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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. Falling Rates.

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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. Flatbed freight was strong in March, and there was a spike in rates to close the month. Spot market volumes were down during the first week of April.

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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. Flatbed freight was strong in March, and there was a spike in rates to close the month. Spot market volumes were down during the first week of April.

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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. Flatbed freight is strongest in the Southeast region, but not in the usual locations. The national flatbed rate averaged $1.83 per mile last week, up 3¢ from the week before.

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Flatbed Markets Continue to Boom

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DAT load boards provides the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 179 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $45 billion in real transactions. The average outbound rate last week in Phoenix was just $1.79/mile,

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Sun Belt States Are Hot for Vans and Reefers

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If you need to haul temperature-controlled freight out of the Southeast, you may be paying more for those trucks right now. Flatbed freight volume was disappointing last week, after a strong month of April. Flatbed freight volume was disappointing last week, after a strong month of April.