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Van Rates Get Ready for a Rebound

DAT Solutions

That's just a little more than two weeks away, and the end of March is also the end of the first quarter, when shippers typically accelerate freight movements to close their books on a high note. Buffalo to Columbus was up 20¢ to $2.36/mile. Memphis to Columbus lost 37¢ to $2.28/mile. Hot Markets. Not So Hot.

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Logistics Market Stays Flat as May Begins

Zipline Logistics

To effectively track each state’s progress in reopening and how freight is impacted, we will publish a market update for the coming weeks as the country eases out of lockdowns. . Increases in volumes started climbing this week steadily but still down 10-15% year-over-year according to Freight Waves’ Sonar indexes. .

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Van Rates Close Q2 With a Bang

DAT Solutions

As expected, June went into the books with the highest spot market rates on record. Memphis to Columbus also rose 37¢ to $3.49/mile Changes in the ratio typically signal impending changes in freight rates. Farther north, Columbus to Allentown, PA , was up 28¢ to $3.83/mile.

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From Taiwan to the U.S.—Duty-free

3PL Insights

Not only did they have availability in their FTZ space, but they were within a reasonable distance from Kenda’s Columbus, Ohio warehouse and yet, centralized in case Stotsenburg found new distribution points for the tires. We provided detail for where the containers were headed and Evans booked all of the freight,” Stotsenburg says.

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Expect Van Rates to Peak in December

DAT Solutions

Also, rates might rise again in the final days of the year, as shippers move their last-minute freight before they literally close the book on 2016. It was the height of the produce season in California and elsewhere, and reefers were busiest, so not as many trucks were available to haul van freight. And that was it.

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Delayed Produce Could Lead to a Busy May

DAT Solutions

The end of the month didn’t bring the upward bump that we typically see when shippers try to move goods before closing their books. Van load counts were already up big last week, with an uptick in freight moving out of L.A. Columbus to Buffalo also lost 10¢ for an average of $2.55/mile.

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Air Cargo Got It Wright: 9 Incredible Air Cargo Facts

Freightos

That came a mere seven years later, in 1910, when a Wright Model B aircraft was flown 65 miles (105 km) to deliver 200 pounds (91 kg) of silk from Dayton to Columbus. million tonnes) of loaded and unloaded freight. The rule of thumb for cargo spot rates is that air cargo is about 11 times more expensive than sea freight.

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