DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 9, 2018

But freight has mostly "normalized” on the spot market. The throttle is a significant increase in capacity, especially among small and mid-sized carriers. In other periods when carriers had pricing power, capacity expanded fairly quickly to bring the marketplace back into balance. What is keeping rates and volume in check?

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Freight Plus

JANUARY 15, 2019

To combat areas shippers can’t control like capacity, rate hikes, and driver shortages, they’re turning to. usage by industrial companies. IoT is a big disruptor,” said Antony Bourne, president, IFS Industries to. FedEx Freight drivers are now delivering large items to homes in 5 cities as part of the pilot program.

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DAT Solutions

APRIL 8, 2019

Refrigerated produce freight has been notably absent from the picture, so that likely has some reefers competing for van freight. National Average Freight Rates - April to-date. Van volumes are actually up compared to where they were at this time last year, but that has been met with increased capacity. loads per truck.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 17, 2019

A lot of us in the trucking industry had to do something last week that we haven't had to do in a while — work a full, five-day week. That extra capacity cut the national van load-to-truck ratio nearly in half. Plus, freight moves are less urgent at this time of year, so prices down were across the country.

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DAT Solutions

APRIL 1, 2019

Van freight volumes did increase more than 6% in the last week of March, but there was enough capacity to cover the demand. Freight volumes were up more than 10% in Houston last week, with pushed prices up on several lanes. Denver to Oklahoma City slipped 14¢ to $1.12/mi. As a result, rates didn't rise.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

uptick in truck capacity. Demand has declined for flatbeds in the East and South Central regions , partly due to reductions in the steel and energy industries, respectively. Rates are derived from DAT RateView , and are based on actual rate agreements between freight brokers and carriers. loads per truck on DAT Load Boards.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 29, 2019

There’s the normal seasonal slowdown that occurs around this time each year, but falling fuel surcharges and increased capacity in the spot market are adding to downward pressure on rates. Denver to Oklahoma City rates rose 13¢ to $1.34/mile. We've seen the same trend play out for reefers and flatbeds.

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