Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

In response to Hurricane Harvey, for example, JDRF and other organizations shipped more than 3,750 pounds of donated diabetes supplies to Houston (including 200,000 syringes, 50,000 pen needles and 20,000 alcohol pads) to help people with diabetes affected by the hurricane. Descartes Reports Fiscal 2018 Second Quarter Financial Results.

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DAT Solutions

AUGUST 31, 2018

In the first half of the year, the spot market in Texas was boiling over, with not nearly enough trucks to cover the growing demand for freight. Demand also cooled out of Houston, the largest flatbed market in the country and the top market supplying Midland and its surrounding counties. mile in August 2018 on a nationwide basis.

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TMC

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

The recent decision by Japan’s three largest container companies to merge their shipping operations is yet another symptom of the volatility that is roiling the freight business. The Wall Street Journal reported that a new joint entity could start operating from April 2018. Assess your network’s footprint and freight flows.

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DAT Solutions

JULY 6, 2018

In 2018, we've seen record volumes and record prices, with the national average rates for each trailer type setting all-time highs in June. The DAT load board is the largest on-demand truck load freight exchange in North America , and load posts by freight brokers and shippers are on pace to shatter even more records this year.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 3, 2019

Flatbed carriers didn't hear a lot of good news in the second half of 2018. DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 279 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $57 billion in real transactions.

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DAT Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 270 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $45 billion in real transactions. Memphis to Houston rate = $3.00 Houston to Memphis rate = $1.95

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 24, 2017

For those who keep a close eye on freight market trends and have lived through past capacity shortages, the signals arrived early this year that the freight market would quickly tighten, and that rates would soon spike. Devastating hurricanes in Houston and Florida, and the ongoing recovery efforts that will tie up capacity.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 3, 2019

While this past December might have been slower than expected, 2018 ended much the same way it started: Not enough trucks to keep up with demand. Less freight moved last week, as businesses shut down for Christmas. Denver to Houston , fell 52¢ to $2.59/mile, Same for Atlanta , with the lane to Charlotte up 23¢ to $2.74/mile.

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DAT Solutions

MAY 14, 2018

May 2018: $2.71 Much of that activity is centered in the Houston market. The top four flatbed lanes in the country originate or end in Houston: #1 Houston market to Houston market. #2 2 Houston market to Midland, TX market (the Permian Basin). #3 3 Houston market to Dallas market. #4. May 2017: $2.10

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DAT Solutions

MARCH 6, 2019

DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 256 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $60 billion in real transactions. Year-over-year, flatbed volumes are up 15-20% in February compared to 2018.

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DAT Solutions

MAY 30, 2018

Demand for flatbed transportation has been off the charts for much of 2018. DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 179 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $45 billion in real transactions.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 2, 2018

2017 was a wild year, as freight transportation faced one disruption after another. Those four factors added up to extraordinary pressure on spot market truck capacity, driving rates up as high as we’ve seen them since at least 2010, when we established the freight rates database that forms the foundation of DAT RateView.

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GTG Technology Group

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Houston is a Major Transportation Hub. Harvey flooded Houston, turning the fourth largest city in the U.S. Here’s why Houston is so significant to transportation: Most goods transported from Mexico and South America go through Houston before being routed to their end destinations. into a lake.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 1, 2022

US port backups are extending into freight rail supply chains. Nestlé has cut greenhouse gases by 4 million tons since 2018. The backups stretch to major freight hubs including the key transit point at Chicago, freight executives say, where containers have been piling up at rail yards. a unit of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

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GTG Technology Group

MAY 22, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (MAY 23, 2018). HOUSTON, TEXAS: GTG today announced its partnership with McLarty Capital Partners (MCP), with capital contributed through its investment platform Transferre Technologies, Inc. McLarty Capital Partners (MCP) invests in GTG Technology Group (GTG).

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6 River Systems

APRIL 4, 2019

These advancements are accelerating thanks to better tools that were created in 2018. “Tightening capacity requires a more ‘connected’ broker…” While freight growth is forecast to slow in 2019, truckload capacity will remain tight, largely driven by a tight labor market, new regulations and other factors. marctuinier.

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DAT Solutions

MARCH 21, 2018

Expect a surge of spot market freight next week, as shippers rush to close the quarter on a high note, while refrigerated trucks move last-minute food for Easter. HOT MARKETS : Houston is the leading van market in terms of spot-volume growth in 2018. as final-mile retail freight activity picked up ahead of Easter.

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DAT Solutions

JUNE 19, 2018

DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 179 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $45 billion in real transactions. Rates were up 2.4% on top lanes out of Atlanta , too. Last week it was $2.98/mile.

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