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Van and Reefer Operators Give Thanks for Rate Increases

DAT Solutions

Thanks in part to seasonal food items, rates are finally trending back up for vans and reefers. Late harvests are beginning the journey to your Thanksgiving table, via food processing plants and distribution centers. Look for loads of trees leaving Oregon, and potatoes out of Idaho or North Dakota.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

The company is testing a small-format restaurant in Fort Worth, TX, where the centerpiece is a conveyor system that delivers food to a mobile-order lane. The restaurant features what the company calls an Order Ahead Lane, which serves mobile-order customers their food through a conveyor system. This year, Union Pacific Corp.