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How Hurricane Florence affects freight

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Many of the destinations are in inland North Carolina markets, including Charlotte, and those lane rates are rising now. Rising prices Urgency to get freight from the Northeast into Charlotte ahead of the storm pushed rates higher: • The average rate from Buffalo to Charlotte was up 21¢ to $2.54/mile

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Spot Truckload Rates Continue a Slow-and-Steady Climb

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Charlotte 3. All 5 had load-to-truck ratios that were above the national average, with Charlotte topping out at 6.1 mile, up 14¢ Dallas to Denver rose 11¢ to $1.94/mile. Buffalo and Denver are the only markets where outbound rates are down more than 1% for the month. loads per truck. Memphis to Columbus hit $1.89/mile,

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Van Rates Respond to Seasonal Slowdown

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Memphis to Charlotte was up 9¢ to $2.53/mile. Charlotte to Buffalo also dropped 25¢ to $2.86/mile. The biggest declines was out West, though: Denver to Albuquerque, NM , fell 35¢ to $2.18/mile. mile – rates in the opposite direction were down, though. FALLING LANES.

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Delayed Produce Could Lead to a Busy May

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The top 4 were the same as last week – Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston and Dallas – but Indianapolis edged out Memphis for the no. Denver to Albuquerque rose 10¢ for an average of 1.76/mile. Still, the lane from Los Angeles to Denver hit a high for the year so far at $2.65/mile, RISING LANE RATES.

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Load-to-Truck Ratios Drop for First Time Since ELD Mandate

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To the south, Charlotte rates rose 4%. Denver to Albuquerque added 25¢ at $2.92/mile. It’s hard for trucks to stay on schedule in a snowstorm, and winter weather pushed rates higher in the Northeast last week. Allentown, PA outbound rates got a big 10% increase. Rates out of Buffalo, NY got an 8% bump. RISING LANES.

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Spot Market Gets a Strong Start to May

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Denver to Albuquerque has been more up-and-down than usual, and last week it fell 10¢ for an average of $1.64/mile. mile – that’s a rare thing since it was from one hot market to another… but the fact that the lane from Savannah to Charlotte also jumped up â–²55¢ to $3.48/mile mile bucked that trend.