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Freight Market Update and Q2 Trucking Outlook

Zipline Logistics

Following an unprecedented downturn, the freight market has posted an almost full calendar year of impressive growth spurred by demand from a few sectors of the domestic economy. The second half of the past quarter was highly atypical and posted freight volumes that vastly exceeded those generally seen during peak season.

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America Adapting to Supply Chain Chaos

Operations and Supply Chain Management

On the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio, where the remains of a 200-year-old canal built to connect Cleveland with Cincinnati snake around new warehouse parks, a modern tributary of the global economy widens a little more with each planeload of goods that roars down its runways. International freight being unloaded at Rickenbacker airport.

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Load Volume and Rates Move in Opposite Directions

DAT Solutions

FREIGHT RATES. Along with our standalone freight rates tool DAT RateView, all DAT load board packages include broker spot market rates on the lanes you're searching. The economy seems relatively stable, even though some types of manufacturing are lagging now. Rates should turn around soon, if seasonal patterns repeat this year.

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The History of the Semi Truck

Freight Plus

Prior to the invention of trucks, freight was hauled by horse drawn carriages and trains. In 1897 the Winston Motor Carriage Company was incorporated in Cleveland, Ohio and they launched with a series of handcrafted automobiles. Concurrently, two truck manufacturers would rise to prominence by 1920, White Motor Company and Mack Trucks.