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5 Tips for Keeping Your Cool When Selecting a Reefer Carrier

Freight Plus

Unlike general and FAK (freight all kinds) cargo, reefer carriers are extremely fragmented. Before you can book anything you're going to want to know where it is going and what needs to get there. Unfortunately, things are not that simple. Here are 5 tips for keeping your cool when selecting a reefer carrier.

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Truckload Rates Finally Catch Up to Freight Volumes

DAT Solutions

That's normal, since it comes right after the end of Q1, when shippers are rushing to move freight before closing their books. Reefer freight has been gaining momentum. Shipments out of the Santa Maria District also pushed rates up out of the Fresno market. Spot market volumes were down during the first week of April.

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Truckload Rates Finally Catch Up to Freight Volumes

DAT Solutions

That's normal, since it comes right after the end of Q1, when shippers are rushing to move freight before closing their books. Reefer freight has been gaining momentum. Shipments out of the Santa Maria District also pushed rates up out of the Fresno market. Spot market volumes were down during the first week of April.

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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. California produce should gain strength in the coming weeks. mile, and yesterday it was back to $2.60.