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Rebuilding Efforts Fuel Flatbed Demand

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Baltimore rates rose sharply after Irma, likely due to ocean cargo that was diverted from Miami and Savannah. Flatbed freight out of Cleveland , on the other hand, ships inter-regionally, and rates rose 16% over the past month, with high volumes on the lane to Houston. mile, but volumes are trending back down now.

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Rates Rise Unexpectedly in Early August

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Those lanes are associated with retail, and the cargo may include last-minute merchandise for the back-to-school season. Rates out of the Midwest were expected to rise, and they did, in Cleveland and also in Rock Island , IL. Out West, rates and volumes moved up and out of Reno and Phoenix.