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Spot Market Freight Rates Soar After Hurricane Harvey

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Outbound volumes from Houston also fell 73%, but the rearrangement of supply chains, the difficulty of shipping in the flooded region, and increased seasonal demand in other parts of the country combined to create pockets of tight capacity that put extra pressure on truckload rates. Denver to Houston rose 59¢ to $1.63 per mile.

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2 Signs That the Freight Recession Really Is Over

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Projections for Central California produce are still strong for June, so we’re keeping an eye on the Fresno market, but those shipping gaps meant that rates didn’t continue their upward trend on many of the top reefer lanes. The lane from Sacramento to Denver paid 24¢ better on average, at $2.63/mile.

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Reefer Demand Dips, But Rates Don't

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Fresno volumes were down unexpectedly, and so were load counts out of the Ontario market in Southern California and along the border in Nogales, AZ. Denver has the lowest average outbound reefer rate in the country, and inbound rates rose last week, to compensate: L.A. to Denver rose 37¢ to $3.23 per mile.

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Tens of Thousands of New Jobs, and One Worry: Robots

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Inside cavernous halls known as fulfillment centers, workers retrieve coffee filters, diapers and other items that are then packaged and shipped to customers. This year alone, Amazon announced new fulfillment centers in Eastvale, Redlands, Fresno and most recently Sacramento, where the Seattle company said it would hire 1,500 workers.

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Tens of Thousands of New Jobs, and One Worry: Robots

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Inside cavernous halls known as fulfillment centers, workers retrieve coffee filters, diapers and other items that are then packaged and shipped to customers. This year alone, Amazon announced new fulfillment centers in Eastvale, Redlands, Fresno and most recently Sacramento, where the Seattle company said it would hire 1,500 workers.

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Reefer Capacity Gets Tighter Ahead of Thanksgiving

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Chicago to Denver soared 27¢ to $3.17/mile. Out West, the extra-long haul from Fresno to Boston rose 29¢ to $2.41/mile. Demand is still extra-high out of potato-shipping regions ahead of Thanksgiving, but rates from Twin Falls, ID, to Phoenix dropped 27¢ to an average of $2.74/mile.

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Delayed Produce Could Lead to a Busy May

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We’re hearing a lot about shipping gaps in California due to delays in planting because of an unusually wet winter, which explains the flat reefer volumes last week. Denver to Albuquerque rose 10¢ for an average of 1.76/mile. Still, the lane from Los Angeles to Denver hit a high for the year so far at $2.65/mile,