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Booming Oil Industry Boosts Flatbed Demand

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Rock Island, IL, to Minneapolis rose at an average of $3.71/mile. Cleveland to Grand Rapids tumbled to $2.65/mile. Las Vegas to Phoenix also jumped up to $2.97/mile. Continuing the regional theme out of Nevada: Flatbed rates from Reno to Seattle rose to $2.97/mile. Demand has been weaker in Florida and Pennsylvania this month.

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Reefers still waiting for spring

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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. Green Bay to Minneapolis warmed up 15¢ to $2.57/mi.

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Is the Freight Recession Really Over?

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A month later, others analysts from around the industry started to come to the same conclusion. A lot of lanes have been up-and-down, depending on weather changes: The lane from Rock Island, IL, to Minneapolis went from 70 degrees to snow storms late in the week -- on average, rates rose 39¢ to $2.55/mile.

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