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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. DAT connects carriers with brokers and shippers who have urgent shipping needs, including FEMA loads. mile • Philadelphia to Charlotte also climbed 15¢ to $1.90/mile Learn more about DAT load boards.

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Looking for a Reefer Load? Try These 5 Markets

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The recent bad weather in the Carolinas affected load posts in that region last week, but Charlotte has been number 1 in load posts for the past month. In the chart above, you’ll see that Lakeland is the top destination for loads posted in Charlotte, but Lakeland, FL, is no place for outbound reefers right now. which averages $2.69/mile),

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Delayed Produce Could Lead to a Busy May

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We’re hearing a lot about shipping gaps in California due to delays in planting because of an unusually wet winter, which explains the flat reefer volumes last week. The top 4 were the same as last week – Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston and Dallas – but Indianapolis edged out Memphis for the no. RISING LANE RATES.

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Spot Market Gets a Strong Start to May

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From June to October last year, California shipped 500,000 loads of processed tomato products. 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 bucked that trend. Philadelphia continued to slide: Philly to Buffalo dropped 13¢ to $2.14/mile.