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JAXPORT Deepening Means Boost for CargoBarn

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., 25, 2022 – The Jacksonville office of CargoBarn , a technology-driven freight brokerage, is expecting more business thanks to the Jacksonville Port Authority’s recently completed harbor deepening. Ocean freight and container shipping are big markets for us, especially in Jacksonville.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 8-12, 2018)

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Transplace Acquires Yusen Logistics’ Intermodal & Freight Brokerage Group. Freight trucking startup Shipwell gets a $10 million boost (TechCrunch). Transplace Acquires Yusen Logistics’ Intermodal & Freight Brokerage Group. Amazon Patents Drone Chute For Quiet Deliveries (CB Insights).

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Major Freight Markets Saw Biggest Rate Surge of the Year

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Freight patterns showed increased retail trade ahead of Memorial Day weekend, and since some drivers finished the week up early ahead of the holiday weekend, capacity also tightened. There were also modest increases in rates out of Chicago and Dallas , with a strong uptick in volumes out of Dallas. mile on average.

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Truckload Rates Finally Catch Up to Freight Volumes

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That's normal, since it comes right after the end of Q1, when shippers are rushing to move freight before closing their books. Reefer freight has been gaining momentum. High volumes of produce are going to urban areas like Atlanta, Chicago, and Dallas , so outbound rates fell in those markets.

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Truckload Rates Finally Catch Up to Freight Volumes

DAT Solutions

That's normal, since it comes right after the end of Q1, when shippers are rushing to move freight before closing their books. Reefer freight has been gaining momentum. High volumes of produce are going to urban areas like Atlanta, Chicago, and Dallas , so outbound rates fell in those markets.

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Flatbed rates and volumes move upward

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While van and reefer rates saw a decline in March compared to February, flatbed bucked the trend, making gains in both freight volumes and rates. Plenty of flatbed markets in the South and East experienced rising prices, including Birmingham, Tampa, Atlanta, Savannah, Raleigh, Harrisburg, Dallas and Phoenix. Rising Rates.

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Sun Belt States are Hot for Seasonal Freight

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Freight markets are heating up in the Sun Belt. Flatbeds saw rising freight volume and rates in the Southwest and a handful of Southeastern markets. Rates improved in Dallas , Atlanta , and Memphis , as well as L.A. Flatbed freight is strongest in the Southeast region, but not in the usual locations. and Stockton.

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