DAT Solutions
MARCH 18, 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. National Average Freight Rates. loads per truck. Rising Rates.
DAT Solutions
JANUARY 17, 2019
That extra capacity cut the national van load-to-truck ratio nearly in half. Plus, freight moves are less urgent at this time of year, so prices down were across the country. Denver to Albuquerque was down 30¢ to $2.04/mile. Philly to Buffalo dropped 32¢ to $2.42/mile. Los Angeles to Phoenix fell 27¢ to $3.10/mile.
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DAT Solutions
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Current trends in freight can be explained by looking at the top ten contract markets by percentage of contract-spot mix. Top markets for van freight. Top markets for van freight. For van freight, the top two contract markets are in southern California. England depend on longhaul freight out of the West.
DAT Solutions
OCTOBER 23, 2018
West Coast van freight heated up last week, especially in the Los Angeles market. In mid-September, we were focused on evacuating the Carolinas and diverting trucks and freight away from Hurricane Florence. loads per truck, with areas of tighter capacity along the West Coast. Denver to Albuquerque got a 7¢ increase, to $2.18/mile.
DAT Solutions
JULY 29, 2015
July is the in-between season for refrigerated ("reefer") freight. Freight volume continued to cool off for reefers last week, but some pockets of high demand remain in New Mexico, Arkansas and the Lower Midwest, as shown in this Hot States Map for the week of July 19-25, 2015, below. Those Lower Midwest markets are harvesting melons.
DAT Solutions
JANUARY 9, 2019
Truckload capacity remained tight during the first week of 2019, and national average rates increased 3¢ for vans, reefers and flatbeds. That pushed the load-to-truck ratio up 6%, signaling that demand outpaced truckload capacity. Denver to Albuquerque jumped 28¢ to $2.35/mile. Denver to Chicago added 20¢ to $1.52/mile.
DAT Solutions
OCTOBER 17, 2017
The looser truckload capacity led to lower national averages for van and reefer rates, interrupting what had been seven straight weeks of increases. But capacity is only "loose" when compared to recent weeks. Denver to Albuquerque, NM , was down 33¢ to $2.04/mile. Seattle to Stockton, CA , was down 32¢ to $1.64/mile.
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