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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 11.5-11.9

Freight Plus

Trucking capacity in 2019 is about speed not rates according to industry analysts. ELDs have changed the way that carriers score their partners and shippers with long detention times are losing capacity in the form of time, rejected loads, and partnerships. You] have to ask us both that question at the same time.

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Extra capacity takes a bite out of prices

DAT Solutions

Of course, for a lot of trucking companies, the work week can easily last six or seven days, but either way, one thing that the activity on the DAT Load Board told us last week was that pretty much everyone was back to working full time. That extra capacity cut the national van load-to-truck ratio nearly in half.

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How to Find Capacity in a Snowstorm

DAT Solutions

View of Winter Storm Stella on the thruway at the New Baltimore, NY Travel Plaza on March 14. View of Winter Storm Stella on the thruway at the New Baltimore, NY Travel Plaza on March 14. Just ahead of the storm, inbound rates rose sharply yesterday on lanes heading from the Southeast into the Northeast. Use your TMS.

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Reefer Rates Respond to New Regulations and Pre-Holiday Urgency

DAT Solutions

Last week was a short week, as most carriers needed to get drivers home in time for the Christmas weekend. Combine all that with the tighter capacity that came about as a result of the ELD mandate going into effect, and you get higher rates out of nearly every major market for refrigerated freight. Not a good week at all.

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Walmart Rolling Out Four High-Tech FCs

Multichannel Merchant

Walmart said the first facility, opening this summer in Joliet, IL, outside Chicago, will feature an automated, high-density storage system from Knapp, a provider of AI-driven warehouse and robotics and automation that will double both the storage capacity and number of orders processed. topline gain that beat the analyst estimate.

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

DAT Solutions

Cargo ships were re-routed or delayed en route to and from ports from Savannah to Baltimore. Cargo ships were re-routed or delayed en route to and from ports from Savannah to Baltimore. loads per truck, with areas of tighter capacity along the West Coast. It wasn't just Chicago, either. Blame the weather. Apart from L.A.

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Spot market demand heats up out West

DAT Solutions

That's a typical trend for this time of year, but volumes are starting to gather strength. But this year there's more capacity, both from additional trucks on the road and more efficient use of current equipment. Last week saw strong movements out of Baltimore, Fort Worth, Cleveland and Savannah. loads per truck. VAN TRENDS.