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Rebuilding Efforts Fuel Flatbed Demand

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Load counts are up on DAT load boards , with more flatbed freight shipping to support the rebuilding and recovery efforts in areas affected by the storms. Baltimore rates rose sharply after Irma, likely due to ocean cargo that was diverted from Miami and Savannah. The lane from Baltimore to Charlotte jumped up 60¢ last week to $2.22/mile,

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Rates rise, but gains may be temporary

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Denver is a big beer producing market, with both large production breweries and smaller craft brewers shipping beer in vans and reefers. Atlanta to Philadelphia declined 20¢ to $2.31/mile. Last week the lane from Atlanta to Philadelphia rose 50¢ to $3.19/mile. Miami to Baltimore slipped 75¢ to a more-normal $2.13/mile.

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L.A. freight gets a tailwind from hurricanes and typhoons

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Cargo ships were re-routed or delayed en route to and from ports from Savannah to Baltimore. Ships in and near Hong Kong were delayed, which caused a disruption of traffic at the top U.S. to Atlanta, but other lanes out of L.A. destination, the combined Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Outbound ratios rose from 5.0

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Produce Season Leads to Surges in Reefer Rates

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The spring shipping season is late, but it's here. Lakeland to Baltimore shot up 54¢ to $3.09/mile. Miami to Atlanta was another $3-plus lane, soaring 52¢ to $3.05/mile. Load counts were also building in California , while Texas was holding steady last week.

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Spot Freight Volumes Get Welcomed Boost

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Columbus, OH, had spikes on a pair of lanes shipping into the Northeast, which is unusual for this time of year: Columbus to Buffalo was up 17¢ to $2.79/mile. With the shift of activity from the South to the Midwest, we saw some seasonal declines on lanes out of Atlanta. One example was Atlanta to Chicago , down 14¢ to $1.47/mile.

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Mid-May Spot Market Has Been a Mixed Bag

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In the South, volumes were up nearly 9% in Charlotte , but down 3% in Atlanta. Atlanta to Charlotte rose 23¢ to an average of $2.40/mile. That comes despite uneven production out of Florida , shipping gaps in California , and a drop in volumes in markets near the Mexican border. Lakeland to Baltimore surged 40¢ to $2.68/mile

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Reefer Freight Adjusts to Post-Holidays, Post-ELD

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Nogales, AZ , was the only produce-shipping market to post any big rate increases last week, as many others were down significantly. Out of Texas, McAllen to Atlanta rose 48¢ to $2.86/mile. Miami to Baltimore dropped 99¢ to $2.39/mile. Nogales to Los Angeles surged to $3.36/mile.