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Horseshoes and LTL with Scooter Sayers

The Logistics of Logistics

He and his wife currently reside in the Atlanta metro area. He began his career in transportation with ABF Freight in 1991 as a Pricing Analyst, progressing through several positions including Director – Rating & Traffic Services. He is a two-time winner of ABF Freight’s President’s Club.

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Reefer Truck Shortages Push Rates Higher

DAT Solutions

By comparison, reefer load posts were up a whopping 42%, which is more than you'd expect from the extra business day. Prices out of Dallas soared last week: Dallas to Atlanta rose to an average of $2.95/mile, Grand Rapids, MI, to Atlanta surged 64¢ to $3.04/mile, Atlanta to Philadelphia climbed 50¢ to a whopping $3.67/mile.

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Last-Minute Christmas Freight Boosts Truckload Volume

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Freight brokers offered four days’ worth of loads for vans, and five days' worth of loads for reefers, but most truckers were not interested in working even the full four days. Expect rates to trend up a little more this week , as shippers accelerate freight movements to close the year on a high note.

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Van Rates Still Feeling Pressure for the ELD Mandate

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For comparison, the national average was just $1.67 Atlanta and Houston were the only two major van markets to buck the national trends last week. Atlanta and Houston were the only two major van markets to buck the national trends last week. Load counts were up 27% in Atlanta, and volumes surged 33% out of Houston.

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Have Spot Market Rates Bottomed Out?

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Yet the freight surges that many of us have been accustomed to seeing at this time have been noticeably absent. For multiple reasons, spot market freight volumes and rates have been trending down for most of 2015 -- van rates since March, and flatbed and reefer rates since June. PMI Sectors Produce More Freight Than NMI Counterparts.

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Vans and Reefers Have a Friend in California

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Shippers and freight brokers are singing a Merle Haggard classic this week, to their van and reefer BFFs: "L.A. Van fleets are singing a song about California, where freight is strong and getting stronger. What's your best state for freight this week? VANS - CALIFORNIA DREAMIN'. The lane from L.A. The whole southern band of U.S.

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This Week In Supply Chain Management Tech- June 14 2022

Supply Chain Matters

This Atlanta headquartered technology provider reduces operating costs and expedites delivery for global retail industry leaders that include Walmart , H&M , COS , Coupang and GXO Logistics. Freightos Limited , a global freight booking and payment platform, and Gesher I Acquisition Corp., Freightos Merges With Gesher I SPAC.