Freight Plus
JULY 29, 2020
Borderlands: Truck Capacity Tight Near Mexican Border. Noi Mahoney. , “Borderlands: Truck capacity tight near Mexican border; millions in drugs found in shipments of ketchup and onions”. The increase of freight volumes creates a large capacity crunch - there are not enough drivers to transport all the freight. Freight Waves.
Freight Plus
JULY 29, 2020
Borderlands: Truck Capacity Tight Near Mexican Border. Noi Mahoney. , “Borderlands: Truck capacity tight near Mexican border; millions in drugs found in shipments of ketchup and onions”. The increase of freight volumes creates a large capacity crunch - there are not enough drivers to transport all the freight. Freight Waves.
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DAT Solutions
JANUARY 4, 2018
And like the reefer and dry van segments, flatbed capacity has tightened after the ELD mandate went into effect. A handful of lanes spiked last week, but many settled down post-Christmas: The lane from Los Angeles to El Paso, TX, climbed 48¢ to $2.42/mile. Las Vegas to Salt Lake City was up 28¢ to $2.71/mile.
Freight Center
JANUARY 30, 2020
The driver shortage is an important issue for shippers because it contributes to a lack of capacity in the industry. This means that an 18 to 20-year-old driver can drive 745 miles within Texas from Houston to El Paso, but they cannot drive the 45 miles from El Paso, Texas to Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Talking Logistics
JULY 9, 2014
And as the chart below from Wolfe Research shows (click to enlarge), shippers are seeing truckload capacity tightening, which will cause rates to rise. And some shippers are starting to “walk the talk” on collaboration, sharing truckload capacity with other shippers, which enables continuous moves and reduces empty backhauls.
CH Robinson Transportfolio
JULY 7, 2015
Upgraded highways and bridges in Mexico make Texas border towns like El Paso and Laredo more accessible and more popular than Nogales, AZ, the previous volume leader. There is intense pressure on capacity across all the southern states, from east to west, except Florida and California. Department of Agriculture.
DAT Solutions
FEBRUARY 28, 2017
A number of factors have led to loose capacity, though, which has kept rates from going up. The steady decline in van and reefer rates over the course of several weeks left a lot of people wondering whether or not the freight recession really was over. Rates have surged up 28% in Pittsburgh in the past month.
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