Logistics Viewpoints
DECEMBER 1, 2023
Walmart shipped one quarter of its U.S. million km) using battery-electric vehicles hauling customer freight. Schneider says it began running the trucks to haul customer freight in January. Department of Transportation has a plan to overcome supply chain issues, and it appears the Albuquerque metro could be a key ingredient.
DAT Solutions
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
Big weather events like this usually affect the spot freight market in three stages. Before the storm , there’s urgency to move freight into the area or out of the way of the storm’s path. Some of those loads are already being tendered to freight brokers and 3PLs, who post them on DAT load boards.
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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. Cargo ships were re-routed or delayed en route to and from ports from Savannah to Baltimore. Blame the weather.
DAT Solutions
JANUARY 9, 2019
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. Denver to Albuquerque jumped 28¢ to $2.35/mile.
DAT Solutions
OCTOBER 16, 2015
Albuquerque, NM, has been lighting up the Hot Market Map for a few weeks now. That region of New Mexico produces potatoes, onions, and beef that are shipped all over the country, leading to high volume on the load board. So if you take a load to Albuquerque from L.A. Photo by Wikimedia Commons author Daniel Schwen.
DAT Solutions
MAY 10, 2017
Spot market van volumes slipped last week, with some energy sector freight leaving the van marketplace. Tomato harvests obviously equal more reefer freight, but processed and canned tomatoes in paste and sauces also lead to more van freight. For flatbed , the national average was the highest it's been in nearly two years at $2.09/mile.
DAT Solutions
MAY 2, 2017
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. Van load counts were already up big last week, with an uptick in freight moving out of L.A. Denver to Albuquerque rose 10¢ for an average of 1.76/mile.
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