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This Week in Logistics News (August 26 – September 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

Flight activity in May and June, by comparison, was relatively stable. Before an Amazon delivery driver ever drops a package on someone’s doorstep in metro Denver, they have likely gone through a three-day course developed locally, one that could eventually serve as a model of delivery driver training across the country.

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Spot van rates poised for a rebound

DAT Solutions

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. Denver to Albuquerque recovered 12¢ to $2.00/mile,

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Spot van rates poised for a rebound

DAT Solutions

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. Denver to Albuquerque recovered 12¢ to $2.00/mile,

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Super Bowl of Manufacturing: Wash. vs. Mass.

GlobalTranz

Last year’s blowout victory for the Seahawks over the Denver Broncos was the biggest television event to ever air in the U.S. The teams’ states make for interesting comparisons off the field. appeared first on Freight Logistics Company | Cerasis. with an average audience of 111.5 Infographics Manufacturing'

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Reefer Truck Shortages Push Rates Higher

DAT Solutions

By comparison, reefer load posts were up a whopping 42%, which is more than you'd expect from the extra business day. Dallas to Denver also rose 55¢ at $3.64/mile. So even with an extra business day, truck posts were down last week. The scarcity of trucks boosted outbound rates way up in many markets.

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Vans and Reefers Have a Friend in California

DAT Solutions

Shippers and freight brokers are singing a Merle Haggard classic this week, to their van and reefer BFFs: "L.A. Van fleets are singing a song about California, where freight is strong and getting stronger. On the downside, Seattle and Denver are usually tough places to find loads, and last week they got worse. The lane from L.A.

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4 Tips to Plan Your Routes.and Make More Money

DAT Solutions

Freight availability is starting to improve, after a long, quiet winter. Daily maps in DAT Power and DAT RateView show the load-to-truck ratio for 149 individual freight markets in the U.S. There is always more freight and higher rates in one direction than the other. Denver is still gonna be a dead-end. SUPER-SIZE IT.

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