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Severe weather causes freight rates to slip

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Denver to Albuquerque, NM increased to $2.07/mi. Memphis to Atlanta increased to $2.47/mi. That led to an increase on the lane from Seattle to Salt Lake City , as an alternative to bringing in supplies from Denver. Seattle to Salt Lake City moved up to $1.90/mi. Falling Rates.

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Spot Truckload Rates Continue a Slow-and-Steady Climb

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Memphis to Columbus hit $1.89/mile, Memphis to Dallas also dippedā–¼9¢ to $2.09/mile. One more 9¢ drop: Denver to Albuquerque fell to $1.66/mile. Load-to-truck ratios are highest for vans in the darker red areas on the Hot States Map above. Top 5 for van load posts on DAT load boards last week. Charlotte 3.

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Looking for a Reefer Load? Try These 5 Markets

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You might want to look to Atlanta, Memphis, Philly, or Elizabeth, NJ, for a more profitable roundtrip. Albuquerque, NM, has been lighting up the Hot Market Map for a few weeks now. So if you take a load to Albuquerque from L.A. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. Fall harvests continue to create high reefer demand in Grand Rapids, MI.

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Van Rates Respond to Seasonal Slowdown

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Memphis to Charlotte was up 9¢ to $2.53/mile. The biggest declines was out West, though: Denver to Albuquerque, NM , fell 35¢ to $2.18/mile. Only two major van lanes were up more than 6¢ Buffalo to Chicago rose the most, up 30¢ to an average of $2.32/mile FALLING LANES. Chicago to Buffalo lost 26¢ to $3.30/mile.

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How Hurricane Florence affects freight

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mile – low, but still higher than that lane has paid in more than a month • Denver to Albuquerque was up 25¢ to $2.24/mile mile Falling prices • Rates out of Memphis continued to lag, and the lane to Atlanta was down 12¢ to $2.68/mile mile • Philadelphia to Charlotte also climbed 15¢ to $1.90/mile

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Spot Market Seasonal Slowdown Begins. Sorta

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With the exception of Memphis , the biggest declines in spot market rates were in the Southeast and out West. Denver to Albuquerque, NM, rates dropped 43¢ to $2.49/mile. In other words, the seasonal decline in spot market prices is moving at a far slower rate than the increase that followed the ELD mandate.

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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. Even with the dip in volumes, Dallas was still in the top 5 for van load posts on DAT load boards. RISING LANE RATES.