will be testing the same-day delivery service throughout the Los Angeles metropolitan area through Christmas 2014. If successful, the program will expand next to Indianapolis, IN; Edison, NJ; and Memphis, TN.”.

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West Coast Heats Up for Van Freight

DAT Solutions

So far, the national averages for spot market rates in October are the highest they've been since the Snowpocalypse of 2014. Columbus to Memphis also dropped 13¢ to $2.15/mile. Back then, it was a series of winter storms that disrupted supply chains and pushed load-to-truck ratios unusually high for several months.

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2 Signs That the Freight Recession Really Is Over

DAT Solutions

Last week, the national load-to-truck ratio for vans was the highest it's been since March 2014. Higher prices out of Memphis and Columbus tell us that retail traffic is moving, and higher rates out of Dallas and Seattle show us that the improvement is far-reaching.

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Supply chains on film

Supply Chain Movement

And explains that he sent it before leaving Memphis. “It From Memphis, America, to Nikolia in Russia in eighty seven hours. This article was first published in Supply Chain Movement 14 – Q3 2014. He holds up a FedEx package for the Russian employees to see. Eighty seven hours is a shameful outrage. This is just an egg timer! .

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Van Rates Hit Highest Mark in 2 Years

DAT Solutions

For van freight, last week's national load-to-truck ratio was the highest it's been since mid-2014. For the month of May, the biggest rate increases were on outbound lanes from Memphis and Charlotte in the South, and Los Angeles and Stockton in California. Prices on the Memphis to Columbus lane kept climbing, up another 26¢ to $2.26/mile.

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March Freight Moves Out on a High Note

DAT Solutions

mile as a national average, the highest since 2014. More specifically, if you're looking for a load out of Houston, Dallas, or Memphis, you'll see higher rates. Memphis to Indianapolis gained 22¢ to $2.58/mile. Also, if you have an available flatbed, you're gonna be very, very popular with freight brokers.

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2017 Outlook: The Freight Recession is Over

DAT Solutions

An 18-month malaise was triggered by the worldwide collapse of oil prices at the end of 2014. Instead, rates and volumes shot up in places like Memphis and Columbus, both associated with e-commerce fulfillment, and even Denver and Seattle exhibited unusually robust rates and shipping patterns. The freight recession is over.

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