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Severe weather causes freight rates to slip

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DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 256 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $60 billion in real transactions. National Average Freight Rates. loads per truck. Rising Rates.

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Spot Freight Volumes Get Welcomed Boost

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We got a welcomed surge of spot market freight to close out July. That would’ve led to more reefer trucks competing for van freight, and the extra capacity kept rates down. That would’ve led to more reefer trucks competing for van freight, and the extra capacity kept rates down. RISING LANES.

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Truckload Rates Finally Catch Up to Freight Volumes

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That's normal, since it comes right after the end of Q1, when shippers are rushing to move freight before closing their books. That may have caused reefer trucks to spill over into van capacity out in Charlotte , with the extra competition driving down outbound van rates. Reefer freight has been gaining momentum.

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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. That may have caused reefer trucks to spill over into van capacity out in Charlotte , with the extra competition driving down outbound van rates. Reefer freight has been gaining momentum.

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Reefer Rates Hit New Highs in Record-Setting Month

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Reefer markets continued to sizzle during the last week of June, as the end of Q2 and the upcoming 4th of July holiday added to pressure on freight rates. Truck load demand continued to outpace capacity in the Southeast, leading to higher prices out of Atlanta. Changes in the ratio typically signal impending changes in freight rates.