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Load Volume and Rates Move in Opposite Directions

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Along with our standalone freight rates tool DAT RateView, all DAT load board packages include broker spot market rates on the lanes you're searching. 5% more van loads were posted last week , and the load-to-truck ratio heated up in the Northeast and parts of the Midwest, as shown in this Hot States Map for the week of August 2 - 8, 2015.

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How Natural Gas and Plastics Impact the Truckload Spot Market

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In the period of 2015 to 2019, an estimated 560 new plants will enter the market, with many eyeing the export marketplace. Hopper cars will carry the plastics to packaging facilities in the Dallas / Fort Worth area. There are 13,500 US facilities for plastics and polymer products.

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