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This Week in Logistics News (July 23 – 29)

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Starting this week, customers across the US will begin to see custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian delivering their Amazon packages , with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities.

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Spot Freight Volumes Get Welcomed Boost

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Those lanes are closely tied to retail, and other retail lanes were down last week. Memphis to Indianapolis was more typical of retail lanes last week, falling 20¢ to $1.90/mile. The highest outbound average last week was Green Bay , but the lane to Minneapolis dropped 49¢ to $2.27/mile FALLING LANES.

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Major Freight Markets Saw Biggest Rate Surge of the Year

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Freight patterns showed increased retail trade ahead of Memorial Day weekend, and since some drivers finished the week up early ahead of the holiday weekend, capacity also tightened. Miami to Baltimore was up 35¢ to $2.63/mile. Green Bay to Minneapolis slipped 20¢ to $1.99/mile,

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